How many times do I have to tell you kids!? It looks like German chef Heston Blumenthal blew off both of his hands while “trying to empty a canister of liquid nitrogen.” The use of liquid nitrogen is apparently part of some discipline called molecular gastronomy “a scientific discipline involving the study of physical and […]
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This is Funny
While I’m not going to justify the actions of the rapscallion who wrote scatological words on various snow covered cars on NE 28th—between Burnside and Stark—that doesn’t mean I didn’t think it was pretty funny in a really juvenile way. From the “Poo Mobil” to “Diarhea” (it’s a tough word to spell, I won’t judge […]
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Got Plans on Christmas Eve? Cancel ‘Em!
Last Sunday’s screening of Silent Night, Deadly Night was canceled thanks to the stupid weather—but never fear, Xmas horror fans. From the Grindhouse Film Fest: Rescheduled for Christmas Eve! On Wednesday December 24th at 10:15 pm at the Hollywood Theatre, the Grindhouse Film Festival presents Silent Night, Deadly Night! A 35mm print of the 1984 […]
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Do You Have a Frozen Baby?
Because if you do, you might want to walk back over to my house and pick up your damn stroller. This frozen block of stroller has been abandoned out in front of my house since Saturday, and I’m a little concerned for its former occupant and the sort of parent that would just ditch baby’s […]
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DIE, OLD MAN WINTER! JUST FUCKING DIE!
While KATU (studio location: NE 21st and Sandy) has been frantically, giddily engaging in nonstop reporting on SNOWPOCALYPSE!!—indeed, they’ve been breathlessly, repetitively announcing minute-by-minute conditions for days now, reporting from such far-flung locales as, say, the snowy intersection at NE 21st and Sandy—one thing that’s utterly awesome about their coverage is meteorologist Scott Sistek’s excellently […]
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Look, All I’m Saying Is That It’s Not Totally Impossible, Is All.
The initiation of a Snowball Earth event would involve some initial cooling mechanism, followed by runaway cooling due to increasing ice accumulation. The initial cooling could be facilitated by an equatorial continental distribution, which would increase the Earth’s albedo near the equator, where most solar radiation is incident. This arrangement would also allow rapid, unchecked […]
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Living By Instinct
After watching days of hysterical ARCTIC BLAST!!! news coverage, I’ve had a kind of epiphany (huh, that’s appropriate for the holiday season.) From here on out, I refuse to watch anymore news coverage of snow events. That’s right, I’m living on instinct. I’ve realized that my years in Portland have turned me into a whiny […]
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Snowmageddon: A Reaction
I’ve been getting all of my weather news via Twitter, like this reaction video from the One True b!X that really drives home the severity of the situation: Plus I have learned that the Green Dragon will be open tonight because they aren’t “scared of a little snow”; Powell’s is open regular hours today; as […]