Hedwig Pöllöläinen
grrlscientist
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August 16, 2009
tags: Fledgling American Avocet, Recurvirostra americana, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz
[Mystery bird] Fledgling American Avocet, Recurvirostra americana, photographed at Bear River Bird Refuge in Utah. [I will identify this bird for you in 48 hours]
Image: Terry Sohl, 27 July 2009 [larger…
August 16, 2009
tags: Faith Is Retarded, religion, faith, delusion, streaming video
Clearly Christianity, as with all religions, has been a necessary cog in the machinery of human social evolution. But it is a crutch that we no longer need. It is time for us to move past this primitive mindset and into a world…
August 16, 2009
tags: The Most Amazing Bible Passages Ever, humor, funny, Edward Current, streaming video
In this video, Edward Current shares his favorite Bible verses to recite for nonbelievers who just don't get it -- especially when the going gets tough. [5:03]
August 15, 2009
The current Antarctic Trip Vote count is as follows; 3809 - 1624 - 1358 - 1121 - 1113 out of 486 candidates registered. I am now in third place (the second place candidate mysteriously disappeared from contention sometime yesterday). But I need your votes more than ever to recapture first place, so…
August 15, 2009
tags: Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia, cities
Angles
Photographed in Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia.
Image: GrrlScientist, 22 July 2009 [larger view]. (raw image)
Even though this is not a great picture for many reasons, I really like the angles and the contrasting shapes in this image. It would probably…
August 15, 2009
It is rare when I manage to break my own blog. Like most people, I have managed to break my blog by doing truly stupid things like deleting the main template, for example, but I've never managed to break it by adding a plugin to Firefox, so this is the reason I mention it here: so no one else will…
August 15, 2009
tags: Common Moorhen, Gallinula chloropus, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz
[Mystery bird] Common Moorhen chick, Gallinula chloropus, photographed at Brazos Bend State Park, Texas. [I will identify this bird for you in 48 hours]
Image: Joseph Kennedy, 9 July 2009 [larger view].
Nikon D200, Kowa…
August 15, 2009
The current Antarctic Trip Vote count is as follows; 3806 - 1614 - 1349 - 1116 - 1113 out of 484 candidates registered. I am now in third place (the second place candidate mysteriously disappeared from contention sometime yesterday). But I need your votes more than ever to recapture first place, so…
August 15, 2009
tags: TEDTalks, laptops, future success, Nicholas Negroponte, streaming video
(TED follows Nicholas Negroponte to Colombia as he delivers laptops inside territory once controlled by guerrillas. His partner? Colombia's Defense Department, who see One Laptop per Child as an investment in the region.…
August 14, 2009
My blog has been experiencing some sort of identity crisis, the nature of which is still being worked on. But it appears that I can once again post entries, although I can do so only very slowly -- saving each change (title, text boxes, etc) one-at-a-time. The mystery birds and other entries that I…
August 14, 2009
test
this blog is broken
i repeat: BROKEN!
rise up from the dead, broken blog! i command you to rise up from your broken shards of electrons and WALK!
EDIT: i baptize thee, oh blog, with extra chunky spaghetti sauce and declare you freed from evil, and sanctified in the name of the spaghetti…
August 14, 2009
The current Antarctic Trip Vote count is as follows; 3802 - 1600 - 1344 - 1113 - 1105 out of 480 candidates registered. I am now in third place (the second place candidate mysteriously disappeared from contention sometime yesterday). But I need your votes more than ever to recapture first place, so…
August 13, 2009
tags: Onion News Network, ONN, privacy, humor, funny, satire, fucking hilarious, streaming video
This streaming news report reveals that web users who wish to completely protect their privacy can choose to move to a desolate mountain village started by Google. While living there, they are…
August 12, 2009
tags: Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia, cities
Flowers
Photographed in Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia.
Image: GrrlScientist, 22 July 2009 [larger view]. (raw image)
I showed you a picture of flowers that I photographed in Tallinn, Estonia. I lve that image because it seems as though the flowers and the…
August 12, 2009
Arikia, who was our witness at City Hall yesterday, sent us this song on blip.fm. I've never heard this song before, but the lyrics are almost as though it was written for my guy and I:
"Brand New Colony"
I'll be the grapes fermented,
Bottled and served with the table set in my finest suit
Like a…
August 12, 2009
tags: Prothonotary Warbler, Protonotaria citrea, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz
[Mystery bird] Prothonotary Warbler, Protonotaria citrea, photographed at Brazos Bend State Park, Texas. [I will identify this bird for you in 48 hours]
Image: Joseph Kennedy, 2 July 2009 [larger view].
Nikon D200…
August 12, 2009
The current Antarctic Trip Vote count is as follows; 3777 - 1556 - 1333 - 1113 - 1078 out of 431 candidates registered. I am now in third place (the second place candidate mysteriously disappeared from contention sometime yesterday). But I need your votes more than ever to recapture first place, so…
August 12, 2009
tags: TEDTalks, marshmallow experiment, future success, Joachim de Posada, streaming video
This video is a short talk where Joachim de Posada shares a landmark experiment on delayed gratification -- and how it can predict future success. With priceless video of kids trying their hardest not to eat…
August 11, 2009
Image: wemidji (Jacques Marcoux).
Nam et ipsa scientia potestas est (And thus knowledge itself is power)
-- Sir Francis Bacon.
Scientia Pro Publica (Science for the People) is a blog carnival that celebrates the best science, nature and medical writing targeted specifically to the public that…
August 11, 2009
tags: Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia, cities
Flowers.
Photographed in Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia.
Image: GrrlScientist, 22 July 2009 [larger view]. (raw image)
This is one of my favorite pictures that I snapped while in Tallinn.
August 11, 2009
tags: Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia, cities
Tallinn Doorway.
Photographed in Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia.
Image: GrrlScientist, 22 July 2009 [larger view]. (raw image)
The door knocker is a lion head carved from wood. A detail of this door knocker can be viewed below the jump ..
Lion Head Door…
August 11, 2009
tags: Common Nighthawk, Chordeiles minor, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz
[Mystery birds] Common Nighthawks, Chordeiles minor, photographed at Anahuac Wildlife Refuge, Texas. [I will identify these birds for you in 48 hours]
Image: Joseph Kennedy, 2 July 2009 [larger view].
Nikon D200, Kowa…
August 11, 2009
tags: Wedding Yells, humor, funny, The Day Today, BBC, streaming video
This video shows a nupticution. It's not so much wedding bells as 'execution yells' as a killer of 12 marries his 'fried to be' on the electric chair. Barbara Wintergreen reports for CBN News. From the BBC comedy, The Day Today…
August 10, 2009
The current Antarctic Trip Vote count is as follows; 3752 - 1546 - 1326 - 1113 - 1078 out of 428 candidates registered. I am now in third place (the second place candidate mysteriously disappeared from contention sometime today). But I need your votes more than ever to recapture first place, so…
August 10, 2009
tags: Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia, cities
Tallinn Windows.
Photographed in Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia.
Image: GrrlScientist, 22 July 2009 [larger view]. (raw image)
August 10, 2009
tags: Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia, cities
Tallinn Church Doorway.
Photographed in Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia.
Image: GrrlScientist, 22 July 2009 [larger view]. (raw image)
August 10, 2009
tags: Green Heron nestling, Butorides virescens, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz
[Mystery bird] Green Heron nestling, Butorides virescens, photographed in Arizona. [I will identify this bird for you in 48 hours]
Image: Richard Ditch, 9 June 2009 [larger view].
Date Time Original: 2009:06:09 07…
August 10, 2009
The current Antarctic Trip Vote count is as follows; 3744 - 2120 - 1539 - 1318 - 1113 out of 428 candidates registered. I am now in fourth place so I need your votes more than ever to recapture first place, so please ask your friends and relatives to vote for me now!
If you've already voted, then…
August 10, 2009
tags: Test Your Faith Vision, humor, funny, streaming video
This video shows you an actual boat rescue in progress. A speedboat has flipped over in NYC's Central Park Conservatory Water so a nearby fireboat rescues it by flipping it back to its proper position. Of course, since this is a speedboat…
August 9, 2009
Image: wemidji (Jacques Marcoux).
Nam et ipsa scientia potestas est (And thus knowledge itself is power)
-- Sir Francis Bacon.
Scientia Pro Publica (Science for the People) is a blog carnival that celebrates the best science, nature and medical writing targeted specifically to the public that…