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First LOL PLoS images are now on Flickr and Facebook. If you use the correct tag in Flickr, yours will be added to the set. Please link to the original paper when you do this....Posted on June 2, 2008 6:25 PM • 1 Comments •
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Colleges should not discriminate against Martians and Tralfamadorians
Our governor agrees. At least in the print version of this article which has a somehwat different title: "Easley supports college for aliens". I wonder why they changed it for the Web version - is the editorial position that having...Posted on May 9, 2008 11:17 AM • 2 Comments •
The Deep History of the Microsoft Help-Desk
Posted on April 19, 2008 5:32 AM • 0 Comments •
Welcome the newest SciBling!
Go say Hello to Bill Demsbki (yes, affirmative action, I know....)...Posted on April 1, 2008 1:07 PM • 0 Comments •
NIH getting serious about brain doping
There have recently been several articles in the media about brain enhancers, so-called Nootropics, or "smart drugs". They have been abused by college students for many years now, but they are now seeping into other places where long periods of...Posted on April 1, 2008 11:47 AM • 15 Comments •
PZ in Chapel Hill
Well, well, well, I went to my office this morning and, just as I got my coffee, opened up the laptop and logged in, who walks in? PZ Myers! What a surprise. So, we chatted some. He thought that PLoS...Posted on April 1, 2008 8:49 AM • 5 Comments •
The age of the machine
Via...Posted on March 28, 2008 10:06 PM • 1 Comments •
When things go downhill....
Stolen from here:...Posted on March 22, 2008 9:29 PM • 1 Comments •
Brainial Stimulation!
From this......Posted on March 17, 2008 4:17 PM • 3 Comments •
The power of humor
There are other versions of this on YouTube as well...some funnier than others.......Posted on March 9, 2008 3:59 PM • 0 Comments •
May you be Onion in interesting times....
Diebold Accidentally Leaks Results Of 2008 Election Early...Posted on February 25, 2008 11:32 PM • 2 Comments •
This is So.Not.True!
(from here; hat-tip) Or perhaps Gabe has been right all along and I am not really a science blogger.......Posted on February 18, 2008 10:49 PM • 1 Comments •
An Onion? Not a cancer?
Yes and No. But the article is not from the 'Onion', it's from the Hot Medical News. It's about an onion, in a strange place.......Posted on February 17, 2008 9:25 AM • 1 Comments •
I get mail, too
Bloggers often highlight e-mail they get. I also get a bunch of loony stuff (and if it is not loony I try to respond, unless it is a medical question which I cannot ethically answer as I am not an...Posted on January 11, 2008 8:47 AM • 1 Comments •
The Most Important Issue For 2008 Voters
Poll: Bullshit Is Most Important Issue For 2008 Voters...Posted on January 8, 2008 4:01 PM • 1 Comments •
Theory and Practice
First: the difference between theory and practice. Second: the theory. Third: still to come, I hope, a YouTube video of Steinn demonstrating the practice of parallel parking....Posted on December 23, 2007 1:34 AM • 4 Comments •
OK, I like bacon, but...
...this much? This is the source of the very funny bacon flowchart, discovered by Dr.Bacon....Posted on December 22, 2007 11:30 PM • 0 Comments •
Security! The issue Republicans run on (or should they?)
Posted on December 2, 2007 5:25 PM • 1 Comments •
LOLDinosaur!
From here about this....Posted on November 16, 2007 3:39 AM • 3 Comments •
Importance of a short catchy name for a drug that cures every ailment known to man
[hat-tip: Graham Steel]...Posted on November 4, 2007 11:49 AM • 4 Comments •
This is me...hahahaha!
Hahaha - all your comments will be DELETED! Hahahahahaha!...Posted on November 2, 2007 4:02 PM • 0 Comments •
Nothing beats the Hands-On experience!
Just watching someone give a talk is often not enough to remember it later. As they say, a picture is worth a thousand words. And certainly, seeing is believing. But, this presentation is impossible to forget, even if one would...Posted on October 15, 2007 9:40 PM • 0 Comments •
LOLTesla
From here (hat-tip)....Posted on September 29, 2007 10:30 PM • 0 Comments •
Pay attention in biology class if you want to avoid embarassment when you get older
This story is making the e-mail rounds and I cannot resist posting it here. I started rolling on the floor laughing about a quarter into the story. See how far you can go and still keep a straight face (under...Posted on September 9, 2007 12:44 AM • 23 Comments •
The funniest "Rove resigns" post
That must be this one: Rove quitting to spend more time with his iPhone: Rove is considered one of the nation's foremost experts on e-mail deletion, although he - like the rest of us -- is relatively new to making...Posted on August 14, 2007 4:25 PM • 4 Comments •
Things one learns at PLoS....
Tim Sullivan demonstrates the proper gear for blogging against Creationism - a banana and a helmet:...Posted on July 16, 2007 4:58 PM • 0 Comments •
Blogging About Bush
Everyone always blogs about Bush... After all, Bush is such an easy target - there is not a day that he or some of his buddies do not do something outrageously bad. And with the Media covering it as if...Posted on June 27, 2007 11:51 PM • 10 Comments •
Notworking...
I got this comic strip from Chris, through the Facebook, of course: Related...Posted on June 25, 2007 12:40 PM • 0 Comments •
An Intelligent Storkist Designs a Straw Man
.Posted on June 16, 2007 2:34 AM • 1 Comments •
Proper behavior in a coffee-shop
Before I start telecommuting, I need to learn some basic rules of behavior......Posted on May 26, 2007 10:07 PM • 6 Comments •
Bill Clinton meets an untimely end after a week on the run
Fortunately, Janet Reno is still OK. The police brought Bill Clinton to the Orange County Animal Shelter, where he later died. With perfect quote-mining, I made you look, didn't I?...Posted on May 24, 2007 10:51 PM • 3 Comments •
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Two years ago today, I posted this. One year ago today, I only linked to it, though I should have reposted it instead to start a tradition. Well, I'll fix that this year on this day - under the fold:...Posted on May 11, 2007 9:15 AM • 13 Comments •
I can feel it in my bones....
Sperm Cells Created From Human Bone Marrow: Human bone marrow has been used to create early-stage sperm cells for the first time, a scientific step forward that will help researchers understand more about how sperm cells are created. Gives a...Posted on April 13, 2007 12:51 AM • 0 Comments •
Suckered?
OK, admit, how many of you really got suckered? (in reference to yesterday) Quite a lesson in credulity and perception for many...(yup, I was in on the joke from the very beginning/planning/execution stages)...Posted on April 2, 2007 12:49 PM • 3 Comments •
Suckered
Suckered Suckered! Suckered?...Posted on April 1, 2007 9:49 PM • 1 Comments •
BREAKING: G.W.Bush apologizes for everything, quits his job and the Republican Party and sends in a donation to MoveOn.org
.......Posted on April 1, 2007 9:48 AM • 2 Comments •
Save the Mountain Walrus
First, there was a Tree Octopus, but now, there is an even more endangered animal - the Mountain Walrus: Having just eaten a substantial meal, this herd will not have to hunt again for many days. For now, these mustangs...Posted on March 30, 2007 8:47 PM • 5 Comments •
Intelligent Timekeepingism
This is, after all, A Blog Around The Clock, so, I guess I should be a strong and vocal proponent of the Clock Theory aka Specified clockplexity. After all, nobody's ever seen a clock move! So, I should start fighting...Posted on March 26, 2007 7:09 PM • 5 Comments •
The Iraq War is four years old...
...yet even at the start of it, back in March 2003, The Onion understood the dynamics of war and the psychology of defenders of war better than almost half of Americans and all of GOP today. [Hat-tip, commenter Lindsey]...Posted on March 26, 2007 8:27 AM • 0 Comments •
In Memoriam, Cava 1920-2007
Osvaldo_Cavandoli aka Cava, the author of the amazing and hillarious cartoon La Linea, one of my childhood favourites, has died about two weeks ago. Here is the very first episode: There are several more available on YouTube (I just watched...Posted on March 17, 2007 3:46 AM • 2 Comments •
Do we really...
...want Alberto Gonzales to resign?...Posted on March 14, 2007 8:51 PM • 3 Comments •
The Twelve Commandments of Flaming
Heh. How true. (Via)...Posted on February 13, 2007 8:25 AM • 1 Comments •
Oh, how thoughtful of the Intelligent Designer!
A-ha! Finally! Now I understand the connection between Creationism and the overall anti-sex sentiment of the Fundamentalists! New reseaarch shows that E.coli swim upstream due to the Design of their flagellum! And where do they swim from and swim to?...Posted on February 3, 2007 2:01 PM • 0 Comments •
A subversive backwards message in Jingle Bells?
Hear it for yourself!...Posted on December 24, 2006 12:03 AM • 3 Comments •
Grading Exams
I did not have time to go through all the posts on all of today's carnivals, but Larry Moran discovered a real gem on today's Carnival of Education. Check the comments as well. Then come up with your own system....Posted on December 20, 2006 11:11 PM • 4 Comments •
Great Country Song Lyrics - Weekend Edition
Drop Kick My Big Balls While She's Gettin' Nailed mixed by Jeff Hebert of A Nerd's Country Journal....Posted on December 9, 2006 1:03 PM • 0 Comments •
Friday Weird Sex Blogging
As seen on Facebook (I could not find the originals anywhere online - if you do, please let me know so I can attribute it correctly):...Posted on November 25, 2006 8:01 PM • 1 Comments •
The Onion is the best, as always
Politicians Sweep Midterm Elections Rumsfeld: 'My Half-Assed Job Here Is Done' Republicans Blame Election Losses On Democrats Write-In Candidate Thought He Had Enough Friends To Win Voter Turnout Reaches All-Time Low Of 17...Posted on November 9, 2006 9:36 PM • 1 Comments •
A Woman's Place Is In The House!
(Title shamelessly stolen from Kristine because it is priceless)...Posted on November 8, 2006 10:01 PM • 0 Comments •
Chuck Norris Creationist
Hmmm, didn't it occur to him for a moment that "survival of the fittest" may be true back when Bruce Lee beat him up?...Posted on October 23, 2006 10:43 PM • 26 Comments •
Funny telemarketer call
This is hillarious (Via). I wish I was as creative. I just make the telemarketers pronounce my full name correctly. Just calling me "Sir" does not cut it as I was never knighted by the Queen of England....Posted on October 23, 2006 12:11 PM • 0 Comments •
THE AMBIEN COOKBOOK
This is hillarious. I need to try the cake one. Via Mind Hacks...Posted on October 19, 2006 9:33 PM • 1 Comments •
How to win an argument when you're wrong.
More on blogospheric rhetoric, via Newsvine....Posted on September 28, 2006 8:15 AM • 1 Comments •
I thought it was going to be a horse, but I was wrong!
Now we know that Bush is correct when he says that everything he says comes directly from God. The source of Bushisms is Jesus himself! (Hat-tip: Carel, the artist who made my banner)...Posted on September 22, 2006 1:08 PM • 1 Comments •
Hey, at least it is not Intelligent Design!
But this Science Fair project comes really close... (Hat-tip: Pratie Place)...Posted on September 22, 2006 12:13 AM • 2 Comments •
Brilliant! Absolutely Brilliant!
Chris Clarke explains Berube's new book (yup, I am hoping to buy it one day) for the masses. I am assuming that Chris spent quite a lot of time and effort into making this from scratch. I could have saved...Posted on September 19, 2006 1:58 PM • 2 Comments •
"Boy, this is going to be hard..."
...and it will stay hard for another 4 hours. [That is Friday Weird Sex Blogging for this week....]...Posted on September 16, 2006 12:45 AM • 0 Comments •
The Future of Airline Security
Fly Paris Hilton Airlines: Thank you all for being here. With the fifth anniversary of 9/11 upon us, the Federal Aviation Administration has been asked to project developments in air safety over the next five years. We thought this could...Posted on September 12, 2006 3:53 PM • 0 Comments •
Did Bush 'Fake It' in Iraq?
As in 'fake an orgasm'? A perfect metaphor....Posted on September 9, 2006 11:01 PM • 0 Comments •
Ladybugs in un-lady-like places
How to collect and catalogue them....Posted on September 8, 2006 2:08 PM • 2 Comments •
A Fundie Dog
This guy has some deep unresolved issues wiht sexuality. Overheated or overexcited? The link may or may not be Not Safe For Work, but it is most definitely Not Safe With Breakfast. Don't complain I didn't warn you!...Posted on September 5, 2006 8:56 AM • 3 Comments •
The Essence
"Once you have the testes, you really don't need the rest of the male... I feel really bad about that... it's been my protocol to euthanize the males and take their testes." ...spoken by Jenna's Dev-Bio prof....Posted on September 4, 2006 10:02 PM • 0 Comments •
Aliens Found in Roswell!
Found on eBay!Posted on September 1, 2006 11:44 AM • 1 Comments •
Well, I am not an engineer...
...so I'd have my priorities straight. But checking my Sitemeter referrers list would come in at #2, LOL....Posted on August 27, 2006 2:02 PM • 0 Comments •
Do silent ones count?
Yup, in our household the new meaning of 'Bushism' has already been adopted. Even kids are using it in the new Dictionary sense. Now I gotta go as I am feeling a tad little bit presidential....Posted on August 26, 2006 10:55 PM • 2 Comments •
Get Alan Sokal on the M*th**f**king Plane!
After reading this, I really want to see 'Snakes On the Plane' as I now feel like I have a chance of comprehending its depth and subtlety....Posted on August 26, 2006 1:53 AM • 0 Comments •
Oy vey, I am still laughing!
A very modern version of Dick and Jane...Posted on August 25, 2006 1:58 PM • 0 Comments •
Science Is Dead
Code-word? Jon(anathan) Swift....Posted on August 25, 2006 6:56 AM • 0 Comments •
This is probably an ancient joke, but it is new to me...
A kangaroo bounds round the Australian outback. Every now and then she stops and a little penguin climbs out of the kangaroo's pouch. It looks awfully sick and promptly vomits. Thousands of miles away in Antarctica, a little kangaroo sits...Posted on August 19, 2006 4:33 PM • 0 Comments •
Spreading the Internet lore
Did you know the origin of the phrase "Every time you masturbate (or do whataver in the context), God kills a kitten"? I just found out that Wikipedia has a full illustrated history - which is hillarious....Posted on July 23, 2006 10:37 AM • 0 Comments •
Viagra - The Future, part 2
From L.A.Times (you'll have to click - I am purposefully citing out of context for humorous purposes): Military researchers are considering a study to see whether Viagra could help soldiers function better at high altitudes. High altitudes? How high? Who/what...Posted on June 23, 2006 4:57 PM • 0 Comments •
Friday Weird Sex Blogging
There is a tradition in the blogosphere of posting something light on Fridays. Some people do the Friday Random Ten, but I do not have an iPod, and keep my computer on Mute, so I do not listen to music...Posted on June 23, 2006 7:59 AM • 6 Comments •
The Birth of a Were-Thylacine
You will just have to click here to see the pictures......Posted on June 16, 2006 2:08 AM • 0 Comments •
Dr.Fun has retired
He'll be missed...Posted on June 12, 2006 12:58 PM • 1 Comments •
Viagra - The Future
Shamelessly stolen from Cyberspace Rendezvous: In pharmacology, all drugs have two names, a trade name and generic name. For example, the trade name of Tylenol also has a generic name of Acetaminophen. Aleve is also called Naproxen. Amoxil is also...Posted on June 11, 2006 12:30 AM • 1 Comments •
