Ooooohhhh, nude dinosaurs…. 14 Sep 2009 Residents of the tiny town Muttaburra, in Queensland’s central west, have bared all for a calendar shoot. The town’s Community Development Association is raising money for an ambulance defibrillator and the local school, and came up with the idea for a “slightly risque” calendar. Muttaburra is famous for the Muttaburrasaurus dinosaur discovered in the region. The association’s secretary, Kerry Robinson, says she had no problems encouraging people to be involved and some interesting props were used. “It was done discreetly – there was only two photographers,” she said. “[It] sounds silly but we [used] vegetables, the fire brigade used hoses and hats and gloves, we had a shearing so we had a sheep. “The dinosaur was used – the man who found the dinosaur posed at the dinosaur with his wife.” [ABC Radio] I can’t find an image, I’m sorry… Australian stuff Evolution Humor
Evolution Desecration, blasphemy in public, and manners 12 Jul 2008 When does a person’s religious beliefs constrain someone who is not religious? What sorts of redress can a religious person expect in a secular society? These questions arise from the recent to-do about PZ Myers defense of the stealing of a communion wafer from a Catholic church. As a result,… Read More
Administrative More of me in Spanish, and information again 4 Aug 200818 Sep 2017 A blog post by the incredibly multilingual John Wilkins (who knew he spoke French, Portuguese and Spanish? OK, it’s by proxy, but it’s nearly as good as actually speaking it) is now available in Spanish. Gee but he looks like he knows whereof he speaks… Thanks to Eduardo Zugasti for… Read More
Humor The real Olympic performers 24 Aug 200818 Sep 2017 Certain nations who shall remain nameless have been doing a fair bit of skiting about how well they’ve done. So I thought I’d do a bit of number crunching. Of course it isn’t completed (or is it?) but using the Wikipedia population figures and the official medal tally, I plotted… Read More