After a long confinement in a cramped metal tube, the guards stewardesses have finally released me in Melbourne.
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I have landed!
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I have landed!
The Frog Scientist
I just got my hands on a very interesting book for the younger set: it’s aimed at kids in grades 5-8, and it’s a description of the life and work of a real live scientist, someone who does both field and lab work, and studies development and the effects of environmental toxins on reproduction. The man is Tyrone Hayes at UC Berkeley, and the book is The Frog Scientist ( amzn / b&n / abe / pwll ) , by Pamela Turner. It’s excellent stuff — it humanizes the scientist and also does a very good job of letting kids see what scientists actually do in their research, and why they’re doing it
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The Frog Scientist
A hero in the Philippines
The Philippines has a problem with a rising number of AIDS cases every year, and members of the government have been promoting a sensible response: Health Secretary Esperanza Cabral has sponsored a program that distributes free condoms , for instance. You can guess who opposes prophylactics, though
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A hero in the Philippines
Hey, Floridans, you aren’t really going to vote for this jerk, are you?
Here’s a personal account of how Charlie Crist deals with atheists : Last night as I was leaving a pizzeria in Downtown St. Pete, I ran into a small group of people around Florida Governor Charlie Crist who was campaigning for a US Senate run. So, I walked over waited a moment to gain his attention and shook his hand
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Hey, Floridans, you aren’t really going to vote for this jerk, are you?
Australians have weird courtship rituals
I’m glad I won’t be looking for a date while I’m in Australia. Although now I’m a little concerned that if I get a little beer froth on the moustache, I might drive the ladies wild
Please, Sarah Palin, go away
She’s as funny as a clown’s pratfall, but she’s also as fascinating as a head wound. I hope she’ll vanish from the public discourse, but here I am, at the same time gawking over her latest inanities. Remember how she was caught looking at really trivial notes written on her hand
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Please, Sarah Palin, go away
Polling for validation of bigotry
There was this young child at a Catholic pre-school who was kicked out because his or her parents were lesbians .
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Polling for validation of bigotry
Episode XXXVI: The predictable descent
It had to happen. The last instantiation of the immortal thread started with underwear , so of course it had to progress to what was under that underwear, and relationships, and other such intimacies. The only place to go now is anthropomorphized penises
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Episode XXXVI: The predictable descent
Nice sign
Now the godless Australians are getting into the atheist bus sign business , and I must say, this is my favorite ad of the bunch so far, since it’s got the nice sciencey touches to it. And it’s a fine bunch of happy atheists promoting it, too. Read the comments on this post..
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Nice sign
Do not have sex with the cephalopods!
Uh-oh. People have often sent me strange photos like this; apparently, cephalopod porn can get you arrested in the UK