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Monday, October 5, 2009

Paleozoic Amber

Chemical paleontology didn't really exist when I was an undergrad, or if it did, it was in its early stges of development and didn't get much attention. Various kinds of chromatography can separate organic molecules left over from dead organisms and preserved in rocks, to give us clues about how those organisms related to each other and to things alive today. Some organic molecules don't last very long, but some are extremely persistent. The New York Times is reporting that amber that appears to have a composition characteristic of flowering plants has been discovered in a coal seam. Said coal seam was deposited 200 million years before flowering plants are thought to have appeared. Abstact from Science here, but the terminology would have meant little to me without reading the news article first.

All Dinosaurs Go to Heaven

So dogs go to heaven, rocks go to heaven, is this really a surprise?

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Sunday, October 4, 2009

Something Just Dawned on Me

Yeah, he pisses me off regularly, but this is now an established fact, for three weeks and counting.

There IS Such a Thing as Too Cute

This doesn't quite get there, but it's close.

I've never heard of Lulu and the Lampshades before, but I love well-done acapella music. This works for me.

Sunday Funnies

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I sense a potential meme here. Skull Swap

(Some assembly required) LOLTheist

I would have never suspected... Criggo

Automated ads can be very funny. Or very creepy. Or both. Probably Bad News

Criggo Real Estate is bouncing back, and the rental market is improving too!

Awwww... Urp! Skull Swap

Pundit Kitchen

The Onion

And meanwhile, the poodle was getting a blue perm... Don't Judge My Hair

Skull Swap

Waitaminit... which one's Paul? Probably Bad News

epic4chan

Problem Solved. Skull Swap

I've always been suspicious of the people who drive around in big boxy trucks. Criggo

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see more Political Pictures. This is what happens when a nice young Jewish Boy decides to grow up to be a holocaust denier.

Norah O'Donnel doesn't trust TV news any more, either. Skull Swap.

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Luke Surl

Misery Loves Sherman

My First Dictionary

Next time call the... Oh. Those are the professionals? That Will Buff Out

Groan alert. Skull Swap

The ammonites didn't go extinct! See, that one's eating a young lady's head. Don't Judge My Hair

Halloween is coming up... I expect there will be lots of pictures like this in the weeks ahead. But few as disconcerting. Picture is Unrelated.

Skull Swap. This is just how mammoths look in science museums.

Skull Swap

Yes I am. OregonLive

Truthdig

Nicely photographed, too. I Can Haz Cheezburger

Skull Swap. I want this as a sticker on my computer.

Swisswich A La Mode: Nestle tollhouse cookie ice cream sandwhiches stuffed with Swiss Rolls and Nutella, smothered in hot fudge. Quite frankly, this would probably kill me... but that doesn't stop me from drooling. I could make it healthy by putting some banana slices in there too, right? This is Why You're Fat