New blog!

Thanks to T. Ryan Gregory, I have just discovered Todd Oakley's new blog, Evolutionary Novelties. It's only a few months old and only has a few entries, but go on, encourage him to write more.

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I have enjoyed Todd's blog, and he has apparently found a tidbit he liked on mine. From March 6th:

STUDENT
> Why is this? Also, where can I find your paper on this topic online?
OAKLEY
Here is a good blog about our eye research:
http://www.tuibguy.com/?p=209

Here is the paper:
http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0001054

and a news story that was in many newspapers:
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/staff/robert_boyd/story/21106.html

That really is one great blog. Read for instance
this article on Stephen J. Gould: Pluralism by monism. Great reading, for me at least a totally different way to look at Gould.

And I don't have a blog of my own to sell. Too busy reading those of others.