Brief Bio

I was born and raised in Kalamazoo MI. I earned my bachelors of science in biology from Western Michigan University. I met and fell in love with a big goof of a man named Cliff. I have a fat lazy cat named Kerby and a dog named Bear.

American Family Association circulating petitions in Kalamazoo to put anti-discrimination ordinance to a vote

December 31st, 2008 at 9:51 pm (News, Thoughts)

From the Kalamazoo Gazette opinion page, so the city commission did the right thing and added language for protecting the LBGT community. So the “morally police” decided that they have to “protect” Kalamazoo from from the gays. My understanding is that Kalamazoo has a rather large LBGT population for a city its size out in the hinterlands. What pisses me off is that these fundy fuck, bigoted assholes can go around and try and take away basic human dignity and I’m considered a bigoted asshole because I loathe the fact that they can get away with this bullshit. And why? ‘Cus it’s in the Bible. Well they know where they can stick their Bronze Age Mythology.

Just to Add: Came across this from Science Daily.

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Scientific illiteracy all the rage among the glitterati

December 28th, 2008 at 9:48 pm (Science)

So this piece from the Independent is about the stupid comments public figures make regarding science. As a science news junkie and a wanta-be biologist, I really don’t care about what celebrities have to say about science unless they are doing a science documentary. I care more about politicians who write and enact policy. We have seen over the last eight years what sort of harm that can do. Obama’s comments about the link between autism and vaccines not withstanding, his choices in the science advisors are awesome.

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Mineral Kingdom Has Co-Evolved with Life

December 1st, 2008 at 3:41 am (Geology)

From Carnegie Institute for Science, about 2/3 of all known minerals have a biological origin. A major example of this are banded iron formations. The knowledge will aid in the search for life on other planets if certain minerals are found. The video interview of the lead author of the paper is good.

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