Lamarck was Wrong

Shelley's posted some pictures of nerd cakes. She calls 'em geek cakes, but I see no headless chickens. Anyway, I've got my own little nerd cake:

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We had it made for a party we threw during recruitment weekend for our grad program this past spring. Sadly, the icer responsible for the art couldn't spell, so I put a sprig of something green on the cake for the missing "C" in Lamarck. And if you don't get it, see here.

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