• The Environment

    Green Until The Very End

    By Posted on 5.9.2008 7 Comments

    Worried that embalming fluids or emissions from cremation will pollute the earth after your death? There may be a more eco-friendly albeit somewhat grisly alternative—dissolving the body in lye. The process, which has been used to dispose of animals and lab specimens for many years, is now being considered more seriously for human use. Called alkaline hydrolysis, the method uses a steel cylinder that dissolves the body in lye with 300-degree heat and 60 pounds of pressure per square inch. The result is a sterile, coffee-colored liquid with the consistency of motor oil that can be safely poured down the drain. A small amount of bone residue that can be scattered like cementation ashes is the only solid byproduct.

    5.20.2008 at 12:44pm - Comment by sexinator

    i hella hate kyle. he likes to fuck atheists. brandon f. is a slave who really needs proactive. his sperm is inside his pimples 3===D O: <---- Brandon F.

  • The Environment

    Your Burger on Biotech

    By Posted on 3.20.2008 4 Comments

    digg_url = 'http://digg.com/food_drink/Your_Burger_on_Biotech'; If the biotech industry has its way, ordering a hamburger might soon sound something like this: one charbroiled cloned-beef patty, with genetically modified cheese, lab-grown bacon and vitamin-C-fortified lettuce, on a protein-spiked bun. The burger of the future is delicious, nutritious and contains more engineering than a stealth bomber.

    5.9.2008 at 12:48pm - Comment by sexinator

    kyle samuelson is a faggort ass gay muthafucka who likes to fuk anussess and dads

  • The Environment

    Threads for a Sunny Day

    By Posted on 3.26.2008 3 Comments

    Back to the Future II was a bit of a disappointment in the face of the original. Granted, it was hamstrung by the throw-away ending of the first, but it did have that brilliant opening sequence with the hoverboards. How much did you want a hoverboard after seeing that? Not to mention, the computerized, self-drying jacket Marty puts on to blend in. The stuff of fantasy, right? At least for the latter, not for much longer.

    4.29.2008 at 01:44pm - Comment by sexinator

    is a faggatass gay muthafucka who like to fuck athesists

  • The Environment

    Threads for a Sunny Day

    By Posted on 3.26.2008 3 Comments

    Back to the Future II was a bit of a disappointment in the face of the original. Granted, it was hamstrung by the throw-away ending of the first, but it did have that brilliant opening sequence with the hoverboards. How much did you want a hoverboard after seeing that? Not to mention, the computerized, self-drying jacket Marty puts on to blend in. The stuff of fantasy, right? At least for the latter, not for much longer.

    4.29.2008 at 01:44pm - Comment by sexinator

    is a faggatass gay muthafucka who like to fuck athesists



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