summerJets
Saturday February 27th
Richard Dawkins - ‘We Are Going To Die!’ (via ageofreason)
Sunday February 14th
Sofia and I watched Moon this evening and greatly enjoyed it. I recommend not watching this trailer past one minute, the film is best viewed with a clean pallet.
Saturday February 13th
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Unfortunately, the rules of zoological nomenclature are strict, and even obvious mistakes can’t be changed, once they are enlisted in the naming publication. The taxonomy is littered with such fossilized mistakes. My favorite is Khaya, African mahogany. Legend (which I long to believe) has it that in a local language it means ‘I don’t know’, with the presumed subtext, ‘And I don’t care and why don’t you stop asking stupid questions about plant names.’
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