Dragon-sized lizard eluded science, until now:
Spectacularly colored new species of monitor lizard found in the Philippines

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36202290/ns/technology_and_science-science/

madmyndi: they said it eats fruit, but what about oatmeal

Dear Students ( Read more... )

Nawilla has turned to the internet to beg a favor from her far-flung friends ( Read more... )

Just when I thought the worst I was ever going to see was the job listing that was looking for persons with 'extensive experience delivering and recieving packages and delivering interoffice mail.' Because all those mailboys out there dream of going to be a mailboy someplace else.

from a job listing:

Experience formulating protocols and consent ( Read more... )

Have recieved another forwarded email from Dept Head about yet another job position for a biology teacher at a boarding school, incidently, from the same slightly shady recruiting firm, this time for a boy's school.

From the email:

Biology Teacher (Vacancy Announcement ( Read more... )

Actual departmental email:

The graduate students of the [Biology] Department invite you to join us for An Enchanted Evening.

Event: An Enchanted Evening
Date: 7th April 2007
Time: 7-11pm
Venue: [Rooms where seminars and defenses are held], [Academic Building I Spend too much time in already shaped like the Parthenon]

Good god, these are ( Read more... )

Breast cancer theory supports African folklore ( Read more... )

Dear Bureaucracy: context counts.

This morning:

To: [J, Dept Head's Personal Secretary ( Read more... )

Snow: it is snowing. Should continue all day. Snow is now sticking in low sodium areas (like lawns). Houses are taking on that gingerbread house sprinkled with confectioners sugar look, but the table has been bumped so all the snow is frosting the lawn instead of the house ( Read more... )

Had to look up a paper from 1961 today.

Yes, you heard me, 1961.

And in said paper, buried in the Methods section was the following statement:

"3.92 mg. (chemical name) was dissolved in 10 ml. of 0.05 M Veronal buffer pH 8.15 ( Read more... )