GEEK SALAD SAUERSTOFF

I was gobsmacked to hear today that NASA had succeeded in making a small amount of oxygen on Mars. Perseverance did it using a device onboard, which converts CO2 into the life giving gas. It was enough to last a Martionaut 10 minutes. How amazing is that! I can well foresee in 50 years huge silos of oxygen bristling on the surface of the red planet. Can you?

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I heard a kid use a phrase today, like a straight rainbow, and I thought that's neat. Is that something you've heard? Not sure what it means.

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Another phrase I heard was Killed by Death. I don't think its possible to be killed by death is it? Death is a consequence, not a cause. What do you think?

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I saw my Grandson's favourite cuddly toy in a movie the other day, a soft doggy from Ikea. He calls it Dizzy and has a second one called Doody. It was in the George Clooney vehicle Midnight Sky. A young girl, reminiscent of Aliens' Newt, had it. Maybe Junior should rename one Clooney!

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According to the radio Phil Collins objected to the original title of Easy Lover. He just didn't like it, Choosy Lover. It got me thinking as to what else it might have been: Cheesy Brother? Sleazy Mother? What would you come up with for Phil?

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This clip on Wired blew me away. I thought it was a jungle on Earth bit its the Norgay and Hilary mountains on Pluto at Sunset. Stunning don't you think?

https://www.wired.com/video/watch/sunset-on-pluto#intcid=_cne-watch-pages_e7a4c611-d650-4c36-9a18-bd53f9c05691_entity-topic-similarity-v2

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These Ocean Adventures toy packs look really cool and remind me of Britains and Lone Star frogman toys. Have you come across Ocean Adventures?

https://guide.alibaba.com/shop/ocean-adventure-playset-32-piece-scuba-diver-figures-with-boats-and-playmat-1-35-scale_9695062.html