"I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself. I am large, I contain multitudes." — Uncle Walt

Month: October 2007

Urban Jungle

Post date October 30, 2007

One of my better flower photos. Taken in a small door step garden box of an office building in London near the Tower of London!

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Act like Monkeys

Post date October 25, 2007

When it comes to their social behavior, people sometimes act like monkeys…
From “Humans and monkeys share Machiavellian intelligence” [~~sciencecodex.com~~ web.archive.org]

Broken link replaced with link to Wayback Machine on Archive.org

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Cockroach Radiation

Post date October 20, 2007

Contrary to popular belief, not a significant amount of research goes into cockroach radiation,
Gran Imahara, from “‘Mythbusters’ test seeks to determine if cockroaches could survice a nuclear holocaust” [seattletimes.com]

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Because California has no bugs

Post date October 17, 2007

When bugs from the east coast have to be trucked to California to pollinate an exotic tree because California has no bugs, it’s a pretty whacked-out agricultural system.
Randy Oliver, “What Was Behind the Honey Bee Wipeout?” [alternet.org], by Gina Covina, from Terrain magazine

Trespassers will be Prosecuted

Post date October 14, 2007

Photo taken at Old Changi Hospital in Singapore. The rest of the set is here [flickr.com]

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