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I watch this a couple of times a week. His body is beautiful to look at, and it just makes me smile and chuckle every time watching all the reactions.

NASA’s Curiosity rover made a “mind-blowing” discovery on Mars — yellowish-green crystals of pure sulfur, never before seen on Earth’s mysterious red neighbor, according to scientists. The literal ground-breaking find was made after the one-ton Curiosity drove over a pile of rocks and cracked one open while probing the deep and winding Gediz Vallis channel, believed to have been formed by water 3 billion years ago. “I think it’s the strangest find of the whole mission and the most unexpected,” Ashwin Vasavada, Curiosity project scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory [JPL] in Pasadena, California, told CNN. “I have to say, there’s a lot of luck involved here. Not every rock has something interesting inside.” The rover’s operators spotted white stones in the distance and mission scientists wanted to investigate further. On May 30, Vasavada and his team reviewed images from the rover that showed a crushed rock in the wheel’s tracks. What they saw when they zoomed in was “mind-blowing,” he said., as they viewed the “gorgeous texture and color inside” of what had initially appeared to be a typical Martian rock. They were even more shocked when analysis proved it was completely sulfur. “No one had pure sulfur on their bingo card,” Vasavada said. Sulfur rocks are usually “beautiful, translucent and crystalline,” according to Vasadava — but the millions of years of weathering sandblasted the rocks’ exterior, blending them with the rest of the orange Martian landscape. Curiosity had previously discovered a number of sulfates, or salts that contain sulfur that are formed when water evaporates. Pure sulfur only forms on Earth under extreme conditions, such as volcanic processes or in hot springs, CNN reported. The Gediz Vallis channel is dug out on the sides of the 3-mile-tall Mount Sharp, which the rover has been steadily climbing for 10 years. The rock was broken open when Curiosity ran it over Curiosity snapped a photo of a rock nicknamed ‘Snow Lake’ in June, which is similar to the rock the rover smashed.

THANK YOU!!! It's been so long since somebody set me up for a GOLDEN GIRLS quote: Synopsis: Dorothy and Stan plan their wedding while Sophia still doesn’t approve; the girls welcome Truby to replace Dorothy as their roommate. Truby: “My husband passed just last summer.” Rose: “Passed what?” Dorothy: “A slow-moving Winnebago, Rose.”

NASA’s Curiosity rover made a “mind-blowing” discovery on Mars — yellowish-green crystals of pure sulfur, never before seen on Earth’s mysterious red neighbor, according to scientists. The literal ground-breaking find was made after the one-ton Curiosity drove over a pile of rocks and cracked one open while probing the deep and winding Gediz Vallis channel, believed to have been formed by water 3 billion years ago. “I think it’s the strangest find of the whole mission and the most unexpected,” Ashwin Vasavada, Curiosity project scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory [JPL] in Pasadena, California, told CNN. “I have to say, there’s a lot of luck involved here. Not every rock has something interesting inside.” The rover’s operators spotted white stones in the distance and mission scientists wanted to investigate further. On May 30, Vasavada and his team reviewed images from the rover that showed a crushed rock in the wheel’s tracks. What they saw when they zoomed in was “mind-blowing,” he said., as they viewed the “gorgeous texture and color inside” of what had initially appeared to be a typical Martian rock. They were even more shocked when analysis proved it was completely sulfur. “No one had pure sulfur on their bingo card,” Vasavada said. Sulfur rocks are usually “beautiful, translucent and crystalline,” according to Vasadava — but the millions of years of weathering sandblasted the rocks’ exterior, blending them with the rest of the orange Martian landscape. Curiosity had previously discovered a number of sulfates, or salts that contain sulfur that are formed when water evaporates. Pure sulfur only forms on Earth under extreme conditions, such as volcanic processes or in hot springs, CNN reported. The Gediz Vallis channel is dug out on the sides of the 3-mile-tall Mount Sharp, which the rover has been steadily climbing for 10 years. The rock was broken open when Curiosity ran it over Curiosity snapped a photo of a rock nicknamed ‘Snow Lake’ in June, which is similar to the rock the rover smashed.

NOT A PUN, BUT THIS CRACKED ME UP:

DEAR ABBY: My son and his family live six hours from me. I can afford the gas to drive there, but paying for a hotel room for two nights is beyond my means. My son is a stay-at-home dad of seven children. When I asked his wife if I could stay at their place, thinking one child could make a pallet on the floor, giving me their bed, she said she didn’t want to put their child out. At my age, I can’t sleep on the floor because I have some health issues. This means I can’t see my son and his family. They don’t offer to help pay for a room. I remember when someone stayed in my parents’ home, they gave up their bedroom to the guest. I don’t expect my son and his wife to give up their room, but one of the children should. It makes me feel sad, disrespected and uncared for since, in the past, my son said he wanted me to get closer to his children. Is there any answer? — DENIED GRANDMA IN WASHINGTON DEAR GRANDMA: This may not be a case of being uncared for or disrespected. From what you have described, your daughter-in-law makes the decisions in that household rather than your son. The reason may be that she’s the one financially supporting the family. If you (and your son) want you to grow closer to your seven grandchildren, perhaps a foldaway cot could be purchased for you to use when you visit. It shouldn’t cost more than a few nights in a hotel. (Have you ever ASKED them if it would be possible for them to pay part of the cost of a hotel stay?) If a cot is out of reach, consider sleeping on a sofa or in an easy chair, if one is comfortable enough. I MUST ADMIT I’M STUMPED. THE LOGICAL THING TO DO WOULD BE TO PICK OUT YOUR LEAST-FAVORITE GRANDCHILD (it should be easy… you've got seven - at least one must be particularly annoying) AND KILL HIM/HER, BUT YOUR BITCH DAUGHTER-IN-LAW WOULD PROBABLY EXPECT YOU TO PAY FOR THE FUNERAL, SO THAT SOLUTION IS OUT…

And, believe it or not, she is still 100!

And, equally off-putting, probably pricy.

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Christina Hall (née Haack) is keeping the keys to her HGTV kingdom. The reality star, 41, is reportedly filming her new show, “The Flip Off,” without estranged husband Josh Hall after they filed for divorce from each other this week. The competition series, announced in May, was supposed to see Haack and Hall, 43, face off with her first husband, Tarek El Moussa, and El Moussa’s current wife, “Selling Sunset” alum Heather Rae El Moussa (née Young).

this one?

It's ironic but during all the talk about Biden's mental state, Joy seemed a step slow today.

Maybe you're in one of the areas that HAS updated their system.

Fandango founder ID’d as jumper who leaped to his death from luxury NYC hotel

I wasn't thinking the worst; I was stating the facts.

All the other indexes, or indices if you prefer, took a bath today, but the Dow climbs on… It passed 41,200 but finished at 41,198.