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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My broadband connection was down for the whole day yesterday, so I was unable to link to the latest edition of Encephalon, which is now up at Of Two Minds and is, apparently, hosted by none other than Paris Hilton.
As usual, this edition includes some fantastic entries from some of the best…
I like the photos.
Seems a step up in the visual area, though the matter of text may be more dicey.
Glen D
http://tinyurl.com/2kxyc7
OT, but I thought some people here might like this t-shirt.
Apparently, I'm incompetent. Here's another stab at it.
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.
Ah reminds me of Britney Spears Guide to Semiconductor Physics
-DU-
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!
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.
Sorry to go off topic but does anyone else find this funny.
It's sculpture called "A Device to Root Out All Evil."
http://westernstandard.blogs.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/03/30/450pxd…
Here's an article about it.
http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/story.html?id=c882db30-53de-46f1…
Oh yeah. HAPPY NEW YEAR!
I like her best this way: http://www.tvshark.com/photos/?n=Paris+Hilton+Autopsy+Sculpture
Now thare's irony: neuroscience, from someone without two neurons to synapse together.