Saturday, February 28, 2009

1. Yay.

Well, not yay that they're all dying....

2. Ha. Classic.

Though I'd probably look similar if I were standing next to that much talent.

Also, John Mayer ain't lookin too good.

3. Glass-bottom fish!

4. It's like they just discovered the existence of gaited horses. Oy.

5. Nice.

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Tuesday, February 24, 2009

1. So this incident is pretty old news, and nothing unique, but I did notice this part:

The Police Department has an autism response team, but it was not dispatched.

Really? That's kind of cool, I guess. I'm a little worried about what kind of special training this team receives. Can't they just do some disability awareness for all of the police?

2. Awesome. When are they gonna teach it ASL? (Or BSL, given that it's in the UK.)

3. Contemporary archaeology is a response to the problem of preserving and recording our disposable, rapidly changing culture.

Interesting. Hadn't thought of it from that angle -- the need for archaeology as a response to rapid change (instead of a response to lack of recorded history, etc.)

4. For some reason, my first thought upon seeing this was, "It's snack sized!"

Also, this design just looks man-made to me. Strange that it occurred naturally.

5. The mustang was white all over, with dark spots on his rear, betraying some Appaloosa in his ancestry, but with hooves like dinner plates, suggesting the additional introduction of something more along the lines of a draft horse. He'd been named Dot by the inmates at the Honor Farm near Riverton, where he'd been trained as a wild-born five-year-old. As a result the mustang had both native sense and correctional-facility manners, and you can do a lot worse than that in a horse.

Ha. True.

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Tuesday, February 17, 2009

1. parents with higher incomes and more education gestured more broadly to their children

The hell? Does being poor make your arms weak? Do they teach nonverbal communication in college and I'm just not aware of it?

Interesting observation, but I'm wondering about the why.

2. I could totally do this.

3. Pretty.

4. Brain scans revealed that when men are shown pictures of scantily clad women, the region of the brain associated with tool use lights up.

Perfect. Women take their clothes off and suddenly men possess no theory of mind.

5. Spewing hatred and accusing Obama of being the antichrist is all okay if you end it with a cheery salutation!

Thanks for asking!

Shirley Phelps-Roper

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Friday, February 13, 2009

1. I wonder how many 'costumed actors' have been strangled by irritable women having contractions?

2. I knew it.

3. I knew there was a reason I didn't eventually settle on archaeology as my major....

4. This is the real Robinson Crusoe?

Hunting goats became a sport for Selkirk. He learned to outrun them and throw them to the ground while running.

So you're saying he was a hillbilly?

5. It's about time.

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