so, okay. one of the few recentish episodes of Bones that I actually enjoy is Mayhem on a Cross...the one where the underground metal band uses their friend's skeleton as a stage prop ( Read more... )

some of you may remember my aborted science journal, ifangirlscience. it's back! or, it's begun, haha. probably close to 2 years after it was conceived. the substantive posts are friends-locked, so if you want to read & discuss then you need to friend me. unlike this journal, I'll friend EVERYONE back, whether I know you or not ( Read more... )

so just the other day, I was thinking to myself, the grackles aren't nearly as bad this year as they have been in the past ( Read more... )

ok, it's official--baby deer are the CUTEST FUCKING THINGS EVER. I finally got out there to feed the fawn that was born on Saturday. goddamn. I mean. she's tiny and she falls down all over the place, like, *literally* just a little bundle of legs collapsing in all directions for no good reason every 3 minutes ( Read more... )

I've been thinking a lot about the prostate. hahaha. as a slash writer, I figure it's pretty much my solemn duty to think about the prostate as much as possible, and by the looks of things, you all agree with me ( Read more... )

hey guys, lend me your brains. I need the major popular press (not peer-reviewed) sources, all over the political/ideological spectrum. you'll see from the list of what I've already come up with on my own, I'm looking for the real biggies. (this is about antimicrobial resistance, so don't give me something like "People ( Read more... )

(btw, my icon is a clouded leopard, not a tiger...case you can't tell *g*)ok, this footage is AMAZING. it's all over youtube out of context, but I have an article below the cut from the Wildlife Trust of India that tells what happened. basically, they were trying to dart a "nuisance" female tiger that was killing livestock in local villages, ( Read more... )

thanks to 1more_sickpuppy for reminding me that overheardinnewyork.com exists. heee!

Sixth grader: Wait, I don't understand. When you have oral sex you don't take off your clothes, so how can you get AIDS?
Student teacher: Ummm...
--University Neighborhood Middle School

( what the hell are they *teaching* you guys up there? )

sorry for the spammage today people! today was my day for the buffyversemeta Metathon. I was a little weasel and took my own topic, thereby prompting me to FINALLY start on this meta series I've been meaning to tackle for a while ( Read more... )

this essay is part of a meta series on vampire anatomy and physiology. this one in particular was written for the buffyversemeta Metathon.

In order to understand this essay, you should probably go back and read my short blurb on why I feel “It’s magic” is not a good enough explanation for how vampirism works in the Buffyverse. Magic and supernatural ( Read more... )