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Comment by Ruth Anthony-Gardner on February 9, 2013 at 12:33am booklover, tazered cat made me laugh so much. Ice flowers are interesting; causing ozone depletion -have to learn more about that. Thanks for all your sharing, everyone. Nemo is snowing softly here, so far only a couple of inches accumulation. We had to cancel some plans till next week, when it's expected to get up to 54°. What a change. Did you all read that the expected El Nino didn't appear, and they're calling the long in between La Nada. Do I hear a faint echoing hollow laugh?
Comment by Joan Denoo on February 8, 2013 at 10:42pm Ian, violence in the home is always harmful. One of my boys at the boys ranch had a tiny little mother who regularly beat her big, gnarly, track-driver husband. He appeared helpless to protect himself or his children.
Comment by Ian Mason on February 8, 2013 at 10:30pm Patricia, I didn't know about ice flowers so thank you. They are stunning.
Comment by Patricia on February 8, 2013 at 9:27pm Ice flowers are formed on new layers of sea ice, from saturated water vapors that come up from under the ice through cracks. In contact with the cold air, the vapors start to freeze and the salt on the surface of the ice begins to crystallize and serves as a nucleus for the frozen vaporized water. Thus, molecule by molecule the ice flowers begin to take shape. They have recently been recognized as the dominant source of sea salt aerosol in Antarctica and scientist suspect they may be the main cause of tropospheric ozone depletion during the polar sunrise. One of the most beautiful frozen wonders on Earth, ice flowers are still a mystery to many people.
Comment by Lillie on February 8, 2013 at 9:05pm Hope Eve Ensler can convince our GOP to join in One Million Rising. They won't even vote for the Violence against Women Bill.
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Comment by Idaho Spud on February 8, 2013 at 2:30pm Love the vegan zombie.
Thanks for the smiles and kitties, and on a serious note, to Joan for telling us about One Billion Rising.
About zombies -- apparently a few are vegan:
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