The Lionfish Cookbook

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The Lionfish Cookbook: No, we're not kidding.  Just see the link to the News Daily article below.  Seems that the Lionfish invasion of the waters off Florida have become a problem.  So much so that they actually wrote a cook book with 45 recipes for these beauties.  They claim the delicacy is safe (except for the spines) and delicious.  We expect a good export business to Japanese fish markets...

And, yes, you can purchase The Lionfish Cookbook from the Amazon Carousel below...  Thank You,


FOM: "Eat 'Em" Stratagem for Lionfish Invasion in Florida (REUTERS), Lionfish (Wikipedia), Pterois volitans (Wikipedia), Pterois volitans (FishBase), Pterois volitans in the Encyclopedia of Life, Pterois volitans information page from the Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce


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Lunar Reduction or Lunduction

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Lunar Reduction or Lunduction: Is the unfortunate conflation of lunar and reduction.  That's it, the Moon seems to be shrinking in size.  ABC News reported that it appears to have shrunk by the length of 2 football fields (American).  That's right - the moon appears to be shrinking. 


FOM: NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Reveals 'Incredible Shrinking Moon'.

Amusing Observation?  - Yesterday we posted about Secure Redaction.


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GreenPad or gPad

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GreenPad or gPad: Suggested facetious nickname for Liquavista's green-alternative (potentially) reader/video technology to the yPad...

FOM: Color eReaders With Video and Electrowetting

Please Note: We receive no compensation for this definition/posting.



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Loriciferan

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Loriciferan: Of or relating to the newly discovered terran lifeforms capable of living completely without dependence on Oxygen.  Instead they appear to be dependent on sulphide respiration.

FOM: First Oxygen Free Animals Found , First Animals Found That Live Without Oxygen and Loricifera

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Lithium Tantalate or LiTaO3

Lithium Tantalate or LiTaO3: Not a new term, chemical or material.  But exciting piezoelectric useful for freezing water via heating or producing a beam of neutrons.  Weapons potential?  Unknown as yet...

Bit.ly: http://bit.ly/cETVfJ

FOM: Scientists Freeze Water With Heat, Fusion Seen In Table Top Experiment  and Lithium Tantalate

Hugo: Look for this blog to suddenly and mysteriously disap...

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TwitFame or CXLame

TwitFame or CXLame: The unfortunate conceptual collision of Twitter or 140 (Roman Numerals) and fame. To paraphrase Andy Warhol, "In the future, everybody will be famous for 140 characters".

Everyone desires some measure of fame (or mercy) - its human nature.

Bit.ly: http://bit.ly/dCqaKs






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Humzer

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Humzer: Awesome conflation of Hummer and laser. New concept/technique to destroy IEDs. Witness the awesome power! Yeah, baby, yeah!

Bit.ly: http://bit.ly/7m84Ar

FOM: Laser Hummer Video (Wired – Thanks to @AnalizeThis), White Sands Testing New Laser System Weapon

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Lundal or Lundane

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Lundal or Lundane: The unfortunate conflation of London (city) and banal or mundane. Suggested nickname for London: Not the City of Love, Romance... Great city, if you're a bibliophile...

Bit.ly: http://bit.ly/4rtJrc

FOM: Love in London is as rare as finding aliens #REUTERS

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Coffeetalk with Bill (or Bill Richman?)

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Coffeetalk with Bill or (Bill Richman?): The somewhat disturbing conflation of Linda Richman and Bill Clinton. Like shades of Coffee Talk with Linda Richman, Big Bill and colleagues allegedly discuss having Obama getting coffee for them? We wonder, would he (Obama?) have peed in it?

Bit.ly: http://bit.ly/56kXRn

FOM: Clinton Made Questionable Obama Remark and Game Change

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Liquidus Aurum

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Liquidus Aurum: Translation (Latin) provided by the InterTran website translation engine (if you haven't visited this website yet, WOW!). With reference to the possible death caused by imbibing this once popular elixir of life by Diane de Poitiers.

Bit.ly: http://bit.ly/51TN51

FOM: Study: Too much drinkable gold for king's mistress, Gold and InterTran.

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Phwitter or Sophister?

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Phwitter or Sophister?: The portmanteaus of philosophy and Twitter. Which is the more appropriate? The former, being the joining of love (philo) and twitter - or the latter, being the joining of knowledge (sophia) and twitter.


Bit.ly: http://bit.ly/5hWjyu


FOM: Impossible Tweets, This is Not a Posting – Impossible Tweets, “Define Normal” and "Where is the Universe?".









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Macaulayite

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Macaulayite: Unique mineral ((Fe3+,Al)24Si4O43OH2) that is currently found only in Aberdeenshire (Bennachie) and - possibly - Mars. May provide 'proof' for sustainability of life on Mars. May also explain red color of Martian geology (areology).


Bit.ly: http://bit.ly/8DPRbF


FOM: Nasa tests Aberdeenshire find for life on Mars clues and Macaulayite. Related: Mars methane 'not from meteors' . More flickr images of Bennachie, Aberdeenshire.









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Riddell's Law (with Apologies to the Palin Camp...)

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Riddell's Law: Fascinating. We learned this one off of Twitter today. Thanks to @marcuschown, @cadigan and @txtriffidranch. Which is an axiom that states: "Any sufficiently developed incompetence is indistinguishable from conspiracy." Does this explain the Sarah Palin movement? Why yes, we think it does! Hmmm... How about the Teabaggers? The Bush Administration (W)? And Fox News? Yes. Oh, speaking of Fox News...


Bit.ly: http://bit.ly/88HafS

FOM: Gretchiate and Please, if there is a God, let Keith Olbermann and the Countdown Crew see this one... and Microsoft tackles 17-year-old bug

Revised/Updated: Thursday, December 10, 2009 and Friday, February 5, 2010





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Flibanserin

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Flibanserin: Not a new term, but one that belongs in the dictionary, perhaps. New anti-depressant reputed to have positive effects on the female libido. Joy to the ladies! Sorry, we have no direct experiences to report! SAFETY and efficacy are still being evaluated (Wikipedia). No guarantees

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Bit.ly: http://bit.ly/5KZxke

FOM: Viagra for Women? Drug Developed as Antidepressant Effective in Treating Low Libido and Cuil search results

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Lipobals

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Lipobals: The unfortunate and digsgusting portmanteau of liposuction and cannibal. Those who consume human fat for nourishment...


Bit.ly: http://bit.ly/4W1X9t


FOM: Peru gang accused of killing to sell human fat and Peru human fat killings 'a lie'


Updated: Wednesday, December 2, 2009






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Twiability or Twegal

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Twiability or Twegal: The legal ramifications of one's postings on Twitter or other social networking site. The portmanteaus of Twitter, liability and legal. Witness the Courtney Love tweet case.

FOM: Can you be liable for your tweets?

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Cypherform

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Cypherform: An artificial or programmable organism made with no living material. Coming soon...near you.


Bit.ly: http://bit.ly/4Csjos


FOM: BioBricks, Synthetic Biology, Commander Data and Android.









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Liquide Granite

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Liquide Granite: Not of our own making, new term for a new type of building material.


Bit.ly: http://bit.ly/3HlFwo


FOM: Liquid Granite: Building Material Of The Future Unveiled and (apparently not related...) AMES' LIQUID GRANITE.









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Vafricuum or Africuum

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Vafricuum / Africuum: The conceptual collision of leadership vacuum and Africa. These folks could not find one leader worthy of this special prize...on an entire continent... Sigh, this must be a case where the glass is half empty. Hugo, pack your bags! Hugo: I'm going, I'm going!

Bit.ly: http://bit.ly/46WGg6

FOM: African leadership prize withheld and Mo Ibrahim Foundation website.









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Snuddism

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Snuddism: The very unfortunate portmanteau of snub and Buddhism. With reference to the Obama Administration's apparent avoidance of meeting the current Dalai Lama. How do you snub the Buddha? Bad karma!

Bit.ly: http://bit.ly/1yFTZo

FOM: Obama Snubs Dalai Lama and DailyShowClips The Daily Show with Jon Stewart - Hell No Dalai: John Oliver reports on the Dalai Lama's typically bad reaction.. http://bit.ly/10bL8I.

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