speaking of hot...

"Like watching paint explain global warming."

That's how "Stephen Colbert" -- I put it in quotation marks because I am referring to the character played by the intensely liberal man of the same name -- described the PBS documentary Journey to Planet Earth.

Which both makes me laugh hysterically (remember how Grandma Ethel used to laugh? Yeah, like that) and want to watch that show.

"Get your paws off me, you damn dirty grizz!"

Although I do have to say, the shot of the oceans catching fire from Dimming the Sun was frightening as hell. Jeez.