There was something familiar about this article on the colossal squid . It seems that when they’re young and small, they’re long, lean, and equipped with vicious hooks on their arms, but as they get older and larger, they get shorter, wider, and become slow-moving "giant gelatinous blobs".
So…squid get tenure, too?
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So now I’m making guest appearances in web comics?From: feeds.feedburner.com
Post Date: 2007-05-21 11:16:20
So there I am, reading an amusing couple of local comics mocking the conservative media , and my name comes up. And my picture.
I must protest, it’s totally inaccurate . I would never get such a soul-satisfying introduction, and if I were on TV, I’d be sure to wear my best eyepatch, the one with the gold filigree. Read the comments on this post... ...
more Anyone up for a Creation Museum Carnival?From: feeds.feedburner.com
Post Date: 2007-05-21 09:46:10
John McKay of archy has noted that Ken Ham’s fabulously low-rent sideshow attraction of pseudoscience (AKA his Creation "Science" "Museum") opens next week, and has asked if there is going to be any coordinated response in the blogosphere — some kind of mini-carnival or something. I say, why not? Let’s!
It’s short notice, but I’ll organize it, and you all just have to contribute to it. The museum’s opening day is 28 May , so we should aim to h...
more Dueling petitionsFrom: feeds.feedburner.com
Post Date: 2007-05-21 08:17:39
Now this is a situation about which I have mixed feelings: fans of creationism are lobbying to free a certain convicted felon and dishonest sleazebag with a petition to Free Kent Hovind . To counter that, another group has started a petition to Keep Kent Hovind in Jail .
Since the "Free Kent Hovind" petition has many more signatures (and read the comments ; they’re comparing this con artist to Jesus), I signed the one to lock him away. I really hope, though, that the judic...
more Teach the controversy!From: feeds.feedburner.com
Post Date: 2007-05-21 07:30:00
David Hone, the mastermind behind the Ask a Biologist site, forwarded this cute cartoon from Fritz at b3ta . I think I could be persuaded to jump on the "Teach the Controversy" bandwagon in this one specific respect. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... ...
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