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Stupid Neighbor Series »
So… after a somewhat brief absence allow me to post another story regarding my neighbors. Heretofore, this particular taxonomy of post should be readily identifiable as “Caravaggio’s Encounters with Neighbors” Series. Prior articles have included my intervening in my neighbor’s allowing their children to vandalize other’s properties while awaiting the school bus as [...]
Wooly Mammoth Brainstorm »
We are all but recent leaves on the same old tree of life and if this life has adapted itself to new functions and conditions, it uses the same old basic principles over and over again. There is no real difference between the grass and the man who mows it. ~Albert Szent-Györgyi
Brainstorm session with Thraxxus [...]
Evolutionary comparisons with ancient Transibs »
Formal Title: Recombination Signal Sequences providing evidence for low vitality cerebral output in higher order Apes when compared with ancient Transibs
The V(D)J recombination reaction in jawed vertebrates is catalyzed by the RAG1 and RAG2 proteins, which are believed to have emerged approximately 500 million years ago from transposon-encoded proteins. What makes this extremely interesting is [...]
Such is the human race… »
Attribution: http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/global_warming.png
Such is the human race, often it seems a pity that Noah… didn’t miss the boat. ~Mark Twain
Decode the Cipher for Caravaggio’s Cash »
Taking a break from posts dealing with both white and black bigoted idiots… Get ready for the Cryptogram Challenge: Cell Counting! Decipher the hidden message and enter it into the sweepstakes for a chance to win a spectrometer or a cell counter (I need one of both for the home lab I’m building! So [...]
Pity the Fool »
So… the email-gate that was hailed as the deathblow to climate science’s declaration of global warming has now been thoroughly reviewed and the original math and statistics underpinning the messages have been found to be intact and significant (otherwise known as proof of climate change sans any hocus-pocus). Let us all take a moment and [...]
Manny’s remains speak to Global Climate Change (if there was such a thing) »
One of the last shipments received from a bone bed in a thawing permafrost marsh in Northern Alaska, the picture shows two (2) mammoth tusks embedded in a tough matrix of ancient dried mud, plant material, and assorted bone fragments. (Note: Nope, no climate change here… nothing to look at… however, the dig team did [...]
Worst-Case Scenario »
Disclaimer: Carravaggio currently holds no investment position in BP or any of its subsidiaries including commodity stakes in any food production tier related to seafood harvested from the Gulf of Mexico.
Attribution: XKCD.com
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International relationships are preordained to be clumsy gestures based on imperfect knowledge »
Recently there was a post related to a Mayor of a significantly-sized American city courting trading partners in Mexico. The story also included information about a US interstate roadway being identified as the primary route for this international trading as being owned and maintained by a foreign company. This piqued my interest and [...]
Cool Crowd-Sourcing by NASA »
If you sitting around wondering what to do this weekend, give the Mars Public Mapping Project or (MP)2 for short, a looksee. This is an online tool that lets members of the general public help scientists identify and map geologic features on Mars. The site uses images of the Martian surface taken in visible light [...]
“Kill it and then poke it with a stick” said the Caveman »
First things first – In most American municipalities, it is illegal to harm, trap, relocate, sell, or kill wildlife. There are multiple reasons for this. Secondly, the amount of ignorance around these “animal treatment” laws is overwhelming. Third, something in our society says that male-gendered humans must inflict pain and suffering upon [...]
Garden of Eden straight ahead »
[Global warming may affect some parts of our society negatively but would likely benefit others. In fact, the current warming trend may be returning our global climate closer to that prevalent in the Garden of Eden. Compared to climate changes which have occurred in earth history, a temperature rise of a few degrees is a [...]
Fear Trumps Logic »
http://img.slate.com/id/2255259
Excerpt from the Slate Article:
“Last week, Andrew Wakefield, the man who is associated with proposing the highly controversial link between the MMR vaccine and autism, was struck off the U.K. medical register—essentially, he lost his license. The author of the infamous 1998 Lancet paper retracted earlier this year by the publication, Wakefield is also known [...]
If We Outlaw Silly String, Only Outlaws will have Silly String »
Silly String stranger strikes in south Wichita
BY STAN FINGER
The Wichita Eagle
WICHITA — Apparently, the holiday hilarity got under way a bit early in Wichita.
A 31-year-old man was working with power tools in his garage at about 9:45 p.m. Thursday in the 8800 block of East Hunter when a stranger raced in, shot Silly String at [...]
“Self-Referential Encoding”… Its all about choices! »
Given today’s digitally-driven obsession with self-promotion, the selection of one’s Facebook Profile Picture is almost a full rite-of-passage into “web culture”. This goes well beyond the cartoonish avatar state that use to be a standard way to express oneself. Now we craft our identities based on core personality factors – reflective of healthy [...]