Now on ScienceBlogs: The Laboratory at Harvard

Seed Media Group

Pharyngula

Evolution, development, and random biological ejaculations from a godless liberal

Search

Profile

pzm_profile_pic.jpg
PZ Myers is a biologist and associate professor at the University of Minnesota, Morris.
zf_pharyngula.jpg …and this is a pharyngula stage embryo.
a longer profile of yours truly
my calendar
Nature Network
RichardDawkins Network
facebook
MySpace
Twitter
Atheist Nexus
the Pharyngula chat room
(#pharyngula on irc.synirc.net)

• Quick link to the latest endless thread




I reserve the right to publicly post, with full identifying information about the source, any email sent to me that contains threats of violence.

tbbadge.gif
scarlet_A.png
I support Americans United for Separation of Church and State.

Random Quote

The most serious demand for unquestioned belief is, of course, the atonement. First the believer is to suspend familiar notions of justice, such as punishment for the guilty as opposed to an innocent party. You are then expected to accept the necessity of blood sacrifice for sin; that wrongdoing must be paid for, and not necessarily in proportion to the crime. A father's sacrifice of his innocent son is supposed to be not only just but generous and wonderful. Then the temporary three-day feath of this one person is supposed to wipe out all the wrongdoing and ineptitude of a species. And finally, you should believe that all you need do to erase responsibility for your actions and enter a haven of eternal reward is to believe. It's no wonder that once a convert has wrapped his or her mind around this story, anything can be accepted as truth. The rest of fundamentalist doctrine can be easily swallowed, including Jonah.

Marlene Winell, Leaving the Fold (Oakland, CA: New Harbinger, 1993), p. 75.

Recent Posts


A Taste of Pharyngula

Recent Comments

Archives


Blogroll

Other Information

« Carnivalia, and an open thread | Main | My wife will be pleased with this result »

Friday Cephalopod: And unto you will be born this day…

Category: CephalopodsOrganisms
Posted on: December 22, 2006 9:12 AM, by PZ Myers

octopus_berrima.jpg
Octopus berrima

Figure from Cephalopods: A World Guide (amzn/b&n/abe/pwll), by Mark Norman.

Share this: Stumbleupon Reddit Email + More

TrackBacks

TrackBack URL for this entry: http://scienceblogs.com/mt/pings/28878

Comments

#1

Posted by: Daephex | December 22, 2006 9:31 AM

Wow! For a minute there (and mind you, I just woke up) I thought that picture was the worst example of a British smile I ever saw. YIKES!

#2

Posted by: BJN | December 22, 2006 10:23 AM

Hark! The herald siphons sing!

I'm a sucker for a baby octopus photo.

#3

Posted by: spin sycle | December 22, 2006 12:03 PM

yeah...sorrry, no offense but at first glance i sorta got sick...just a little....then it dawned on me

#4

Posted by: Oscar Zoalaster | December 22, 2006 12:04 PM

Some bizarre satire is available at Slate. At least I assume it is satire since the article makes some absolutely ridiculous claims without noting that they were ridiculous: http://slate.com/id/2155745

#5

Posted by: j | December 22, 2006 12:36 PM

Yes, I thought it was a mouth too.

#6

Posted by: Great White Wonder | December 22, 2006 1:46 PM

So cute!!!!!!!!!!

#7

Posted by: Jon H | December 22, 2006 1:54 PM


Obviously the lady has an advanced case of The Innsmouth Look.

#8

Posted by: Matt | December 22, 2006 2:45 PM

I agree with some others here: my first reaction was to run off and floss furiously.

Post a Comment

(Email is required for authentication purposes only. On some blogs, comments are moderated for spam, so your comment may not appear immediately.)





           Sign in or register with TypePad.            Sign up with Movable Type.

Site Meter

ScienceBlogs

Search ScienceBlogs:

Go to:

Advertisement
Follow ScienceBlogs on Twitter
Visit the Collective Imagination blog
Advertisement
Enter to win

© 2006-2009 Seed Media Group LLC. ScienceBlogs is a registered trademark of Seed Media Group. All rights reserved.

Sites by Seed Media Group: Seed Media Group | ScienceBlogs | SEEDMAGAZINE.COM