Valleys and Troughs

15 things everyone should know about breasts. Really.

Pretty self-explanatory:

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This is how the World Ends.

From ctrl+alt+del comes artist Tim Buckley's vision of the apocalypse: a pirate robot fighting a ninja zombie riding a t-rex. Yep. That pretty much covers everything.

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Lindsey Vonn, others to compete in 2010 Olympics.

With the Winter Games set to start in just three days in Vancouver, despite logistical difficulties regarding not having enough snow, it's never too soon to start brushing up on who's going to be competing. Take Lindsey Vonn, for instance, America's celebrated alpine skier and gold-medal favorite. In addition to winning back-to-back World Cup titles in '08 and '09, she is featured in the 2010 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition, out now.

The rest is pretty self-explanatory. We have to commend her more than anything for standing around in the snow in a bikini. Clearly she has what it takes to be a champion. Anyhow it'll be exciting to see the Games in Vancouver of all places, especially since we have one more glorious reason to pull for America.

VALLEY, big-time.

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Exotic Woman of the Day: Janina Gavankar.

America's own Janina Gavankar. Of Indian and Dutch descent, but we're sticking with Indian.

Astute readers will recognize Janina as The League's all-important Shiva Kamini. If you're not familiar with The League, you no have nobody to blame but yourself. Needless to say we'd have no problem with her likeness being emblazoned on trophies everywhere. We re all about Shiva.

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NASA's Puffin concept not quite a flying car, but still awesome.

We've long considered the greatest disillusionment of adulthood to be the realization that we will not likely live to see flying cars (if anyone ever will) as promised so often in our youth and discussed here before. Yet NASA refuses to let the dream wholly die, and if their latest incarnation of the personal flying machine isn't quite what we had in mind, we're not exactly going to split hairs. And so we have the Puffin:

The Puffin is something of a personal V-22 Osprey, complete with vertical-takeoff and landing capability (but minus the squad of
Marines). But rather than tilting the rotors forward for horizontal
flight, the whole craft -- cockpit and all -- pitches forward, meaning the pilot flies from a prone position. During takeoff and landing the tail splits into four legs that serve as landing gear, and flaps on the wings deploy to keep the aircraft stable as it lifts and descends.

Let's be clear about this. We are completely behind this effort, and believe wholeheartedly that anything which brings us closer to personal, everyday flight is a major step toward the pinnacle of human achievement. And with a theoretical top speed of 300 miles an hour and a maximum altitude of 30,000 feet the Puffin, at least in concept, is formidable. But it's really more of a miniaturized helicopter than an actual flying car. This is a delicate but significant distinction. Flying cars are sleek, they are round, one operates them as one would a car that is simply not at the mercy of gravity. To wit:

This is of course one of countless fictional incarnations of the flying car, but it's a fairly true representation of what we're looking for. And we know we're not alone in this. Whether or not NASA's vision of the flying machine is a stepping stone on the path to realizing our dreams remains to be seen. We can only hope that in the future toward which we are going, we won't need roads.

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To get us started on the right track: gratuitous photo of Vikki Blows (our new favorite color is yellow).

It's been a while, clearly, but as we said, we intend to get back on the horse here. And what better way to ease back onto the internets than with photos of the greatest exotic woman there is?

Yeah. Pretty hard to imagine waking up and seeing this, but then that's why we sleep with our laptop at arm's length. And just for good measure, and because we love what we do and feel as though it should be celebrated, the following:

Well. Not much else to say except that we are back, and (hope to be) better than ever. Thank you, and Godspeed.

VALLEY, big-time.

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Exotic Woman of the Day: Francesca Chillemi.

Italian Francesca Chillemi. Model, actual actress, Awesome.

Sadly we are unable today to provide a full set of posts, but that's no excuse for us to deprive our public of an Exotic Woman of the Day. And what a woman. According to what we could perceive form her wikipedia page, which is in Italian, she has had a bunch of TV and movie roles over there. Though really it could say anything and our opinion of her wouldn't change. Also she apparently really lies strawberries. Bravo.

VALLEY, of course.

Scientists announce finding new "super-earth" for the win.

It always astonishes us when we come across news like this and find that it hasn't resulted in mass hysteria or the founding of new religions. Or at least more media coverage than is devoted to how many women Tiger Woods has had sex with. A super-earth! Have we not collectively dreamed of finding something like this since the dawning realization that the universe did not, in fact, revolve around our own planet? We have. The details:

Astronomers have discovered a new Earth-like planet that is larger than our own and may be more than half covered with water, according to a study published Wednesday in the science journal Nature.
The so-called "super Earth" is about 42 light years away in another solar system and has a radius nearly 2.7 times larger than that of our planet, according to the study by the Harvard-Smithsonian Centre for Astrophysics.
The discovery of the planet, called GJ 1214b, represents a "major step forward" in the search for worlds similar to the Earth, added the University of California's Geoffrey Marcy in a commentary also in Nature.

Jaysus. There are all sorts of reasons why researchers are hesitant to imagine that life may exist on the euphoniously named GJ 1214b, including estimates that the surface temperature ranges upwards of 500 degrees fahrenheit. Yet the density of the planet suggests that it is made up of about 75% water, which is encouraging. The research also points to "tantalising hints that the planet has a gaseous atmosphere." Man. That actually is pretty tantalizing. We certainly aren't alone in believing that nothing represents all the glorious possibilities of our existence more than finding life somewhere outside of earth, and findings like this are encouraging at the least. Now pardon us while we take to the streets to indiscriminately set cars on fire.

VALLEY for all mankind.

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Exotic Woman of the Day: India Reynolds.

England's India Reynolds. British, eighteen. Awesome.

We couldn't say what it is exactly, but there is just something about English girls. Maybe it's the accent or the haughty air of implicit superiority. Regardless, we find ourselves infinitely thankful for the 'special relationship.' As for India Reynolds, there isn't much to say other than... well done. We continue to be astounded by what the United Kingdom offers the world.

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Iron Man 2 trailer released, and man does it look awesome.

Ah. Nothing like a good movie trailer. Especially two in two days! And while we're sort of excited about Robin Hood, we have to say that the Iron Man 2 trailer is... it's just unbelievable. You can download a bigger version from apple if you so desire, and we suggest you do. There are almost no words to describe how awesome it is. We won't provide you with a play-by-play, but some highlights include Tony Stark yukking it up at what appears to be a congressional hearing, a brief appearance by Scarlett Johannson, and Iron Man and War Machine brawling back-to-back a the end. Man. Our eyes are glazing over just thinking about it. We have a feeling this is going to be a good one, and there will almost certainly be some cameos setting up the next films in Marvel's arsenal (Thor and then the Avengers, specifically). Yeah, not a bad day for comics fans. Big things are on the horizon.

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