I'm speaking of the diesel generators of course. But seriously, given that they are the plant's sole source of auxiliary power I'd think more foresight would be employed in their placement.

Seriously.

Seriously. I'd just like to SEE that.

This creature is animate cuteness. It is squee with a heartbeat and breath. It is living adorableness. I actually felt an oxytocin rush.

While this is an amazing idea, simply placing the outdoor diesel generators on the far side of the plant from the sea wall would have done a lot. Also ensuring that all municipal auxiliary generators be marine rated and able to either operate or be primed after temporary but complete immersion in seawater.

I was going to go with Pete Townshend...

Who caught the Ohmu on the freeway?

I'm just going to go with 'this needs a bigger article and a longer research period'. Some contenders here but not enough diversity or research - and that's coming from someone for whom nearly ALL of my favorites were chosen. My biggest problem is many of these great performances were well after the benchmark of…

Incorrect: the American trailer makes it sound a lot awesomer than it already did!

Keep this under my bed.

First thing I thought of.

Try Allan Steele - in particular Lunar Descent and Orbital Decay - both near future sci-fi with more political speculation than technological. Still good reads.

Only if you also change your name to Scorpio! :D

Considering that the author was 14, you are absolutely correct. But regardless of the reach of her irony or devil's advocacy, the choice of a duck was clearly a farce in the literal context of the missive as presented. The problem is no one is bothering to examine the reasoning at play - merely the details.

First is simply the casual tone - it's a very playful argument. Also, the example of ducks is introduced with the phrase "and say" as if the writer is speaking off the cuff - that the idea simply just occurred to the author. Third she uses evolution as the main underpinning of her argument only to admit later that she…

You are aware that this 14 year old is writing farce, right? This column was written with tongue planted firmly in cheek. She is trying to draw a parallel between evolution and gay marriage which I don't agree with but for a precocious 14 year old, not a bad shot. And extra points for adding "the ducks will get you in…

Or the coming of the giant bee...

I would marry such a woman.

And I thought of Luke's immediately but forgot about Anakin's. Good point!

"With a phonetic alphabet anyone is literate then." No. Not by a long shot. Phonetics is a skill apart from simply sounding out words. Phonetics is an understanding of the rules that each letter follows and how they fit together. This is not MY definition - this is the working definition used by educators, social…