Knit Darwin’s tree 27 Sep 200818 Sep 2017 If any of my readers are good knitters, check this out: The pattern, not the girl. Preverts! Hat tip: Colin Purrington Evolution Humor
Evolution “Species” in the Stanford Encyclopedia updated 13 Jun 200724 Nov 2022 Marc Ereshfsky’s entry on “Species” in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy has been updated, though not to remove the classic “Essentialism Story” that has been called into question by a number of scholars lately. Under the fold, I will quote Marc’s comments and critique them. [I can do this because… Read More
Book That’s not an Origin of Species; *this* is an Origin of Species 24 Sep 2009 I would strongly suggest that if you find Kirk Cameron’s “edition” of the Origin of Species that you quietly dispose of it in an environmentally conscious manner. However, if you want a good edition, I recommend this one by Jim Endersby, a well known historian of the nineteenth century, from… Read More
Humor Verily, who is in the primary position 10 Jan 2008 A classic Abbott and Costello skit, done in Elizabethan English. Video below the fold. Read More
My audience are all old farts, in virtue of liking my blog. Hence it’s just gross to look at… err.. look at …. Look, I’m a bit distracted right now, OK?
My audience are all old farts, in virtue of liking my blog. Hence it’s just gross to look at… err.. look at …. Look, I’m a bit distracted right now, OK?
Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake: Colonel, Colonel, I must know what you think has been going on here. Col. “Bat” Guano: You wanna know what I think? Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake: Yes. Col. “Bat” Guano: I think you’re some kind of deviated prevert. I think General Ripper found out about your prevertion, and you were organizing some kind of mutiny of preverts.
but it doesn’t have “I think” scrawled on it anywhere… that’s the most endearing thing about that first tree
From digging around her blog, the tattoo seems to be Charles D. — but it is a temporary. It does look good though (as does she).
Talk about a sucker punch! If you really wanted us to focus on the pattern, you could’ve just photoshop-cropped that section. Preverts indeed.
Antiquated Tory (isn’t that an oxymoron?) wrote: “Knitted SHORTS?!?!?!” I’d eat those shorts if she was wearing them!
Antiquated Tory (isn’t that an oxymoron?) wrote: “Knitted SHORTS?!?!?!” I’d eat those shorts if she was wearing them!
I suspect my knitting girlfriend will have the same reaction as Tory’s wife (you’re too late now, AT, but the correct counter-argument involves the keeping of anatomy warm). Anyway, John, who are you calling old?
My knitting wife’s reaction to those was, “Ok, let me work out how many balls of yarn that will take, and you pick the color.” I married well. 🙂