I'm with VonSkippy... anything smells better than formalin and rotting flesh. There isn't a candle in the world that could cover that. I had a fantastic sense of smell before I started working in labs, now I think I've burned 40% of my olfactory receptors. My favorite candles are the Lollia ones. Sweet, fruity, and slightly floral.
If evolution had been "proven", it wouldn't be called a theory anymore. The reason evolution is so widely accepted is that it makes sense and, to be completely honest, it's the best we've come up with. Biology isn't concrete, it's 'we think this happens because we've observed that'. We discover new things about the world around and inside of us every day, and biology has to be able to adapt to these changes or risk being pushed into the soft science category. I teach a class on biological ethics and integrity for college students pursuing research and the first thing I tell them is that if they're going to tell the general public that something is a fact, they had better be able to prove it beyond a shadow of a doubt over every single trial.
This is good news for textbook publishers... I never bought the sponge theory. I like this one better. Then again, it'll probably change in another ten years anyway. That's why I love the word theory - we guarantee nothing in biology and the general public is still willing to accept it.
Swim bladders are pretty. They have this pearlescent transparency to them similar to the connective tissue of the intestines, but without the ick factor. Does anybody know what the medicinal application of the swim bladder is supposed to be?
Her stresses were off for the California accent which, I think, was the only difference between California and Seattle... The funny thing about accents is how people treat you when you have one. Girls with "California" accents are automatically generalized as vapid narcissists.
Sounds like the blogger lives in Los Angeles... I would say Orange County, but he mentions that white people don't like Republicans and Orange County is primarily Republican. I have a feeling that the observations have more to do with socio-economic makeup of the blogger's region than with actual ethnicity.
An increase from 34B to 36C is a proportional increase. A single unit increase in band size (the circumference of your rib cage) with a single unit increase in cup size just indicates that Americans are getting bigger overall. American manufacturers are responding to the changing of womens bodies by phasing out clothing in smaller sizes (and bras in smaller band sizes). Apparently the size 0 market is too small for them to bother producing the clothes. If I didn't live in LA with all of the overly trendy boutiques that cater to starving celebrities, I'd be screwed.
At 4:30AM with no sleep and a midterm at 8, the goal is to not fall asleep to begin with... seven years of this should be enough to take down a horse, let alone a human being. Being a full-time student and working full time killed my circadian rhythm. If I have time to brush my hair, it's a good day
I'm horrible with the snooze button... I ended up buying one of those alarm clocks that runs away from you so you have to chase it down to shut it off.
I've met him... he called my research program "second-rate". Told me technology would make my kind obsolete in twenty years. Why is it that all of the brilliant researchers have poor people skills?
Grrr... I am the marrying, mothering type, but I choose to wait until I've accomplished some of the goals I've set for myself. This was decided after a positively disastrous near-marriage to somebody I believed to be Mr.Right. All of my friends are married, some with children, and we're in our mid-twenties to early thirties. I've seen the effects of marrying just to settle down and have a family - it's not pretty. I don't want a sperm donor, I want a life partner. I want somebody I won't resent for decades to come. That really shouldn't be too much to ask. The article paints a tragic tale designed to warn women of the pitfalls of being too picky but fails to address the full ramifications of marrying somebody you think you've settled for.
Captain EO was definitely an experience. I go to California Adventure for dinner every once in a while. Disneyland has the BEST fried cheesecake. It's like drugs, but fattening.
@Alex - I think they took Swiss Family Robinson down about a decade ago when they put in the Indiana Jones ride
I was expecting much worse when I clicked the link. Maybe I'm too desensitized. I wish I could blame it on the internet like most people... A tumor that large must have been incredibly uncomfortable on the right palm.
I hate Valentine's Day - a Hallmark holiday with pagan origins that glorifies public display of private emotions and alienates those who don't have somebody. Not to mention the so-called "heart" shape. It disturbs me to see small children going around giving each other symbols traditionally representative of female sexual organs. However, for these cards, I'll make an exception. I worship at the altar of their awesomeness.
@Alex - I think they took Swiss Family Robinson down about a decade ago when they put in the Indiana Jones ride