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Charlie, I wish I knew ye.
It’s the 197th birthday of Charles Darwin today. No one in history has had a greater impact on the natural sciences than him, and he remains to this day an icon, a true great in the world of Science. Reading On the Origin of Species was an epiphany for me. Darwin became my hero, and…
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Must… Finish… Post… Need… More… Coffee.
I know I haven’t posted in awhile. I’m finding it difficult to put together enough coherent thoughts with the lack of sleep that a newborn introduced into my life. Hilary is starting to fall into more of a routine but I still consider a two hour stretch of sleep a luxury. Most days I start…
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Nunavut Blogs
Some of you may have noticed a "Manitoba" badge on my sidebar. I’m proud of where I’m from and like the idea of a central blog roll of blogs by Manitobans, both current ones and ex-pats like myself. I’m also proud of where I live, up here in the High Arctic. There are only 27,000…
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Here comes (is) the Sun.
The sun returned to Arctic Bay today, peeking over the horizon about 10 minutes before noon. It was kind of wild to see sunlight on walls again. From now until the beginning of May we’ll get about 20 minutes more of the sun every day. I especially love the the three months between 24 hour…
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23/5 Meme
Dave, the tireless blogger, webmaster, handyman, volcano watcher, and good guy over at Bird TLC, has tagged me with another meme (Golden child? I have two). The rules are… 1. Go into your archives.2. Find your 23rd post.3. Post the fifth sentence (or closest to it).4. Post the text of the sentence in your blog…
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It’s on its way.
In case this picture doesn’t make any sense, that is the sun shining on King George Mountain, today. It’s almost back. In three more days we’ll get our first glimpse of the sun since November 5th. It should be somewhere over here…
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We are Stardust. We are Golden.
"I came upon a child of godHe was walking along the roadAnd I asked him "where are you going?"This he told me.I’m going down to Yasgar’s farm,going to join in a Birding band.Gonna camp out on the land, Try ‘n’ get my soul free" Birdstock, the 16th edition of I and the Bird has opened…
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Lists, lists, lists
“Trogon. Okay, got it. Where do we find the gnatcatcher?” I lifted my eyes from the binoculars, away from the bird sitting mere feet away. “We usually find the gnatcatcher at our stop down at the coast, there’s lots to see here yet.” I replied as I returned to the gorgeously gaudy bird that was…
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The Circus of the Spineless
The latest edition of the wonderful invertebrate carnival, Circus of the Spineless is presented in pictures over at the always entertaining Pharyngula. If you’ve never visited Prof. P.Z. Myers’ excellent blog, take some time to explore it at it’s new location. You are sure to find this wide ranging, chephlapodcentric, reality based blog a treat.…
