Archive for the 'Science/Nature' Category

Wednesday Weirdness

August 24, 2005, 10:02 pm

It’s Wednesday! That means weirdness!

Cloning

First kittens for cloned wildcats: Man, cloned kitty wildcats are cuuuuuute!
Cloning Man’s Best Friend: Cloned puppies are also cuuuute!
CLONUS producers sue over ISLAND cloning: Cloned movies are so cuuuuute! Wait…

Nutty Religious Nuts

Robertson called for the assassination of Venezuela’s president: why does this man have a TV show? Shouldn’t he be arrested [...]

Wednesday Weirdness

August 10, 2005, 9:34 pm

Yep: a title change for these posts. I figure if I name them after a day of the week, there’s at least a one in seven chance of me actually getting the article up on the right day. Hopefully every Wednesday (which is weird anyhow, because it’s spelled funny) you can expect some new [...]

Weirdness of the Week

July 6, 2005, 8:49 pm

More weird stuff happening all over, as usual.
Nature Run Amok
Animal and shark attacks seem to be on the rise:

Grizzly kills couple in Alaska
Shark kills teenager at N. Florida beach
Boy stable after 2nd Florida shark attack

Just Plain Odd

Wickerpedia

Monsters!

Boffins create zombie dogs (Thanks to Ken): Zombie dogs, check!
Bog Mummy Mistaken for Murder Victim: Mummy, check!
Rare ‘lobster’ baby [...]

Woodland Creatures, Part 2: The Turtle

July 5, 2005, 6:01 am

We get some nice turtles around from time to time, and it’s always nice to find baby turtles, since it usually means that there’s a mother turtle out there and possibly more siblings. We think this one is about a year old. There’s no amusing story with this guy, however: we almost stepped on him [...]

Woodland Creatures, Part 1: The Snake

June 28, 2005, 9:49 pm

I learned a valuable lesson back on June 9th. My spouse, Laurajean, was busy playing Everquest, while I was downstairs, turning over a couch (the reason I was doing such a thing will be expounded upon in the future). After moving the couch, I spied what I thought was a piece of string or debris [...]