Sumana asked the other night whether there was any depth to which I wouldn’t sink for a story idea. I have discovered that there is. I just can’t try to pawn this off as fiction.<\/p>\n
C O R Y<\/p>\n
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PALO ALTO, CA<\/b> — Researchers at Stanford University have announced that the hole in Earth’s ozone layer is rapidly being filled by another stratum of the atmosphere.<\/p>\n
“We’ve done spectroscopic analysis,” said Doctor Cory Wonkette-Searls on Thursday, “and Dooce Gaiman at Washington State has obtained confirming results. The replacement gas is coming from the blogosphere.”<\/p>\n
“I wouldn’t want to be in Antarctica right now,” he added. “Wheeoo.”<\/p>\n
The ozone layer absorbs ultraviolet radiation, and has been depleted by chlorofluorocarbon pollution. The blogosphere, composed of superheated air and self-absorbed methane, is separated from life on Earth by several orders of magnitude.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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