So, I'm writing this paper for evolution class. It's to be written in the form of a popular science article, the sort of thing you'd find in a newspaper, written for the general public and all that. One of the requirements is a catchy headline, or at least an attempt at one. I'm writing about the recent discovery of a fossil of what is essentially ( Read more... )

Yay! I put that DVD on hold again, and this time the library is sending it. Now I don't have to lay siege to the Grand Rapids library ( Read more... )

Flesh-eating kangaroos:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,203298,00.html?sPage=fnc.science/evolution

So very amused.

MCO application - finished and sent. Still need to write them an essay. A -new- essay. About how I'm so much better a candidate this time. Without using the excuse that I was insane last year, because apparently that looks bad ( Read more... )

Oh, NOW I'm mad. The library canceled my hold. The bastards ( Read more... )

We seem to have acquired a cat. Amber found her in a parking lot a few days ago, and she's cute, so, we have a cat. She's gray and black and stripy-ish. So far we haven't thought of a name. Also, she is easily distracted, clumsy, and talks to herself. So she fits in very well here. Pictures to follow if I ever find the digital camera.

Today, I cooked stir-fry for dinner. And it was awesome. I think it needed maybe more chicken, but it was still awesome. I mean, I cooked something. All by myself. I'm, like, an adult or something. Weird ( Read more... )

Giant moth in the living room! Flying around!

(I finally remembered my password. Yay ( Read more... )

I got an email from the school health center warning about a mumps outbreak in the Midwest ( Read more... )