From my homey Emetrece:

El 3 de abril, en la Ciudad de La Habana, se realizara la ceremonia de premiación “Puños Arriba” en el Cine-Teatro Rivera de 23 y G // 8PM

Categorías en competencia incluyen:

Canción Beef, Canción Social, Canción al amor. Canción mas popular, Mejor featuring, Mejor Beat, Mejor Grabación, Mejor Video Clip, Mejor mini reportaje, Mejor cover CD, y CD del año.

Discos en competencia:

Mi Testimonio (Escuadrón Patriota). El Atropello (Los Aldeanos), Miseria Humana (El Aldeano), Dr. jekill & Mr Hyde (El B.), Redención (Papá Humbertico), La Segunda Temporada (Maikel Xtremo), Conseptos y Prinsipios (El Libre), y El Alma de un Soldado (Soldier Squad).

Para mas información, & Emetreceproducitons

… known to us as The Gene Genie, has been transcribed in the form of volume 44, here, at Mary Meets Dolly Dot Com.

The Red River is flooding again, and people up there are filling sandbags again. So I thought I’d provide a little context to this important news.

The Red River in Minnesota flows backwards in its channel, in a northerly direction. Its course is backwards not because it’s going north (many people in America do think that rivers flow south), but rather, because its channel is part of a larger channel that historically carried more water than any other river on this planet has ever carried. This was the Warren River, which emptied Lake Agassiz (the largest fresh water lake ever) via the Red River Valley, then on to the Minnesota River Valley, then to the Mighty Mississippi. Much mightier then.

Read the rest of the essay here.

I’ve got two unrelated breaking news stories for you. The first is totally confirmed and real:

Rebecca Skloot has got a new column at Slate:

I’m pleased to announce that, starting in May 2009, I’ll be writing a weekly science and health column for Slate’s new Double X Magazine. I’ll be covering any and all science that might be of interest to women (note: I won’t just be covering science about specific female issues — though I’ll definitely cover those). Here, from Double X’s website, is a description of the new magazine:

Go here to read the rest and get to the links and stuff.

The second piece of news is unconfirmed but from a very reliable source. According to my source, I can elusively report to you that Snuggies Have Been Recalled!!!!!!!!

I don’t know why yet.

Mythical Creaturs Stamps to be released by Royal Mail this summer

Nature’s Artificial Divide: The best hope for science journalism is a marriage of new and old media

There is now a Brian Bat Foundation. I suppose it is to raise money to send more bats into orbit.

NPR: Obama Backers Return To Streets To Push Plans

President Obama’s grass-roots political machine has been reactivated for a weekend door-knocking crusade designed to sell the administration’s economic plan — and its record-busting $3.6 trillion budget.

But the task for the Organizing for America volunteers — tapped from Obama’s prodigious campaign e-mail and donor lists — is expected to be markedly more difficult than it was to sell the candidate before last November’s election.

Volunteers don’t have a candidate to sell, as they did before, and no Election Day end date on which to focus.

Instead, they will be pitching the president’s long-term economic and domestic agenda at a time when bailouts, bonuses and bad deficit numbers have been dominating the national conversation.

There will be a quiz.

With Emily Litela

Is teaching a way of life or a profession?

It probably depends on the teacher.

I interrupt this seemingly endless stream of YouTube Videos to announce that Tomorrow (Sunday) Morning, PalMD, of Scienceblogs.com, (White Coat Underground) will be interviewed on Atheist Talk Radio.

The interview will be conducted by Stephanie Zvan, and the director of the show is Mike Haubrich, both of Quiche Moraine Dot Com.

AM 950 KTNF on Sunday at 9AM Central

Details here.

This exact thing happened to me the other day.

I wonder if it is best to just stay away from University campuses.