This is just too cute...
---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2002 09:36:38 -0700 From: SF Gate Newsletters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: SF GATE MORNING FIX: Toil overkill, morbid trades =============================================== SF GATE MORNING FIX April 19, 2002 -- Tim Curry turns 56 today =============================================== By Mark Morford [EMAIL PROTECTED] THE MEDIA STEW From the fringes of SF Gate, and then some... *********************************************** **Everybody Loves Magma Superplumes** Two superplumes of molten rock appear to be powering through the boundary between the Earth's upper and lower mantle, perhaps feeding volcanoes and affecting movement of the planet's crust. New evidence of the superplumes -- located beneath the south central Pacific Ocean and southern Africa -- comes from studies of seismic waves conducted by scientists at UC Berkeley and reported in the journal Science. "Emphasis so far has been on the cold down-moving subducted plates and their critical role in mantle dynamics. We think the superplumes play an important role as well," researcher Barbara Romanowicz said. "God I just love saying it though, don't you? Magma superplumes. Magma superplumes," she might've added, eyes rolling back and breath coming slightly heavier, stroking a hunk of hard lava in her lap. "Mmmm. It feels good in the mouth and sounds vaguely dirty, you know? Or like the name of some funkycool LA bar band like 'Nacho Johnny and the Magma Superplumes' or something. Or maybe it's the title of the new Wilco album or something. Magma superplumes. Mmm, science." http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2002/04/18/national1408EDT0707.DTL&; nl=fix Marvin Long Austin, Texas
