I ♥ sabbaticals

Why? Because Jerry Coyne can mention this amazing conference, I can take a look at the luminaries speaking at it, and decide at the drop of a hat that I'm going. So this weekend, I'll be spending my Halloween at a major conference on evolution. Yay!

Look forward to lots of liveblogging (I hope…if they have wi-fi in the conference halls. If not, there will be some massive data dumps in the evenings.)

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