I'm just curious as to what precisely is in the water that's causing the discoloration. Well, curious in a 'probably don't really want to know' kind of way.

Sure, though that seems exceptionally ... clear.

Also, it appears to be a different color when coming out of the tap than it does sitting in the basin. Is that a thing? Or is the Ukraine story full of fibs too?

And yet a few posts down (on Gawker's homepage, anyway), it's "The Best Walmart Thanksgiving Day Fight Videos." But sure, it's the costumes that make it entertaining. We'll go with that.

What an entirely unpredictable outcome!

I think they're half lab, half pit. They have lab coloring, ears, and eyes, but pit paws, tails, and coats. Whatever they are, they're 100% adorable.

Ostrom has a great autobiography on the Nobel site. She did her undergrad and graduate work at UCLA, where I study, and she's been a role model to many female students here as well.

I saw the shorter clip and assumed... alas.

Anyone else having a problem with the sound?

@johne: you realize you wrote a long post scolding scolds, right?

@rocktopus: And apparently the cops had to look for him for a few days, only finding him due to an anonymous tip. I'm not a lawyer (I may have a Law and Order LLM by now) but I'm pretty sure judges get annoyed when folks try to pull shit like that.

@NickelMD: They're generally not, like, RSVP.

@NigelAstydameia: ... As a former local, I'd like to disown that.

See, I always thought that when a train gets stuck in the snow, it's a prelude to murder, intrigue, and the appearance of a mustachioed Belgian detective. My bad.

@crotchety: But... I thought Max meant this to be taken seriously! I was all ready to do some armchair diagnosin'!

@lisaraine: Creepy! Unless it's asked for (like if you were applying for a federal job and they wanted a passport type shot), who does that?

@aprilreign: To make sure you haven't posted pictures of yourself performing sacrifices on a homemade altar to the ancient Roman snake god Glycon, etc. Can't be too careful!

@Andrew King: You're not arguing that there's not a problem, I think.

@Andrew King: There have been a number of cases in the news lately in which CPS has left kids in the care of people who have continued to beat them, eventually to death. Or who allowed them to die through neglect. Now the various agencies are going to be reviewed because of public outrage at the gruesome details of…

@Atilla the Bun: I mean, that's just science.