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The problem is that "Accelerated climate change driven by persistent, although not monotonic, increases in globally averaged temperature" just doesn't roll off the tongue.

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I upfisted that for being beautifully put and wickedly accurate. But couldn't you leave this stuff to ifthethunderdontgetya, who's annoying, and therefore easier to ignore?

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Well, then, there are also those of us who moved away and had to grasp that there are lakes you <i>can</i> see across.*

* I did have four years of training in Madison, so by the time I left the region, I was pretty ready for "lakes".

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Now, that's a zing.

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These damned uptight midwestern girls.

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Zombie Apocalypse protip: be sure you're always with someone who's slower than you are.

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Like "Obamacare"? I like it when the wingnutz' phrases come back to bite them.

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St. Pius X, or St. Pius XXX?

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Ah yes, <a href="http:\/\/static.giantbomb.com\/uploads\/scale_small\/0\/5768\/602165-riffraffportrait.jpg" target="_blank">the Riff Raff look. </a> If nothing else, it gets you noticed.

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I like the pink ones. <a href="http://pinktentacle.com/200..." target="_blank">" rel="nofollow noopener" title="http://pinktentacle.com/2007/09/pink-white-katydi...">http://pinktentacle.com/200...

They're rare, but not extremely so. Seems to be a simple mutation that crops up regularly.

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Speaking of Creature Features, how about <a href="http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2013\/06\/07\/justice\/ricin-letters-arrest\/index.html" target="_blank">crazy ginger lady would-be assassin</a>? I weep for my hair color.

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Mayor McGreenCheese

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I would be happy to get to know her Biblically

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I, too, am praying for the young lady.

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The only Lovejoy I acknowledge is the English antiques dealer.

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