Good God, Really?

Woordpress has, apparently become the blogging choice of idiots. I say this because after hitting publish on the last post what popped up?

So I Guess I Should Start Writing Some Stuff, Eh

So I’m looking at my site stats, not expecting much because I haven’t been writing much and I discovered that one of the sites referring to mine is is this one – it goes to the Harvard College Library. I guess I ought to do something to earn that – like writing posts on a [...]

Bob O’Hara You Are An Evil, Evil Man

Okay, I have to confess. This made me laugh harder than I have in a couple of weeks. My first post will be about a remarkable paper (still embargoed) that describes context-dependent dispersal strategies in maritime rodents. I’m still laughing… P. S. Bob, how is the veal? Should we tickle tip the waitress? Will you [...]

Hawks, Paleoanthropology, and Cranks

In an otherwise interesting article on Homo floresiensis Hawks mentions the following: Gretchen asks if I’m turning into a crank. Hawks, pictured below, responds: Wow, it really must be the heat getting to me! I have to keep reminding myself that press interviews frequently misrepresent the nuances of what scientists actually say and think. And [...]

A Nefarious, Evil LOLcat Plot Exposed

My suspicions were aroused when known LOLcat purveyor (and suspected LOLcat spy) carlsonjok left this comment on my blog. Later on I discovered this blood curdling story on Science Daily:

Teh Rawk Returns!

Remembr dis and dis? Well, teh Rawk saga continuez! In dis episode basement kittehs ebil minions suffr defeat an has 2 giv teh Rawk back to Kentucky!

Holding My Breath Until I Get More Four Stone Hearth Submissions

The Four Stone Hearth is tomorrow. Please don’t make me go without oxygen that long…

Ling Bua? I Thought it was Taung.

I think the title of my post says it all

What is Wrong With America

Too many people believe this:

Which Science Fiction Writer Are You?

I am: Hal Clement (Harry C. Stubbs) A quiet and underrated master of “hard science” fiction who, among other things, foresaw integrated circuits back in the 1940s. Which science fiction writer are you? Woot! I Love Hal Clement! Not as much as Cordwainer Smith but still…

So Does This Mean Australopithecines Walked On Their Hands?

Those paleontologists are always one methodological and theoretical step ahead of paleoanthropologists. Consider this new discovery about dinosaurs: “Basically they scooted around by grabbing nearby vines with their mouths and pulling their bodies. Almost like a snake. What we used to think were legs were actually big flippers that flapped about in the air, driving [...]

Good Lord! I Hope They Don’t Team Up With The Cows!

Apparently, Chi ckens have better color vision than humans: Scientists mapped five types of light receptors in the chicken’s eye. They discovered the receptors were laid out in interwoven mosaics that maximized the chicken’s ability to see many colors in any given part of the retina, the light-sensing structure at the back of the eye. [...]

Steve Martin: King Tut

Yes, I know but I can’t resist… I’m reading the Jama paper so just keep watching the above until further notice…or until you go insane….whichever. Here is another from the comments:

The Cowpocalypse Has Begun!

I, for one, welcome our new bovine overlords: People probably can’t tip cows, but a cow tipped a person in Knoxville. Then it stepped on him. An ambulance was called to the University of Tennessee agriculture campus Friday morning. Fire Department Capt. D.J. Corcoran told The Knoxville News Sentinel first responders found a 40 to [...]

Doing Science

This is great!