This, here, is the real reason Pluto had to leave.

By worldsfair on January 23, 2007.

Man, talk about tough.

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Man, talk about creativity - I got this from inkycircus (Hi Anne). Truth is, I can't really say more than what the title gives away. The good stuff starts about 3 and a half minutes in. - - - (PAUL BERG) PROTEIN SYNTHESIS: AN EPIC ON THE CELLULAR LEVEL - 1971 Alright, any of you readers in this…

Radio reminder

Sunday morning at 9am Central, tune in to Atheist talk radio for a pre-Darwin Day discussion. This week, they've got that wild man, Greg Laden, talking evolution, and Don Luce of the Bell Museum talking about their special Darwin Day events.

Smallmindedness in small towns

I rarely talk politics here, but I received this email from a cousin the other day: According to the Book of Revelations the anti-christ is: The anti-christ will be a man, in his 40s, of MUSLIM descent, who will deceive the nations with persuassive language, and have a MASSIVE Christ-like appeal…

Mickey takes Pluto to get neutered.

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