Now on ScienceBlogs: Trying to understand the Norwegian swine flu mutations
Mike Dunford was a graduate student in the Department of Zoology at the University of Hawaii, Manoa, where he studied evolution. Life as an army spouse has since moved him on to Pensacola, where he's currently trying to figure out what to do next. While he's doing that, he writes stuff here, although not usually in the third person. 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.
April 30, 2009
Category: Politics
I was planning to take a couple of days off, but five or six people have emailed me the link to this quote, and it's far too good not to feature: There are two novels that can change a...
Posted by Mike Dunford at 3:28 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
April 28, 2009
Category: Accidental
I'm still trying to fully digest the implications of Specter's Switch, but there was something in one of the Politico articles on the defection that I can't resist commenting on now: In 2001, Republicans still had the House and...
Posted by Mike Dunford at 9:40 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Accidental
The BBC is reporting that some people are not thrilled about calling the influenza virus that's currently causing alarm around the world "swine flu". Unfortunately, there's a slight possibility that the alternative suggestion wasn't entirely well thought out. One...
Posted by Mike Dunford at 11:44 AM • 11 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
April 27, 2009
Category: Politics
First, the Quote of the Day: we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor. If you're an American, those fourteen words will hopefully look at least vaguely familiar. They're the closing words of...
Posted by Mike Dunford at 8:38 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
April 24, 2009
Category: Misc
...because there's something about the culture here in the South that I just don't understand. I was driving earlier, when a funeral procession started to pass from the opposite direction. While I was waiting for them to pass, I...
Posted by Mike Dunford at 2:51 PM • 28 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Everyone knew there were wolves in the mountains, but they seldom came near the village - the modern wolves were the offspring of ancestors that had survived because they had learned that human meat had sharp edges. Terry Pratchett...
Posted by Mike Dunford at 1:00 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
April 23, 2009
Category: Picture Posts
Counterscarp Gallery Fort Barrancas, Pensacola, Florida...
Posted by Mike Dunford at 11:12 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Accidental
After my earlier antics, this seemed apropos. Particularly given the conversation that took place after my wife found the directions I hadn't read. Jill: I thought you said it was a technical problem! Tim: Technically, I was the problem....
Posted by Mike Dunford at 1:00 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
April 22, 2009
Category: Accidental
Representative Joe Barton is feeling very good about himself right now. He's convinced that he "baffled" a Nobel Laureate with a "basic question." During a congressional hearing earlier today, he asked Energy Secretary Stephen Chu how the oil got...
Posted by Mike Dunford at 7:42 PM • 14 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Accidental
There are two pictures in today's installment. Both were taken just a few minutes ago. The second is a close-up of the area circled in red in the first picture....
Posted by Mike Dunford at 4:40 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
