Archive for May, 2009
Star Trek
I haven’t seen the new Star Trek movie yet, but I’ve heard there is time travel involved. I sincerely doubt it follows the rules, but this clip should help you forget all about that:
Weekly Top 5
Katie Stelmanis – You’ll Fall I started listening to The Ting Tings thanks to Dr. Isis. I have not been dancing around the lab, but there may have been some dancing in the kitchen. Amazon.com Widgets
What I’ve Noticed
A beautiful post on hierarchies and judgement within marginalized communities. The Skeptic’s Book of Pooh-Pooh points out an awesome news story on the danger anti-vaxers create for children in their communities. The anti-vaxers hypocrisy is also on display in their support of chemical castration for autistic boys. We can’t expect toxic products to stop coming […]
What We Killed Thursday
It’s been quite a few weeks since I’ve featured an extinct plant, but the series isn’t dead yet! While I really enjoy researching and sharing what I find about extinct species, it does take more time than I had at the end of the semester. Many of the plants I feature are extinct in the […]
Connotations
One of the most difficult things about learning a language must be learning the hidden meanings of words. Take, for example, unbelievable and incredible. They both literally mean the same thing, but unbelievable is “bad” and incredible is “good.”
Panda Plant
Panda Plant, Kalanchoe tomentosa, is a close relative of Mother of Thousands. It’s called a Panda Plant because the leaves are very very fuzzy and have red tips and they supposedly resemble panda toes. Though both pandas and Panda Plants are very cute, I do not think there is any real resemblance. Mother of Thousands […]
Mother of Thousands
I promised to show you pictures of my plants a few weeks ago. I’ve taken pictures of a few of them, but not all. The weather has been so strange here and is making picture taking difficult. This plant is a Mother of Thousands, a kind of Kalanchoe. It forms little plantlets on its leaves […]