Nooooo! Not Paris Hilton!

The latest edition of Encephalon, the carnival of neuroscience, is using Paris Hilton as a theme, I think because the contrast is so great. It still hurts to read it.

I did find Jennifer Ouellette's pocket biography of Ramon y Cajal an excellent corrective, at least — balance the photos of a 21st century airhead with the tale of a 19th century genius of neuroanatomy.

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Try one more time, Phila.
Or just paste in in the url if it's not too long.

"Phila is not related to yours truly."

...and hey people! Hit Phila's site. Friday nudibranch!

PZ: Is it possible to correct link to "Zygotic genes" (left column under A Taste of Pharyngula)?

Thank you in advance.

Inquiring minds want to know:

Is she an atheist?

Apparently not. Of her prison experience, she writes:

HILTON: It definitely -- it was a very traumatic experience, but I feel like God does make everything happen for a reason. And it gave me, you know, a time-out in life to really find out what's important and what I want to do, figuring out who I am. And I'm -- even though it was really hard, I took that time just to get to know myself.

Okay! That's enough Paris Hilton!

By CalGeorge (not verified) on 31 Mar 2008 #permalink

And I'm -- even though it was really hard, I took that time just to get to know myself.

she learned how to masturbate?

well, that's always a useful skill, I suppose.

Hey PZ. Always wanted to ask...

Where are the myriad of daily changing animal pictures coming from? I love em.