Mullahs Dis 300

The mad mullahs aren’t very coherent about it, but they sure don’t like the new movie “300”. A couple of reactions: “The government spokesman referred to the movie as part of the extensive cultural aggression aiming to degenerate cultures of world states.” And: “The Iranian embassy in Paris has termed the film an insult to …

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Sympatric

A real find for evo- wonks: a likely case of sympatric speciation in finches. “Examples of sympatric speciation in nature are rare and hotly debated. We describe the parallel speciation of finches on two small islands in the Tristan da Cunha archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean.” For a fascinating book on the subject– by …

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Ancient Enemies

Proof that at least one species of prehistoric cat, Megantereon, hunted humans– it’s in the isotopes. “”Paranthropus robustus and the early Homo species,Homo ergaster, had a diet that reflected a mix of carbon isotopes, suggesting that they were omnivorous, which is similar to what modern humans are today,” said Lee-Thorp. “Knowing the hominid carbon isotope …

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More AR Follies: Kill Knut!

Now the idiots want to kill a popular polar bear cub in Germany because he was rejected by his mother. “”Feeding by hand is not species-appropriate but a gross violation of animal protection laws,” animal rights activist Frank Albrecht was quoted as saying by the mass-circulation Bild daily, which has featured regular photo spreads tracking …

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PETA’s Jesus

Even for the notoriously irrational PETA, this is amazing. Having convinced themselves that Christ was a vegetarian, they have created this… installation: a “diner” made out of an Airstream trailer, featuring a model of Christ presiding over a Last Supper company composed of various famous real and alleged vegetarians– Ghandi, George Bernard Shaw, Paul McCartney …

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Prairie Rambles

The last seven years we had been living in a suburban tract house, so when we bought the house here at Moonshine Gulch, I was happy that we could get some property around it. Here is Sadie out back. I must say I have never had a yard before that was narrow-leafed yucca, gramma grass, …

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Stressed

After the movers had picked up all the furniture, our dogs seemed to doubt our assurances that they were coming to Colorado, too.

Roast Capybara – A Holiday Treat

The NY Times had an interesting piece on how the meat of the giant rodent, the capybara, is a prized delicacy in Venezuela, expecially during the Lenten season. Apparently the local Roman Catholic church has given it a status more akin to fish than meat. The article reminded me of a post I did last …

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Colorado Arrival

Well, we finally did make it here to Denver last Saturday. The movers delivered all of our stuff last Monday, and we are slowly making our way through the sea of boxes in our new house to unpack. We actually found the pots and pans last night and got to really cook, as opposed to …

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Good Stuff #6: Calligraphy

I just found that our friend Sir Terence Clark does Arabic calligraphy as a pastime, Since he is “dog (saluki/ tazi) friend”, the subject of this piece is not surprising. In his words: “In this piece I have used at the top a line of poetry – “Without hunting there is no pleasure” – in …

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