Author Archive for Dorid
Mark Powell and I are having a disagreement over on Blogfish. I read Blogfish daily, and in my Google reader it's in my folder for "science blogs". I would guess that most people who read Blogfish have a great deal of experience in science or in the ocean. But I know that isn't representative of the entire population.
I want to use a number of examples to illustrate the discussion, and
That's the Rio Grande Nature Center... more over on Kats Road
How to tell you've already missed the ray feeding at the Albuquerque Aquarium:
I STILL haven't seen Cloverfield. Let's face it, when your a single mom on Social Security Disability, there are some things that have to come before the movies. Well, except for Harry Potter, Narnia, Star Trek and Star Wars at least...
But thanks to Hasbro, I now know for sure what the Cloverfield monster looks like:
Since the darn thing doesn't look terribly much like previous movie
Imagine the savings... for us, for the planet, if we just turned off the electric for one hour. One hour to be totally devoted to environmental awareness. Now imagine if we did just a little more every day.
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This particular Mexican Wolf is not free. In fact, there are few Mexican Wolves that are. They've been on the endangered species list for a number of years now, yet have been, up until very recently, killed here in New Mexico. Of course the agencies prefer to call it "culling" but what it amounts to is killing re-introduced wolves.
Wolves are predators. They are going to eat other animals
"I understand Senator Clinton periodically when she is feeling down launches attacks as a way of trying to boost her appeal. But I think this kind of gamesmanship is not what the American people are looking for." ~Barack Obama
Barack may well be right. Hillary's new campaign makes her sound more and more like Old Washington.
For a listing of Hillary attacks news items, check out this page.
"Do Komodo Dragons spit poison?" my daughter once asked me at a zoo after hearing another parent explain that to their child. "No," I responded, annoyed. A lot of misinformation gets spread around in zoos, and I've heard worse theories voiced about animals we know a whole lot more about than Komodo Dragons. Of course, we don't know everything yet, so some questions don't have answers, but
Oh, be still my geeky heart! Now I have a real reason to look forward to Christmas!
An online friend who knows me fairly well recently posted this for me:
What happens when a geek with Hallmark Collectable Star Trek Ornaments and strong feelings about the Democratic Candidates gets his hands on a video camera:
First she had the reputation for being a bitch. Then she altered her campaign with a bit of weepiness followed by the kinder, gentler Hillary ads. Now she's back to being a bitch. The change appears schizophrenic and unappealing, and has very little chance to boost her campaign.
Now that the Obama campaign is on a roll, the gloves are off with the Hillary campaign. Rather than the friendly
now available in my shop:
Did I mention OBAMA?
Today's one of those days that I have a million and one thoughts, and the fear that I'm not going to get any of them down. It's a busy day for me, and I have limited time between meetings and classes and events with the kids. It's the kind of day I wish there were some way for me to blog while driving.
Quick summaries instead of long blogs (which somehow got longer in the telling):
Something to think about during this election year... Being a republican is a good indicator of ignorance.
I recently received a letter from some church I never heard of. The kids asked what it was, and without opening it, I told them it was probably a prayer rug. The kids could barely believe it, since the envelope was obviously too small for a real rug, and I opened the envelope and showed them.
This prayer rug was extra creepy because it was one of those optical 3D things, like the Magic Eye
yes, yes, I know.
It took me a while to get around to two things: round designs (that look cool on t-shirts but can also be buttons) and kid's t-shirts and sweatshirts.
I've been amazed at how many people are looking for Obama t-shirts for their kids. I figured it would just be people of voting age, and some teens, who would probably wear adult sizes anyway.
Anyway, now ALL of the Obama
With the upcoming presidential election looming, we’re seeing a lot of coverage of candidates and a lot of promises being thrown about. Anything that bothers you about the election, or in politics in general?
1. All the email from the campaign I support. I really DON'T need to be reminded 3 times a day. Thanks anyway.
2. People I usually respect voting the other way. Look, I know you're
Oddly enough, last night I had nightmares about arguing with Creationists at my daughter's school. In my dream, the school was having "game night" which we went to. Little did we know it was a set up. The girls and I were the only rationalists in the bunch, and as it turned out, the first question in the trivia part of the game is "how did life come into being?" Of course the thing turned
I'm not sure my daughter wants us to come out for her graduation. I'm sure we're not the most fun house guests... but I really do want to see her get her Masters Hood. It's going to be expensive for us to drive out there and back, so I want to make it worthwhile by doing something else... like tide pooling... but the first good tide is a week later.
There's a -1.5 tide at Cabrillo on Friday
Oh, and one of my online friends has recently gotten a blog award for his poetry.
I have to admit I'm a little jealous.
...But then again, I realize some people haven't read my stunning magnum opus: Ode to a Nudibranch.
So I'll subject you all to it again... (caution, it may be a little Vogon for most tastes.)
Oh! diverse and colorful denizens of the sea,
order Nudibranchia, sub-orders have
I feel a bit of a slug today (pun intended) for being so slow to post my PhotoHunt. If you read the next post, you'll know why.
I actually chose this photo in advance, it's one of the one's I'm proudest of. Sure, my daughter has better whale photos, but those whales are a half world away, came close to the boat, and breached several times. "My" whales were just bopping along down the
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