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Entries from April 2008

A plea for help

April 27th, 2008 · 5 Comments

I am in the field, and “need” some papers.. I have internet access, but the proxy server to UC Berkeley library seems to be unavailable… Could some kind soul send me PDF’s of some or all of the following papers??? Clicking on the link should take you to the page where PDF can be downloaded….
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Linkage… not disequilibrium

April 27th, 2008 · No Comments

Why hot females get cheated on more
I don’t claim that this explanation is an original insight, since it’s the kind of thing you can figure out just by thinking it over — as I did today while bored. With that said, here’s one reason why: a hot girlfriend is better at sending the signal [...]

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Tags: biology

Wordpress 2.5.1 Upgrade

April 27th, 2008 · No Comments

Just upgraded… Pls email me if you notice anything amiss…

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Strike back at junk mailers

April 27th, 2008 · No Comments

I will be doing this ASAP! Please see dearbulkmailer.com for more ideas…

 

Step one: Get the “No Postage Necessary”
envelope out of the junk mail.

Step two: Put a brick (or anything) in a box.

Step three: Tape the “No Postage Necessary”
envelope neatly to the box

Step four: Put it into those blue mail boxes,
the parcel dump [...]

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Laughing my ass off

April 26th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Ben Stein’s myspace page has been
Pharyngulated!
(check out the poll)

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Tags: creationism · nut-jobs

mouse hunting

April 16th, 2008 · 1 Comment

I’ve been all over the central Californian coast, looking for a nice place to trap mice. I’ve seen some pretty nice places, and see some cool things.. Here are some photos from:
 
Coyote at the Marino Reserve
 

Peromyscus californicus at the Marino Reserve. Check out all those ticks

This is the researcher housing at the Marino Reserve.. Pretty [...]

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Tags: Behavioral Ecology · Peromyscus · biology · field work · parasites

Doing my civic Duty

April 16th, 2008 · No Comments

Please visit, link to, and most importantly read Expelled Exposed, the site the aims to explore the lies in Ben Stein’s “movie” Expelled

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Tags: creationism

Losing the remote control…

April 5th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Is probably the most irritating thing ever.. Don’t you agree? Now imagine my situation, where the buttons on the TV don’t work, and 5 children run around all day thinking that THEY should be in control.
Needless to say, remote control loss is a constant threat that is realized at least weekly. I’m not talking about [...]

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San Francisco to Honor Our President, G.W. Bush

April 2nd, 2008 · 1 Comment

By naming a Sewage Treatment Plant after him…
Looking to honor the forty-third President of the United States of America, George W. Bush, the recently formed Presidential Memorial Commission of San Francisco is looking to change the name of the Oceanside Wastewater Treatment Facility. It seems the group would like to rename the SF Zoo adjacent [...]

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Tags: Bush · politics