Monthly Archives: October 2010
On seeing Storm
I do not often envy my good friend PZ NamebeginningwithM. Sure, he has the associate professorship, the Trophy Wife™, the millions of readers and most of all the Minions. But I am above all that. I am humble, and devoid … Continue reading
I wonder what it *is* that I actually do?
A note on credit: I have been accused elsewhere of having leached off Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, by Zack Weiner, whose cartoons I often use. Zack has not complained, and I am using the code he generates at his site, … Continue reading
Filed under Philosophy, Religion, Science
Flashlinks
Something happens when you see the links…
Filed under Evolution, History, Links, Philosophy, Politics, Religion, Science, Systematics
Churchill on Islam
How dreadful are the curses which Mohammedanism lays on its votaries! Besides the fanatical frenzy, which is as dangerous in a man as hydrophobia in a dog, there is this fearful fatalistic apathy. The effects are apparent in many countries. … Continue reading
My present work
Life can be … interesting, for Chinese values thereof. No, I don’t mean the Nobel Prize, although good choice. I mean that I’m presently undergoing some kind of curse. I think it’s called “work” . Work!? So what I’m doing … Continue reading
Filed under Administrative, Education, Evolution, Philosophy, Religion, Systematics
Unnecessary people
I was kind of musing on the road to ruination we are all skipping merrily down the other day when it occurred to me that there are some well-defined classes of people whose activities are the major reason why things … Continue reading
Filed under Humor, Politics, Rant, Social evolution
In practice, theory and practice are… defunded
How come Bill Benzon gets his own comic?
My life as a book
Here’s a page [H/T @BoraZ] that suggests we do personal development and therapy by imagining our lives as books. Oh, yeah, I can see it now: Chapter 1: In which I learned geek stuff Chapter 2: In which I used … Continue reading
Filed under Humor
The Velvet Underground of…
Recently there have been a couple of “Velvet Underground” posts, of the kind that the VU were a very unknown but amazingly influential group. As Chad Orzel says, “only of order a thousand people bought the first Velvet Underground record, … Continue reading
Filed under Biology, General Science, History, Humor, Philosophy, Science
How scientific journalism is, and should be done
I wrote in my last links page, “Martin Robbins at the Guardian blog site spoofed science journalism with a “meta” entry. Here, he explains why and what to draw from it.” A scientist friend asked me my opinion. Never one … Continue reading
Filed under Journalism, Media, Science
