Carnivalia, and an open thread
Category: Carnivals • Open Thread • Tangled Bank
Posted on: March 23, 2007 1:30 PM, by PZ Myers
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The Carnival of Mathematics
Posted by: The Science Pundit | March 23, 2007 4:34 PM
For commentary on mechanisms of acquisition of quotes on Starbucks cups, see the following link ("I Am a Venti Scribe" - Los Angeles Times, 3/23/07): http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-stein23mar23,0,4993403.column?coll=la-opinion-columnists
Posted by: beccarii | March 23, 2007 9:56 PM
I'd like to get wider notice for this article on The Torontoist.One of Toronto's hotels,the Four Seasons, is planning a new development on Grenada that will likely wipe out the endangered Grenada dove. Key words: birds, extinction, development
Posted by: Monado | March 23, 2007 10:48 PM
Tony Snow: "Do you want Karl Rove on TV, or do you want the truth?"
Posted by: quork | March 25, 2007 7:26 PM