He studies too much for words of four syllables -Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice “No” “the” “of” “to” “and” “a” “Yes” “How” “LOL” “F**K” What do all of these words have in common? They are all in the 500 most frequently used words in the English language (ok, two of them aren’t, but I bet […]
I have to admit that I’m loathe to pay any attention to celebrity meltdowns. First off, because these people are often suffering a great deal, must they do it while the entire world looks on and slavers over what they are going to do next? And secondly, because then people go around looking for experts […]
Sci was very thrilled to be featured this past week on Skeptically Speaking! I got to share a podcast with the intelligent and handsome John Logsdon. What was the topic? Being us…semen, of course! So check it out over at Skeptically speaking, I just listened to it, and who know, I’m totes funny!!
As you all might have noticed, Scientopia has a brand new Guest Blog(ge) (the “ge” makes it more official or something?). I mentioned before that Paolo of Zygoma is up first and has written some great posts already, including a really nice on on Museum Collections. But did I mention we also have FrauTech?! She’s […]
No it’s nothing that you all might consider major. But it IS the day after Valentine’s day!!!!! Now, many of you might celebrate Valentine’s Day, and if you do, that’s fine. Sci considers the holiday to be lame, designed to make couples feel like they need to buy something and to make people who aren’t […]
So yesterday I wrote a post where I put on my “ranty pants”, and mentioned that I would LOVE to have a pair of them that actually existed. And a friend of mine read the post…and… AREN’T THEY AWESOME!!! You know you want a pair. The cafepress shop is here. Me, I’m getting like 10 […]
“Hey, Drake” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhwXVDi496E&feature=player_embedded This one is a shoutout to Ed Yong and his iconic post on duck penises! I think this video came out after that, but it’s beautifully done. You can check out the rest of ISabella Rosselini’s killer green porno work here.
(Source) Sci’s out happy new yearing. Like ya do. In the meantime, I wish to know. What are YOUR New Year’s Resolutions? Do you make any? Do you self-righteously NOT make any and want to tell other people why they shouldn’t? Sci always ends up making some. Last year’s involved getting my PhD. And I […]
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…under an avalanche of Pubmed citations. I will emerge when my browser window no longer has 75 tabs open. In the meantime, have a LOLcat. (From where else?)