Archive for July 19th, 2006

Marriage Teeming With Sexual Tension | The Onion - America’s Finest News Source

TRAVERSE CITY, MI—Although both believe that a romantic affair would only complicate their daily interaction with each other, Troy and Tania Knudsen find it more and more challenging not to act on a powerful mutual sexual attraction, sources close to the married couple said Monday.

For you married types out there…

Locating the spawning grounds of the Red Drum, via earstones

Otoliths are part of the inner ear system and used for hearing and balance. They are formed as the fish grows and are constructed from chemicals contained in the seawater. If scientists can identify earstone compositions that are unique to particular bays or ecosystems, then they can determine where a fish originated.

“Based on differences in the water chemistry of different bays, we expect that the otolith chemistry will be distinct,” Rooker said.

Gas prices are killing the powerboat industry.

In a report issued in May, NMMA noted that 25 percent of boaters surveyed said they would reduce the amount they would go boating because of high gas prices. And that was before the summer season started in earnest. Since then, gas has stayed high, and is up about 30 percent from last summer. What’s more, for people who own powerboats—and who are thinking about buying the powerboats produced by Brunswick and Marine Products—gas is a potentially large expense. Powerboats get the sort of mileage that makes a Hummer look like a Prius.

Truck testicles.

“Putting male genitalia on your truck … makes it a man truck, instead of any old truck,” said Amy Kaler, an associate professor of sociology at the University of Alberta.

“I don’t think it’s rocket science. People take their genitals as kind of being the core of sexual identity.

There are smaller nuts available, too, for motorcycles.

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Get yours at bumpernuts.com

Overall Standings After Stage 16 - Tour de France 2006.

That’s it. I’m done with making predictions. Dammit.

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Sen. Murkowski lands 63-pound king salmon.

It’s not her only salmon, either.