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Keep The Loons Away....

a: Actin ~
b: a celebrity

What: "My Professor explained it as Actin is like a celebrity and Tropomyosin is the rope that blocks the crazy fan Myosin... And that's where I need to look over my notes again! But more basically the motor neuron stimulates and the Sarcoplasmic Reticulum releases calcium."

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Writer: Beth Bluestocking
LCC:
Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: Apr 29 2013 5:47 PM


Close But No Taco

a: Brake fade ~
b: losing your virginity

What: "I think experiencing brake fade is like losing your virginity. If you let nature take it's course, you'll experience it when you're ready. I've only gotten to 3rd base with my brakes."

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Writer: T-dub
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Where:
Date: Oct 1 2013 5:04 PM


Wtf?

a: Adding understeer to fix oversteer ~
b: getting gonorrhea

What: "Adding understeer to fix oversteer is like getting gonorrhea to distract you from your herpes."

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Writer: DiamondStarMonsters
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Where:
Date: Oct 3 2013 7:29 PM



a: earth's surface ~
b: a jigsaw puzzle

What:

"The earth's surface is like a jigsaw puzzle, made up of tectonic plates that fit together, like the back of a turtle shell or the pattern of a soccer ball "


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Writer: Michael Perkins
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Date: Jan 16 2015 9:37 AM



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