the rock got too hot and years of paint sloughed off

hot lava dip

"Getting to [Marum] was kind of like a reverse climbing of Everest," he said. "The volcano fought back at us, and we had to deal with terrible weather, tremendous heat from the lava, descending and ascending 400 meters of near vertical, loose rock face, acid rain so strong that it could have come from a car battery, and a variety of other craziness."

Kourounis says he got so close to the lava that splashes of it melted a hole into his rain jacket and also a part of one of his cameras. (via)

thx birthdave!

would you like to know what to expect from the sky this summer?

jicydak, i'm a deft amateur meteorologist with some notable talents in weather control. i've had a bad feeling about what's to come based on the relentless brutality of this past winter. and now my fears have been confirmed. please read this summary of the farmer's almanac predictions for summer 2k14:

The 2014 edition of the Farmer’s Almanac predicts the New York area will be socked by a wet, hot summer that’s set to dump a higher-than-average amount of rain across the five boroughs.

“It looks like it’s going to be an oppressively hot and humid summer for the New York area,” said Sandi Duncan, the almanac’s managing editor.

“It’s going to be very humid and thundery,” she added.

Things will start heating up in mid-June, just as heavy rainfalls begin to move into the area, soaking city dwellers.

The heat and heavy rainfall will endure through the month of July and some of August before things begin to cool off and dry out.

also, sandy part two:

Duncan said a severe hurricane will likely threaten the East Coast sometime between Sept. 16 and 19, and take a course similar to that of Hurricane Sandy in 2012.

smells like chips

yahoo did a poll of light beers (thanks macbreath!) and trader joe's josé (racist) took top prize:

Ranking number one, Trader José Light, a private-label beer from the Trader Joe's chain, was surprisingly "pretty OK," according to our tasters. They liked that it "smelled like chips," was "lager-like," and had a "caramel-y" color.

who needs a lager? it's lager-like! 
i prefer it not be a caramel color, just caramel-y. 

this goes to show that it is never too hot for chips.

PREACH.

and it's on TUR-bo.

thx nscience!

retroactive reincarnation

today, it is so blazing hot outside that all of our air conditioners at work keep trippin' the breakerz (industry vernacular) and its one thousand degrees in my office and i died. i almost lived, but then the ambulance coming to save me ran over my body. anyway, don't worry, because i have been retroactively reincarnated to the date of may 3rd, when i came back as this tiny deer at the queens zoo.

my name is teacup tori, what's yours!?

spotithursdie

JUST RAIN ALREADY.

couldn't not ctm at this.

that's what i'm talkin' about.

get after it, rowdy.

HEAT WAVE.

yup, that's about right

Source: the internet.

too hot for chips.

well, hotpocalypse is in full swing. today's forecast includes a high of 97, with a feels-like 105. that's degrees. farenheit. we've also got an "excessive heat warning", which i read is only issued for very extreme combinations of heat and humidity.

now, i know what you southerners are thinking. "that's not so bad. y'all are a bunch of babies. it's worse here." but let me tell you about a little something called an "air quality warning." we've got one of those going, too. i don't know what it means in science terms, but i do know that this morning the entire city smelled like one gigantic, garbage-y queef. i sidestepped a pile of vomit on my way to work, which sparked a lengthy chicken-and-egg debate inside my head.

all of that being said, i'd like to pass along this article featuring the city's best frozen treat offerings. if you can bear to be outside over the next few days, maybe you can check out these spots for some relief.

CTM, weather.com

doritos superbowl commercial

turns out everyone thinks kirsten gillibrand is hot

its not just me.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid already called her the "hottest member" of the Senate, and today Mayor Bloomberg gave his two cents on the leggy blond. He gushed to the Wall Street Journal, “I don’t think it’s appropriate for me to talk about people’s looks or dress, but Sen. Gillibrand at a black-tie event last night looked stunning, I think you could say...She’s a pleasure to sit next to and she certainly looked good." Easy there, Mike, your 12-year-old schoolgirl is showing. via

did you know that i applied for a job to be her receptionist in new york city? wouldnt that have been fun.

daily ri ri

Only Girl (In the World) - Rihanna by Rap-Up

hot new jam alert!!!! first rihanna single off her fifth studio album LOUD! to be released in november

want you to make me feel / like im the only girl in the world / like im the only one that youll ever love / like im the only one that knows your heart / only girl in the world / like im the only one thats in command / cuz im the only one who understands like im the only one who knows your heart / only one

ryan gosling

i dont need a reason to post such a picture mk?

i like your clothes, by the way. and shoes. well everything. youre not doing anything wrong.

what is phyllis doing?

She is hiding out under the table. Since she is blind, chances are she doesn't even know she's hiding, though. Regardless, her peeking around the table leg pose is h2d.