Don’t miss it! October 6th, on a PBS station near you.
Continue reading Darwin’s Darkest Hour →

Better send in Kissinger….

I really want to know what was said during that missing ten seconds…

Fear has been a subject of discussion around here lately. Pursuant to that, Stephanie Zvan has an interesting piece on it here at Quiche Moraine.

This is in part a follow-up on the Bomb Swarm in Princeton, Minnesota, which is starting to look more and more like what I said it was. A homecoming prank.

If we want people to become more rational, particularly about fear, we need to change what we’re telling them.

And what would that involve? Click here. Don’t be afraid.

Dara O’Briain on God taken from Live at the Theatre Royal 2006.

I just thought this might come in handy:

Dogs:

Cats:

Bonus Video (Human):

This is a bit gruesome so I’ve put it below the fold.
Continue reading Little Boy Shoots, Mutilates Burglar (ONN) →

Dragonfly Larvae Eating a Minnow

Which is here.

There is an article that I know is written by my friend and colleague Lynn Fellman, though I don’t see the author’s name anywhere on the post. Have a look, and please promote this new site!

Berry Go Round # 20 is HERE at Further Thoughts.

Circus of the Spineless is Here at Quiche Moraine.

The October 16th Issue of The Giant’s Shoulders will be hosed at Quiche Moraine. Please submit something!

Friday’s Ark is at The Modulator

Festival of the Trees 40 is at Local Ecologist

The last time I had a blogger dream was a steel cage non-death match between Greg Laden and Comrade PhysioProf, over who was going to get to be my post grad mentor. …

Don’t ask me, just go and read it. If you dare.

This story is winding down, but I think it should be remembered as an interesting object lesson. At first, there were bombs everywhere. Then over time the bombs were revealed as hoaxes (there were three of them) but not until after this:

Students were sent home, businesses were evacuated and large portions of town were cordoned off as local, county and federal authorities investigated. None of the three devices detonated, but some of the five “chemical reaction devices” (authorities called them “MacGyver bombs” after the TV character who improvised explosives) popped while authorities were busy at the first three scenes.

Continue reading Princeton “Bomb” Swarm: The Latest →

… the blog carnival about things without bones yet that are animals, focusing on the multicellular and outstanding nature photography, is HERE at Quiche Moraine Dot Com.

At first, the three “suspicious packages” were “possible bombs.” Then they were “incendiary devices” (a bomb that makes fire). Then, they were “potentially dangerous.” They said “if this is a hoax, it’s a good hoax” and at roughly the same time “we have no idea what these are.”

Now, they are “inert” and presumed to have been some kind of joke.
Continue reading Princeton MN Bombing Spree Update →

Edition number 15 is at Pleiotropy. Go and visit it and then visit all the sites it points to!