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How science is like rock & roll 2008-05-12 21:07:29 Here is a tip for aspiring bloggers. When you can't find a real topic, make a list. Today's post was going to follow up on Testament's recent comments on the vaccine safety non-controversy. I'm going to delay my comments on Testament's comments until they actually make them.
Today's list-in-place-of-a-topic isHow science is like rock & roll Uniforms are required. You might mistake a college
What kind of man defaces a defenseless textbook? What do you want to do with your life? 2008-05-10 15:08:03 My inner 17-year-old is surprised to read this, but I am an “old school” parent—my wife and I make all family decisions. Some families may be democracies and I personally know two families that are ruled by six-year-old girls. I am not saying my wife runs our house like a military academy. Our kids don’t have to eat everything on their plate, but we decide what is for dinner.
This approac
blog directory links 2008-05-10 14:20:21 This post will include a bunch of links
to blog directories. You might enjoy exploring these sites if you dig reading random blogs. The sites also will be useful to you if you are a blogger and wish to have your blog listed in these directories.
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St. Skynyrd 2008-04-30 20:04:27 Last month, one son came across the story about St. Patrick chasing the snakes from Ireland. I wondered if there truly were no snakes in Ireland, and if not, why not? If there ever were snakes in Ireland, when did they leave?
I found out. A few days later while "Free Bird" was playing on the radio, I said "Hey, guess what? I found out who chased the snakes out of Ireland. It wasn't Read more:Skynyrd
A Small Victory 2008-05-13 22:14:45 My wife was humming "Another One Bites The Dust" today. We don't have any Queen accessible and she hates classic rock radio so I have no idea where she heard it.
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Genetics of Viking Metal, Part 1 2008-05-18 21:36:48 …or Mommy, where did Finntroll come from?
Everybody knows Vikings are cool—cooler than pirates, maybe—but I doubt that many people outside the underground metal scene know much about Viking metal. I’ll get into that soon, but first we need to talk about Vikings. We are going to use genetics to trace humankind’s prehistoric route from Africa to Scandinavia and beyond. Then we will see if Read more:Genetics
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Genetics of Viking Metal, part 2 - Mitochondria 2008-05-22 20:44:04 I know you are dying to find out what Viking metal could possibly be, but we have to cover something else first. I am not making this up.
My previous post explained that DNA on the male-only Y chromosome is not as mixed around from generation to generation as DNA on the other chromosomes. I also told you that DNA gets all chopped up when chromosomes are formed for egg cells.
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Genetics of Viking Metal, part 3: Musical Precedents 2008-05-31 23:31:37 It's time to talk music. This is going to be a little messy. Hopefully not Courtney Love messy, but we will have to wait and see.
I will skip the general rock & roll overview. All we need to know is that rock's ancient roots are in Africa and Europe. In pop culture, things get old in just a few years, so a few hundred years ago is musical antiquity.
Viking Metal
is an odd beast. People descr Read more:Genetics
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Gotta love AdSense 2008-06-04 20:25:21 I've got to take a quick detour to show this off. Followers of my blog might have enjoyed watching Google AdSense try to figure out what "context relevant" ads to display. I just looked back at my last post to remember where I left off and got a big kick out of the ads on display. Check this out:
It's really just what I wanted. They have ads for online metal radio and PCR arrays. You Read more:Gotta
Genetics of Viking Metal, Part IV: Finntroll 2008-06-06 23:41:47 As I wrote last week, I hear Viking metal as a collection of overlapping hybrid genres. The basic idea is that metal bands are adding some kind of “Viking” element to heavy metal music. Different artists have taken different approaches. Bands add one or more of the following elements: traditional melodies or rhythms, acoustic instruments (sometimes synthesized), and lyrics influenced by Norse Read more:Genetics
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