Another day when there is no God

It's Miranda, a moon of Uranus.

One of the few human (albeit fictitious) named satellites in the Solar System.

Most are named after gods.

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I just noticed that the dog treats I bought Rocky are "turducken flavor." What the hell is that and does a dog care if he eats duck, chicken or beef flavor, when it's all made up crap anyway? I never noticed him turning down any of it.

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@edgarblythe,

Love National Geographic. Picked up one the other day with a feature about neolithic structures found on the Orkney Islands. Just amazing.

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/08/neolithic-orkney/smith-text

https://play2survive.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/archaeology-perthshire-june-04-120.jpg

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@edgarblythe,

Sealpoet made a turducken in his turkey fryer one year.

mrs cavfancier made one last year for Canajun Thankgiving.

a boned chicken stuffed inside a boned duck stuffed inside a turkey

yup

turducken

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I bet the dogfood people didn't go to all that trouble. Razz

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Neolithic structures undoubtedly needed the help of trained dinosaurs to lift that massive weight.

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Now a word from the sponsor

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http://hamzasdiary.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/cyclops.jpg

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@edgarblythe,

Well I'll be - I'd heard of Marathon bars but that's the first time I've seen one. In most of the western world they're known as Curly Wurlys

http://img.symworks.com/l_curlywurly.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curly_Wurly

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@edgarblythe,

The more than 20 moons of Uranus are named after characters of Shakespeare or Alexander Pope--thus, Miranda (from The Tempest). There is an hypothesis that Miranda was originally much smaller, but collided with a planetesimal of about the same size. If true, it would account for the largest cliff in the solar system, more than three miles high--where the two bodies are uneven joined.

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Uranus (Clickity-click!) is fascinating for a variety of reasons. One of the more "exotic" is its rotational axis--most planets more or less rotate on an axis perpendicular to the plane of the ecliptic. That's like a ball on a pool table spinning in place. But the rotational axis of Uranus is parallel (more or less) to the plane of the ecliptic--like a pool ball spinning as it rolls down the table, but not getting anywhere. High winds, icy atmosphere, the coldest planet--lots of neat stuff about Uranus.

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@edgarblythe,

edgarblythe wrote:

. .. . A local guy keeps getting arrested for trying to sex people's horses.

Reminds me of a case in the next county about 10 years ago:
https://www.google.com/search?sclient=psy-ab&site=webhp&source=hp&q=enumclaw+horse+case&btnK=Google+Search
Mr Ed is a horse, of course, of course
And not a good partner for intercourse
Of course . . . .

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@hingehead,

hingehead wrote:

Well I'll be - I'd heard of Marathon bars but that's the first time I've seen one. In most of the western world they're known as Curly Wurlys

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curly_Wurly

The commercial stars John's son, Patrick Wayne and Christopher George.

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It's amazing they got that shot of Miranda. This is the sort of thing makes me wish I could peek a few centuries into the future.

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I bean out mowing the yard. Singing to myself, "I'm a man of action, When I get my traction -" Still have more than half to go.

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http://data.amirite.net/user_images/52766435d2abe.jpg

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@edgarblythe,

Now that really takes the cake...

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@edgarblythe,

I see seriously fat zombies.

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Well, I felt great this week, when same sex marriage and Obamacare were affirmed by the SCOTUS, whatever that is. Not that I need either one. But it's great to know I could have them in a different scenario. Now, if only dog could strike down that pesky trade deal -

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