I remember when "blogrolling" was a play on "logrolling" -- the somewhat unsavory practice of "I'll blog about your blog if you blog about my blog." I don't think I've ever heard (until now) the word used to describe the practice of keeping a blogroll.
FYI, Davy Jones wasn't Bowie's "early stage name," it's his real name (or rather, David Jones is his real name). He changed it to Bowie after the Monkees became popular and he wanted to avoid confusion.
FYI, your rendering of Hallucigenia is now generally regarded as being upside-down. Further research suggests the spiky "legs" were actually spikes on the back, and the squiggly bits were the creature's legs.
Stephen Jay Gould wrote about it a few years back: http://www.stephenjaygould.org/library/gould_reversal-hallucigenia.html
Evil Pundit: you mean 1998 was a huge spike? Sure. That doesn't mean there's been a 10-year cooling trend since then.
Dave: I spend way too much time arguing politics on a forum where half of the righties still think Obama's a Muslim, so don't tell me I'm out of touch with how not-bad they are. And BTW, maybe try visiting a climatologist (not a chemist or TV weatherman) and asking about global climate change, what's almost certainly causing it and what's probably going to happen as a result. The answer won't be as reassuring as the industry shills you've been hearing from.
FYI, John Tierney is a right-wing shill who shouldn't be trusted when it comes to scientific studies that bother conservatives and libertarians (e.g. global warming, health risks from chemicals, etc.).
Stephen Jay Gould wrote about it a few years back: http://www.stephenjaygould.org/library/gould_reversal-hallucigenia.html
Dave: I spend way too much time arguing politics on a forum where half of the righties still think Obama's a Muslim, so don't tell me I'm out of touch with how not-bad they are. And BTW, maybe try visiting a climatologist (not a chemist or TV weatherman) and asking about global climate change, what's almost certainly causing it and what's probably going to happen as a result. The answer won't be as reassuring as the industry shills you've been hearing from.