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The Most Fun You Can Have With Your Clothes On

[from the stabenow.com vaults, 2007] April 30 The preflight brief consists mostly of what to do A) to stave off disaster, and B) if disaster strikes. Put on fire retardant jumpsuit, PFD, Kevlar vest, helmet and steel-toed boots, the collective … Continue reading

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Sookie is the calm eye of this supernatural hurricane.

[from the stabenow.com vaults, 7/12/10, and in honor of the publication of the last Sookie Stackhouse novel tomorrow, Dead Ever After.] An awful lot of books with vampires in them out there nowadays, I agree, but before you roll your … Continue reading

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“Easy interbreeding between humans and aliens.”

Bad Movie Physics. See also here. “Stop the Movie! Stop the Movie! Explosions don’t go ‘BOOM!’ in a vacuum!” –Gary Larsen, The Far Side

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