"Would you lick Lysol cleaner?"
So began a press release. It brings up two other questions: why would you ask? and do I really want to read on? It's early in the morning and I'm not exactly in the mood to be queried about my willingness to gargle Scrubbing Bubbles or have a Liquid Plumber colonic. But I wanted to make sure I didn't want to get anything more from these people before I unsubscribed forever, so I read on. " A new organic cleaner that is so pure you can lick it, use it on your counter, use it for eye make-up remover and even clean your dog's eyes! Many products claim to be green and organic but would you truly lick it and use it for many purposes?"
Again with the Lysol licking! Stop it! I went to the official page for the stuff, and here's the formula:
Leaving aside the fact that the name sounds like a a demon in "Ghostbusters," I don't want to lick sea-shell powder, either. Or spray it in my dog's eyes.
Anyway. Thought I'd pas that along. Onward:
SCIENCE! An interesting picture of the moon, three impact craters, and the shape of the ejecta, which we bring up partly because it's fun to say "ejecta."
The article says "Click to embiggen, and you should since it helps you see the details I desribe." The term embiggen is used again under another photo. The first use of "embiggen" was amusing, the second a bit much. But how long would it take for someone in the comments to insist it was a perfectly cromulent word? About 1.7 lightseconds.
Now: people tend to jump the gun in comments; for example, I wouldn't be surprised if someone had already sent me an e-mail noting that "light-second" would be a measure of distance, not time. People love to point out the mistakes and deficiencies of others, even though the entire Internet is a glass house. But if you write "We will all feel better about you if you do," you'd better be prepared for the response:
