https://scienceblogs.com/ en https://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/2010/07/01/zombies-like-turtles <span>Zombies Like Turtles</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p><span style="font-size: 10px">tags: <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/Zombies+Like+Turtles" rel="tag">Zombies Like Turtles</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/ScienceBlogs'+Zombie+Day" rel="tag">ScienceBlogs' Zombie Day</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/humor" rel="tag">humor</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/funny" rel="tag">funny</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/silly" rel="tag">silly</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/streaming+video" rel="tag">streaming video</a></span></p> <p><a target="window" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/84727393@N00/4750910999/"><img class="inset right" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4075/4750910999_c0c2cc586b.jpg" width="300" height="300" /></a>Today is Zombie Day at ScienceBlogs .. <i>and oooo, do you see the zombified me, pictured over there on the right? Moochas smoochas to my pal, <a target="window" href="http://ataraxiatheatre.com/">Joseph</a>, for my portrait!</i> ... </p> <p>Ahem. This is an unofficial day at ScienceBlogs intended to celebrate silliness in a world filled with <strike>a shitload of</strike> mayhem, disaster and despair. So in honor of this day, I <strike>wasted half the fucking day</strike> spent hours watching silly videos before I finally settled on this particular one as being vaguely appropriate, since it ties the zombie theme together with animals -- never mind that this is the incorrect animal, but <strike>what the hell,</strike> beggers can't be choosers, as they say. So to kick off zombie day on this humble blog, here is a goofy internet meme that might give you a smile.</p> <!--more--><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/B8V0br9P65M&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1?rel=0" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/B8V0br9P65M&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1?showinfo=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object><p> I have a <a target="window" href="http://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/2010/07/are_zombie_vultures_in_our_fut.php">more substantial (scientifically-based) zombie entry</a> that you might like to read, and I also have a few ideas that I will be writing about in the near future, so stay tuned. </p> </div> <span><a title="View user profile." href="/author/grrlscientist" lang="" about="/author/grrlscientist" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">grrlscientist</a></span> <span>Wed, 06/30/2010 - 22:40</span> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Tags</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/cultural-observation" hreflang="en">cultural observation</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/humor" hreflang="en">humor</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/streaming-videos" hreflang="en">streaming videos</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/your-inner-child" hreflang="en">your inner child</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/funny" hreflang="en">funny</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/scienceblogs-zombie-day" hreflang="en">ScienceBlogs&#039; Zombie Day</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/silly" hreflang="en">silly</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/streaming-video" hreflang="en">streaming video</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/video" hreflang="en">Video</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/zombies-turtles" hreflang="en">Zombies Like Turtles</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/cultural-observation" hreflang="en">cultural observation</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/humor" hreflang="en">humor</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/streaming-videos" hreflang="en">streaming videos</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/your-inner-child" hreflang="en">your inner child</a></div> </div> </div> <section> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2076187" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278010214"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>You could pinch the photo I accidentally ran into of a zombie-eyed polydactyl kitten :-)</p> <p><a href="http://sciblogs.co.nz/code-for-life/2010/07/02/friday-round-up/">http://sciblogs.co.nz/code-for-life/2010/07/02/friday-round-up/</a></p> <p>I was looking for a LOLcat photo when it occurred me that the eyes (almost) fit the theme⦠(Really you'd want white sclera, but the blue is startling.)</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2076187&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="vRsqe_qHmbkda3Z7P5jRErQ_oAdurl0_AUFVx9IGB5s"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <a rel="nofollow" href="http://sciblogs.co.nz/code-for-life/2010/07/02/friday-round-up/" lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Grant (not verified)</a> on 01 Jul 2010 <a href="https://scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/25921/feed#comment-2076187">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2076188" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1278022887"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>I like turtles.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2076188&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="gdTIKIbIQRm4L3tshifOZKNXR03gmKaij1rHog_lS2c"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Erik (not verified)</span> on 01 Jul 2010 <a href="https://scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/25921/feed#comment-2076188">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> </section> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="comment-forbidden"><a href="/user/login?destination=/grrlscientist/2010/07/01/zombies-like-turtles%23comment-form">Log in</a> to post comments</li></ul> Thu, 01 Jul 2010 02:40:49 +0000 grrlscientist 91015 at https://scienceblogs.com