Simpson is my middle name 9 Jul 200718 Sep 2017 No, really, it is. And although I followed the Identikit procedures exactly, I’m sure anyone who has met me will say I look nothing like this guy: Humor
Evolution NYT article on genes 10 Nov 2008 Here, by the incredibly young, handsome and way too successful Carl Zimmer, late of the Seed stable. Carl brings to mind my favourite Truman Capote saying: It is not enough to succeed. Friends must be seen to have failed. Anyway, go read the bastard’s excellent essay. I will just sit… Read More
Administrative 99 things on the wall meme 19 Nov 2008 From here via here via here, 99 things I have or haven’t done. Read More
Humor Vote now! 4 Nov 2008 At the time of writing the vote was evenly split four ways between A Moose, Immanuel Kant, Saul Kripke, and any Four Dimensionalist. Beat the tie now by voting. [Hat tip to Leiter] Read More
I know who you are, and next time you can buy me a coffee for that remark… Of course, I’m much fatter than the Homer body form.
For those of you who have never seen an actual picture of John or met him in person: you must know that, although he isn’t willing to aknowledge it, John is a handsome man, a living example of what means to age gracefully. He might want to block this comment, blackmail Janet Stemwedel to remove the picture and kill me for giving this link to a a picture of him (in case it isn’t obvious, it’s the first picture) in which you can see for yourselves and compare to the Simpsons’ character.
Simultaneously. As I am by nature Very Lazy, this means I have to fit all this is around my normal procrastination schedule. I’ll blog sporadically, but not much until early August. So sorry. Does all the recent blog activity mean the Mr J.S. Wilkins is procrastinating instead of doing all of the things that were supposed to hold him up from blogging? Just asking!
Actually, Ribozyme, that first snap is of Robert Brandon. Wilkins is in the third picture from the top, wearing a red shirt. But I do agree that his Simpsons avatar is rather less attractive than the genuine article.
Yebbut notice that Ereshefsky aged even more gracefully than I did. And he’s a much nicer fellow, which was inconvenient because I was all set to hate him for disagreeing with me. [I said I wasn’t a nice fellow.] I grew a goatee, but the site only had a few beard choices, so it makes me look much more hirsute than I am. Except when I haven’t shaved the rest of my face for a few days…
… could you have picked a less flattering photo? No, I’m pretty sure that was the least flattering one I took. But if you come back to New york, I’ll see what I can do!