…and this is a 
Another new magazine arrived in my mailbox!
Category: Personal
Posted on: December 20, 2006 11:05 AM, by PZ Myers
This one you've heard of, and maybe more of you subscribe to: the Dec/Jan issue of Seed. In addition to an article on Dark Energy, a review of the Year in Science, stories about Angela Merkel and Stephen Colbert and James Hansen, there's the infamous feature on us sciencebloggers, and the very first entry in my new column. You've got to love a magazine that intersperses its articles with full-page photographs of venomous jellyfish. All they need now is a cephalopod centerfold, and the magazine will be perfect!
Comments
Congratulations on the new column. I read and enjoyed your piece. And to think I knew you back when you were just a blogger.....
Posted by: DPG | December 20, 2006 11:24 AM
Isn't that what WorldNet Daily does?
Posted by: Warren | December 20, 2006 11:39 AM
So if I understood your column correctly, cave fish chase after hedgehogs and their sharp pointy needle-backs pop out the fish's eyes and they go blind.
Did I miss something?
Seriously, great column. I always thought the explanation was the first one you addressed, the notion of economy, of not bothering to produce something that didn't have practical utility. As usual, the real answer is more subtle, more interesting, and more awe-inspiring. Thanks.
Posted by: Greg Peterson | December 20, 2006 11:49 AM
Awesome! Rock on, PZ! :)
Posted by: Aaron Kinney | December 20, 2006 12:40 PM
Indeed. This gives me additional incentive to read Seed.
Congratulatations!...SH
Posted by: Scott Hatfield | December 20, 2006 1:18 PM
I just received this months Seed magazine (here in the UK) and proceeded straight to the PZ column. Too cool! Any hints as to what might be featured in future columns?
Posted by: it | December 20, 2006 2:37 PM
...full-page photographs of venomous jellyfish.
That clinches it - I'm picking up the new Seed as soon as I see it.
Posted by: TheBrummell | December 20, 2006 2:58 PM
Genetic assimilation, then something general on signal transduction, I think. And in the fuzzier future, beetle testicles.
But then something cool could come up, and I might flit off to a completely different topic.
Posted by: PZ Myers | December 20, 2006 3:35 PM
So, I am confused. In order to read your column we have to "BUY" the magazine?
And I have been so loyal, too.
Posted by: Mike Haubrich | December 20, 2006 3:54 PM
Hey, it's not as if I gave up on posting here.
Posted by: PZ Myers | December 20, 2006 4:02 PM
Cephalopod of the Month... mmm....
Posted by: donna | December 20, 2006 6:36 PM
Congratulations on the new column, PZ! You're off to a great start. I'm looking forward to reading your future articles.
Posted by: Paguroidea | December 20, 2006 7:45 PM
Well, you know what they say...."Ask and ye shall receive."
Just remember to be thankful, like that kid in "Animal House"....I'm sorry to say there are no staples!
SH
Posted by: Scott Hatfield | December 21, 2006 7:01 AM