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Plants with Eyes

Monday, July 28th, 2008
Tags: future ecology, future of life, plants with eyes, speculation

Inspired by our recent trip to Safari West (where we got to play “Keeper for a Day”, which is why I got to hand feed a giraffe) and by watching The Mist, I’ve been amusing myself lately speculating about future directions of life on the surface of the Earth. Mostly I’ve been thinking about how [...]

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Not a Mystery To Me

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

National Geographic News is reporting that a mysterious "swarm" of earthquakes has struck the Oregon border. According to the news story, more than six hundred of these little quakes have struck a region about 30 miles across, about 190 miles off the coast of Oregon. Theories abound about the cause these quakes; there could be [...]

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Why I’m not as weird as you might think.

Monday, October 1st, 2007
Tags: leg custody, leg in smoker

Once again, reality has beat me to the punch when it comes to making up strange stories. Last week, a man who bought a smoker at a self storage auction found that it came complete with an amputated leg (some people have all the luck). Personally, I think this line is my favorite: The mother, [...]

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The Furry Grim Reaper

Wednesday, July 25th, 2007

Jennifer found this story: Cat Plays Furry Grim Reaper at Nursing Home. The cat, who goes by the name Oscar, seems to have an uncanny ability to predict within a few hours when one of the patients in the nursing home is going to die; he is so accurate that staff members will actually call [...]

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