It warms the black cockles of my heart when I email graduate students to let them know their medical abstract has been accepted, and they send me a very nice and proper thank you note, and then they immediately fire off a celebratory all-caps email full of exclamation marks and smileys to their colleagues-- but forget to take my address off the cc- ( Read more... )

Hooray! It's thebaconfat's birthday!

( There is absolutely no spite beneath this cut )

Hey now, hey now, it appears to be mercuriosity’s birthday! Like, with less than ten minutes left on the clock!

( I'm sure you're all tired of these by now, anyway )

Holy crap, it's thebaconfat's birthday!

thebaconfat, also known in scientific circles as Baconus awesomenous, is a primary export of Canada. It has strange but intriguing behavioral rituals, where it stomps its feet, bobs and weaves, and shouts various territorial calls that often involve speculation on the scent of any nearby species being akin to appels. Possibly one ( Read more... )