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"maybe then you'll begin to understand..." <morning.blargh> Climate Warning as Siberia Melts Fred Pearce | August 11, 2005 THE world's largest frozen peat bog is melting. An area stretching for a million square kilometres across the permafrost of western Siberia is turning into a mass of shallow lakes as the ground melts, according to Russian researchers just back from the region. The sudden melting of a bog the size of France and Germany combined could unleash billions of tonnes of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, into the atmosphere [Read More...] that's gotta freakin smell horrible. come on, big corporates... do you want to wake up in the morning and smell fresh air, or shit? Ark. Town Angry School Shooter May Go Free by Caryn Rousseau | Friday, August 12, 2005 LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - A teenager who helped shoot and kill five people during a school yard rampage at his middle school reached his 21st birthday Thursday and was expected to walk out of a federal detention center. Federal authorities would not confirm Mitchell Johnson's release, saying privacy laws prevented them from commenting because Johnson was a minor when he and another boy gunned down four classmates and a teacher behind Jonesboro Westside Middle School. [Read More...] wow, i remember that one. ha. jonesboro coming on the new was when i started keeping count. Furniture Causes FedEx Fits by Kristen Philipkoski | Aug. 11, 2005 Most of us have been there. You can just barely afford to pay the rent. But forget about buying furniture -- not if you want to eat, anyway. Jose Avila recently found himself in just that predicament. Although he has a good job as a software developer, he's locked into two rents after moving to Arizona, and has no extra cash for an Ikea shopping spree. But instead of scouting street corners for a ratty, unwanted couch, Avila got creative and built an apartment full of surprisingly sturdy furniture -- out of FedEx shipping boxes. [Read More...] this is so goddamned silly i almost didnt put it on here, but since i work at Mail Boxes Etc and we ship almost exclusively FedEx... </morning.blargh> "...life down there is just a strange illusion" -- Posted by sku11fukkr to The Blargh at 8/12/2005 08:57:00 AM |
