Bad ass indeed. Yes, it is.

Kinda not the point.

So, Planetary Geologist wallah, are you saying that the crater is 4 billion years old, or is your ass just making random noises again?

Just a slight punctuation malfunction:

Um, Astra is the hypothetical planet that fragmented into the asteroid belt.
Your snarks should be better researched, puddinhead.

"In contrast with what "many scientists believed," the conclusion of this essay is that the later period of catastrophic flooding on Mars was more like 5000 than 5,000,000,000 years ago. And the timing of the Astra fragmentation and the Hellas Impact Asteroid event was between 5000 and 15,000 years ago not more.…

Done.

Kin you say "merkin"?

The only movie I ever saw that did 3D really well was Beowulf, and that was otherwise a pretty crappy CGI snoozer.

Used to be in fairly common use in what was called a "styptic pencil" - hardened alum used to stanch razor cuts from shaving, back before shaving got so very easy.

That is your greatest asset. That, and a fanatical devotion to the Pope.

Yyyou mean he couldn't?
Aw, shucks.

I did expect that, though ... what took you so l0ng?

I didn't expect that.

Got me to sit through Gatsby's devolution from Intriguing Mystery to Lovesick Mope.

Nubnub.

Sand is coming

Absolutely. It's their business model, intended to destroy the creative process. After all, it is owned by The Murdoch.

Deep.

Mine.