"Completely unusable" stock photos have inspired me to challenge myself to a caption contest.
(Any submitted captions in the comments section would probably make me less than 100% guaranteed to win.. ahem).
Photo #1:
Charlie Nadler lives, works and writes in Los Angeles. He's a contributor to Funny or Die and still uses blogger, probably.
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Corrections and Clarifications: Tardigrades
It has been brought to my attention that the recently published piece "Fact or Fiction: Tardigrades" contains an error. In the first sentence of the first section (not an ideal place for an error), I incorrectly state that "tardigrades are able to withstand 5,000 gamma rays of radiation."
Oops.
For a remarkably comprehensive explanation of why this is incorrect, please see the email I received from scientist-to-be Florent Dellanoy, reposted with permission below:
Oops.
For a remarkably comprehensive explanation of why this is incorrect, please see the email I received from scientist-to-be Florent Dellanoy, reposted with permission below:
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
"Regarding My Upcoming Autobiography" on The Big Jewel
(It's probably ironic or something that I wrote this a while ago, back when this Mark Twain stuff was actually in the news. Oh well.)
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