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November 27, 2008
Category: Knoxville '82: Where Miscellany Thrive
This lovely piece has been circulating of late, but Sonke has been kind enough to allow the SCQ to present his "Advice for Potential Graduate Students" as a handy dandy pin-up, suitable for pinning up in some visible area of...
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November 26, 2008
Category: Knoxville '82: Where Miscellany Thrive
Now, having returned from the Jack Handey bit, go laugh at Steve Martin circa 1977. One of my long-held favorites, reprinted below in full....
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Category: Knoxville '82: Where Miscellany Thrive
"A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Lab" -- come see us in NYC, December 7
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November 25, 2008
Category: Knoxville '82: Where Miscellany Thrive
Or with him, at least. My oh my I don't know why I liked this so much. But here we are, "The Plan," by Jack Handey. Copied in full beneath the fold for your holiday enjoyment....
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Category: Nature on the Web, How Bizarre
Or was it something piloted by little hairless men, with slits for mouths? Good thing it didn't hit the tar sands, or else I presume we would have seen something even more spectacular....
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Category: Knoxville '82: Where Miscellany Thrive
This past Saturday we held our Terry talks student conference, where we had 9 student speakers "give the talk of their lives." It was fun all around, with a few kinks to work on for next year, but I think...
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November 19, 2008
Category: NatureLand: What They Used to Call the Environment
Another chance to reflect on the intersection of landscapes, nature, and technology from The Morning News.
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November 18, 2008
Category: Nature as in Earth, as in Global, as in Global Issues Generally
Recently, we had an opportunity to host a variety of great talks for science teachers. One of the talks was by Dr. Hadi Dowlatabadi, with an entertaining take on the value of integrating disciplines, or rather simply getting away...
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Category: Industrial Agriculture
That's what Local Foodie big shots did over at Grist. Sustainable food and ag folks (I'm not sure why this was a separate category) pitched in here. They did so because food policy and agricultural policy (perhaps the same thing,...
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November 14, 2008
Category: Author Meets Bloggers
Values, ethics, and ecology, or, Part II on Agroecology in Action.
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