all-encompassingly

Looks like not only are we falling behind other countries in science and math, but also in basic day labor skills.

A funny poem I saw on Wikipedia today:

I take it you already know,
Of tough and bough and cough and dough.
Others may stumble, but not you,
On hiccough, thorough, laugh and through.
Well done! And now you wish, perhaps,
To learn of less familiar traps.
Beware of heard, a dreadful word,
That looks like beard and sounds like bird.
And dead – [...]

I assume they don’t let tall trucks drive on the road there…

CNN reports that more than 100,000 rare gorillas were found in Congo.
credit: diskychick
 

…or Mexico.

 
Brilliant audition on Britain’s Got Talent.

Recently, in Cincinnati, I had an unreal experience with hunger in America. Around 11:30 am on a Friday, a man approached me in a skywalk between two downtown buildings. He was hungry, he said, and could I help him out.
I didn’t have any cash on me, but I had two granola bars with me. [...]

Deliciously rich in cholesterol.

I would love to see a comparison like this for other action franchises.

…as per Al Gore’s prediction.
But clear shipping channels in the Arctic? Awesome!
It seems unthinkable, but for the first time in human history, ice is on course to disappear entirely from the North Pole this year.

I blame global warming.

Chile volcano blasts ash 20 miles high, forcing evacuations
The long-dormant Chaiten volcano blasted ash some 20 miles (30 kilometers) into the Andean sky on Tuesday, forcing the last of thousands to evacuate and fouling a huge stretch of the South American continent.
A thick column of ash climbed into the stratosphere and blew [...]