After an early night, I awoke to an unusually dark and cloudy (and cold .. .only 50 degrees) Phoenix. I blame the out-of-towners for ruining our perfectly good weather!
This morning it's a toss-up between Key Transitions in Evolution and Evolutionary Morphology. The former wins. Highlight of the day will probably be the mid-day Town Meeting on Evolution - Kevin Padian, Patricia Princehouse, and Stephen Harvey (of Pepper Hamilton LLC) will be discussing the Kitzmiller decision.
More later, no doubt.
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PZ has full details of the session here