Open Thread
bright_lights | September 13, 2007Hello! I'm a student of Dr. Myers here at the lovely University of Minnesota Morris and will be blogging weekly for the next few months about whatever I find or dream up that relates to Neurobiology.
This week I suppose the most interesting finding I have comes from 89.3 "The Current," an off-branch of the popular MPR radio station. There is a program called "Radio Lab," in which a couple show hosts review scientific work done in broad categories while they converse and explore the work of scientists who actually did the research. One of the categories for the week was on sleep; why do we…
pharyngula | September 7, 2007It's Friday! I have no classes today, so this is the day where I desperately struggle to catch up with the backlog; it also happens to be the day we're hosting a party at our house (you're invited: 5:30, my place, across the street from the university; everyone who is anyone will be there). If you can't make it, I expect you to make small talk and chat sociably in this open thread.
Here are a few ice-breakers to help you get started.
Carnival of the Blue #4
Friday Ark #155
Carnival of the Feminists #44
I and the Bird #57
The next edition of the Tangled Bank will be at the Behavioral Ecology…
pharyngula | September 1, 2007Whee! Read, while I go get more coffee.
Circus of the Spineless #24
Friday Ark #154
Carnival of Education #134
Carnival of the Liberals
Skeptics' Circle #68
pharyngula | August 25, 2007I'm in the Middle Ages, where we don't have computers, and it's a real pain to have to hire a wizard to send these messages to the internet. You'll have to talk amongst yourselves and peruse these fascinating carnivals without me.
I and the Bird #56
Carnival of Education #133
Friday Ark #153
The next Tangled Bank will be at Balancing Life on Wednesday. Send those links in to me or host@tangledbank.net. The list of future hosts is also shrinking, so if you have a blog and think you'd be interested in hosting, volunteer!
pharyngula | August 19, 2007I'm home at last, after a long flight and a long drive through more thunderstorms, and boy am I tired. Not from the flying and driving, but from being the old geezer amongst the youngsters at that recent meeting, and trying to keep up with them. Did you know those whippersnappers stay up to all hours of the night, drinking and dancing and sinning, and they don't take naps, even?
OK, while I try to restore my disturbed equilibrium and restart my poor overtaxed brain, here are a few things you can read elsewhere.
Humanist Symposium #6
Friday Ark #152
Grand Rounds 3:47
Carnival of the…
pharyngula | August 11, 2007
The next edition of the Tangled Bank will be at Fish Feet on Wednesday, 15 August. Send those links in to me or host@tangledbank.net.
Until Wednesday, you'll need to make do with these other carnivals, or engage in undirected and unspecified web-based social intercourse in the comment thread below.
I and the Bird #55
Carnival of the Blue III
Grand Rounds
Friday Ark #151
pharyngula | August 6, 2007Must catch up on neglected linkage. Must take nap. Everyone is on their own for a little while as I try to get my brain out of its fog. I'm too old to skip an entire night's worth of sleep.
Friday Ark #150
Mendel's Garden #17
Skeptics' Circle #66
Carnival of the Blue III
I and the Bird #54
pharyngula | July 27, 2007
Next week, the Tangled Bank will be hosted at Migrations, so get those entries in to me or host@tangledbank.net by Tuesday!
You can always read a few other carnivals first and get inspired.
Friday Ark #147
I and the Bird #54
Or go ahead, you can just blather away in the comments on whatever you want. We're all about Freedom and Liberty and Choice here!
pharyngula | July 21, 2007Fun stuff to read:
Carnival of Education #128
The Ever-Present Past: Your Nearest Site
Friday Ark #148
Carnival of the Liberals #43
Skeptics' Circle #65
Now write whatever you feel like saying in that empty box down below:
pharyngula | July 14, 2007Gee, people seem to have slowed in sending me announcements, or it's a slow summer week, but I only have two carnivals to report: I and the Bird #53 (it's their second anniversary!) and Friday Ark #147.
I can also say that next week is time for the Tangled Bank, to be held at The Voltage Gate on 18 July. Send links to me or host@tangledbank.net.
Go below the fold to comment on anything you want, or to see the recent collection of cephalart (it's also been a while since I ran one of those.)
pharyngula | July 7, 2007Oy, I have so much catching up to do…
Humanist Symposium #4
Circus of the Spineless #22
Carnival of the Blue #2
Encephalon #26
Skeptics' Circle #64
Carnival of the Liberals—July 4th edition
Friday Ark #146
All right, tell me what else is new in the universe outside the Pacific Northwest.
pharyngula | June 30, 2007Carnivals! We're hawking Carnivals!
Carnival of Mathematics XI
Friday Ark #145
I and the Bird #52
The next Tangled Bank will be held on Wednesday, the 4th of July, at Aardvarchaeology. Send those patriotic, all-American links in to the Swedish guy, to me, or to host@tangledbank.net.
Beyond that, this is an open thread. Say something profound.
pharyngula | June 22, 2007We have a few carnivals for your Friday afternoon delectation…
Skeptics' Circle #63
Friday Ark #144
Carnival of the Liberals #41
Otherwise, talk among yourselves. I'm going to be helping a swarm of new freshmen register for their fall classes for a while.
pharyngula | June 16, 2007
Oekologie #6
I and the Bird #18
Friday Ark #143
The next Tangled Bank will be held at Greg Laden's digs on 20 June — send those links in to me or host@tangledbank.net.
pharyngula | June 8, 2007Savor a little end-of-the-week reading.
Carnival of the Blue
Friday Ark #142
Carnival of the Liberals #40
Skeptics' Circle
pharyngula | June 4, 2007These are some carnivals of science—read about invertebrates, genes, or genetics this morning.
Circus of the Spineless #21
Gene Genie
Mendel's Garden #15
pharyngula | June 1, 2007Quick, read someone else's blog and then come over to join in the open thread!
Grand Rounds 3(36)
I and the Bird #50
Friday Ark #141
The Tangled Bank is coming up on Wednesday, 6 June, at the Behavioral Ecology Blog. Send those links in to me or host@tangledbank.net by Tuesday.
pharyngula | May 27, 2007No, don't hate me…but it's more carnivals. I'm catching up on all this stuff that was sent to me.
Besides, it's a holiday weekend, right? You're going to be out there on the deck, tending the BBQ, with your laptop at hand for wireless browsing between the burger flipping, anyway, just like me. So sure, here's lots more reading.
Four Stone Hearth
Philosophia Naturalis #10
Carnivalesque #27
Carnival of the Liberals #39
Carnival of Education #120
Friday Ark #140
Well, I'm exhausted, how about you? Time for a cold one and a picnic.
This is an open thread, so go ahead, tell us how your…
pharyngula | May 18, 2007Here are a few new carnivals:
Oekologie #5
Friday Ark #139
I and the Bird #49
The next Tangled Bank will be at geek counterpoint on Wednesday, 23 May — send those links in to me or host@tangledbank.net.
pharyngula | May 11, 2007Here's a slew of good stuff to entertain you on a pleasant Friday, the last day of finals week here at UMM. I have to give my genetics students their final exam in a short while—I fear they are not having a happy time right now. When they're done, though, the sun will be shining, commencement awaits tomorrow … and I will be sitting in gloomy room somewhere, red pen in hand, grading.
Friday Ark #138
Skeptics' Circle #60
Encephalon #22
Carnival of the Liberals #38
Grand Rounds 3(33)
Mendel's Garden #14