Halloween 2007 finds me dressed as a pirate doing my part to combat global warming!
And now a reader poll on this 31st day of October...
Which of the following do you find scariest and why? (answer in comments)
a) Global Warming
b) Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley at the 1994 MTV Video Music Awards
c) Iron Fertilization
d) Lack of funding for Education and Research Innovation
e) My favorite co-blogger's question for 2008 presidential candidates
* Alternative frightening submissions of your own are also encouraged *
And of course, would it really be Halloween without Michael Jackson's Thriller?
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Our current administration in D.C. for obvious reasons, and Halloween is a good time to say so...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6rqrGqj1C0
B.U.S.H.
He scares me more than Emperor Palpatine
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I'll vote for a combination of (a) and (c) - large-scale, human-induced environmental changes in general. And I'm dressed as a climate model today ;)
Emily,
While sure, a climate model is a cool costume idea, I'm not convinced it can beat your 'smartypants' appearance of '06.
I love that you're a pirate because I am too. In our department, we have 8 pirates, one fish, and one flying spaghetti monster.
I'm probably not alone in requesting you post a photo of you in costume. I imagine you make one very cute pirate ;)
d) Federal funding for science and research innovation programs
I know this entry is supposed to be in fun, but you bring up a very serious and important topic. My school programs are not well funded and our students are not provided with the resources to promote them into becoming leaders in science and mathematics. We can not take them on field trips, buy new equipment, and computers. It's a very sad state of affairs when more of them are graduating to participate in a war they don't understand (and frankly, neither do I), than are going off to colleges to pursue graduate degrees and contribute. If we want to be competitive as a world leader, we have to do more to support our childrens' education.
Thank you for bringing this up. I hope people read this and think some more about where their tax dollars go.
b) for visceral reasons ;-) a different answer if i gave a purely analytic answer, but b) is more honest in terms of how i feel.
Chris,
You are now living about 2 miles from the Thriller house!
Welcome to the neighborhood.