A severe shortage of global cooling

With yet another day in triple digits here in Michigan, one has to ask if this prolonged heat wave is linked to global warming and climate change. Personally, I believe it most certainly is.

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However, there are folks out there who sincerely believe global warming is a farce. While I totally disagree with them, perhaps there is one thing we can agree on – there definitely is a severe shortage of global cooling. The charts below shows temperature trends since the mid-19th century and past 1,000 years. Pretty scary stuff, if you ask me.

Source: plantseed.com

Source: plantseed.com

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Spider-man is truly amazing

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I saw The Amazing Spider-man last night and thought it was a very enjoyable and entertaining movie. In fact, I liked it better than the initial version with Tobey Maguire.

Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone were perfectly cast as Peter Parker and Gwen Stacy and literally heat up the screen whenever they were together. I particularly liked how he would appear at her window 20 stories up and especially liked how he revealed his superhero persona to her. The music was nearly spot-on by James Horner. Best of all were the supporting roles played by Denis Leary, Sally Field, and Martin Sheen. All three were excellent additions to  the movie, who added more depth to the story.

Source: guardian.co.uk

Personally, I really liked the movie and highly recommend it, even though I went in with some trepidation. I found Andrew Garfield to be far more convincing as Spider-man than Tobey Maguire, as he seemed to reflect a more realistic attitude of a teenager suddenly endowed with super powers. Congrats to all involved in making the motion picture.

Fyi: stay through the first part of the credits, there is a little surprise preview.

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