OK, here's something I didn't know - if you're suddenly exposed to the vacuum of space, you're better off letting the air out of your lungs rather than trying to hold your breath.

The first effect is the expansion of gases within the lungs and digestive tract due to the reduction of external pressure. A victim of explosive decompression greatly increases their chances of survival simply by exhaling within the first few seconds, otherwise death is likely to occur once the lungs rupture and spill bubbles of air into the circulatory system.

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Aimee, I'd be watching out for Monstro, if I were you. He sounds like he might have a grudge.

I also like cashmere socks.

Goes without saying, but so do I.

I also like any meat product that is gifted to my front door. LOVE IT.

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Cashmere, were you able to keep Owen in his room last night?

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Aimee, I'd be watching out for Monstro, if I were you. He sounds like he might have a grudge.

No kidding.

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Goes without saying, but so do I.

Stepmom got me cashmere yoga / comfy pants for Christmas. I silently mocked her. Then I put them on. Bless her, for they are luxury numminess pantsonified.

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No kidding.

I also thought of Monstro as the strong and silent type. Stoic. Still might try to beat you down one day though.

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Cashmere, were you able to keep Owen in his room last night?

I was! Although when he's tired, he just calmly goes to sleep without getting out of his bed. It's when he's bored that he decides he'd rather run the halls and hop in Olivia's crib.

Today, I picked up some of those squeeze, door knob covers and they did prevent him from opening his door at nap time. He banged the hell out of the door until he got tired and gave it up for the nap so I'm putting today in the WIN column for me.

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Oh, I love Wonkette:

Jenna and Barbara are being tossed out of Argentina — not by the actual country, but by the pissed-off U.S. diplomats in Buenos Aires.

Why? Because their drunken antics and usual Bush-inspired chaos have ruined the buzz for new American Ambassador Anthony Wayne, who expected the whole country to applaud his pointless appointment. Instead, the Argentine press has gone Bush Twin Crazy.

The local tabloids say Barb and Jenna are literally running naked through the halls of their exclusive hotel, while the twins’ Secret Service team has apparently completely abandoned the gals. Many more tawdry details — including a double assassination attempt — are now in this brand new breaking update.

Actually, they were asked to leave, by the US embassy. They refused.

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More Wonkette:

Sandia National Laboratory, which once produced fantastic death ray weapons and nuclear bombs to keep America strong, had to fire a gal for using the government’s supercomputers to access the cell phone account of some rap-metal idiot.

Devon Townsend is accused of breaking into the Verizon account of “Chester Bennington” — who leads an angry-white-guy faux-hip hop outfit called “Linkin Park.” She read his call logs, downloaded his camera-phone pictures and finally threatened his wife. Townsend is 27 years old and apparently just literate enough to work for the government’s secret Death Ray lab. This country is so fucked.

“We’re in a different age, and fans have more skills than they used to,” Townsend’s attorney said. Yeah, especially if they have government supercomputers and DoE clearance. In the old days, everybody on the Manhattan Project had to take a train to New Jersey to dig through Frank Sinatra’s mail, and that’s why we all speak Japanese today.

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while the twins’ Secret Service team has apparently completely abandoned the gals.

Well, they were standing by as one of the girls purse (containing her cell phone) was stolen right from under their dinner table at a restaurant.

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