Mike Dunford is a graduate student in the Department of Zoology at the University of Hawaii, Manoa, where he studies evolution. He's also a contributer to The Pandas Thumb. As is the case with everyone else here, his opinions are his own, and do not necessarily represent those of any organization he is affiliated with.
May 31, 2007
...odds are good that someone's breaking curfew. In which case, the pistol - though tempting - should probably take a back seat to grounding. (via Pharyngula)...
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Note: This is the second of a series of posts that I wrote while on the Big Island last weekend. Due to a lack of internet access, they were not posted at that time. We arrived at Volcano House...
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May 30, 2007
Tara and Revere have posts up today on the story of the anonymous jackass of Air France Flight 385 and Czech Air flight 104. His story has been all over the news lately - he's the idiot with extensively...
Posted by Mike Dunford at 2:46 PM • 14 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
May 29, 2007
Note: During my trip to the Big Island last weekend, I wrote several blog posts. I didn't have internet access, so I didn't post any of them at the time. I'm posting them now, as originally written. The 50th...
Posted by Mike Dunford at 2:41 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
May 25, 2007
The Island of Hawaii, that is. I'm already in the state. The last time I went over there, it was to do research. This time, I'm bringing the family and we're going to have a nice little vacation. I...
Posted by Mike Dunford at 9:40 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
May 24, 2007
I just checked the Junk folder for the comments, and found that there were quite a few legitimate comments that came in over the last few days that had been labeled as spam. The IP address blacklist that Movable...
Posted by Mike Dunford at 1:38 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
May 23, 2007
. . . what the hell is it going to take before those flaming idiots running Congress figure out how the hell to do the right thing? Collectively, they've got the spine of a beached jellyfish, the tenacity of...
Posted by Mike Dunford at 3:38 AM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
May 21, 2007
The Discovery Institute is (still, and predictably) in an uproar over Iowa's decision to reject Intelligent Design proponent Guillermo Gonzalez's tenure application. The DI is claiming that the decision could not possibly be anything other than an example of...
Posted by Mike Dunford at 11:22 PM • 24 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
There are a number of reasons that this particular article irritated me. The tone was condescending - the Economist was lecturing at biologists. The article's thesis is supported by nothing more than bald assertions. The article operates from the entirely unsubstantiated presumption that scientists in my discipline are routinely being dishonest. The article is also largely wrong.
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May 8, 2007
...my impression was that Mitt's a guy who is willing to jettison any belief, change any position in order to win the Presidency - in other words, a younger, better-looking John McCain. After watching the ad, my impression shifted a bit - from "typical politician" to "what a frigging tool."
Posted by Mike Dunford at 9:11 PM • 26 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
For most people, "PCS" is the acronym that Sprint uses when it describes its cell phone network. For those in the military, it means something different: Permanent Change of Station. PCS combines all of the wonderful fun of moving with the joy that comes from repeated adventures into the Kafkaesque military bureaucracy.
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May 1, 2007
Jon Stewart's right. The Bush Administration is really making him obsolete. There's no need to wait for him to spin something the President says to make him look stupid and give you a good laugh. All you need to...
Posted by Mike Dunford at 3:24 PM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine has been released from the hospital 18 days after suffering a large number of fractures in a high-speed car crash. Most, if not all, of the injuries were unnecessary. Had the Governor been wearing...
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