So…what happened to Cheshire?

So…if you’ve been following this blog, you’ve probably noticed a distinct lack of posts. I wrote about this two posts ago, but I figured I’d share some details. For the past year, I’ve been trying to get into a graduate school. My grades are excellent-I’m one of the top in my class…it’s been a solid [...]

My Review of Alice in Wonderland

I went to see Alice in Wonderland last night, and although I liked the movie I kind of felt underwhelmed. More below the fold.

Cheap hotels…another great thing about college life

So over here in Iowa, we had a big snowstorm this week. Okay, it wasn’t that big. It was probably about six to eight inches or so. However, the problem was the TYPE of snow. It was the light fluffy stuff that Christmas songs make such a big deal over. And it came down quickly. [...]

Doctor Who: The End of Time

I’m a fan of the new Doctor Who Series. Unfortunately, BBC makes it’s content very difficult for us Americans to get. Fortunately, it’s not completely impossible; I have my ways. Spoilers below the fold.

Merry Christmas!

Even as an athiest, I totally celebrate Christmas. I love the idea of getting together with your family at a set time of year, especially one near the end of the calendar. This holiday has no religious significance to me, instead I view it as a secular mid-winter celebration. Sure I’m ripping off the predominant [...]

Institutionalized rape-stabs

If you don’t read Dinosaur Comics, you really should. They mentioned a favorite subject of mine…Traumatic Insemination. They also mentioned the female counter-adaptation…the paragenetalia. As the comic says…this is where the male bedbug splooges when he stabs his girlfriend. Here are some pictures of the paragenetalia. As you can see, there’s quite a bit of [...]

Fuck…I don’t think I’ve ever been excited about finals before

It’s Thanksgiving break! That means that I get to spend time with the family, the kid, and some family members who come in from out of town. Yay!!!! And all I have to work on is two presentations, a paper and about three dozen insects to sort through. Seriously…I love insects, I really do. They [...]

LOL…you’re so cute. :)

So y’all are familiar with the New-Age movement where any old bullshit is accepted and respected as a religion, right? Well, some of these loonies think the world’s going to end in 2012 based only on the misinterpretation of a Mayan Calandar. Okay…so there’s a Facebook Group called ‘Shut Up, The World Won’t End in [...]

Circle Of The Spineless #40

I recently hosted Skeptic’s Circle, but I’ve got to tell you…COTS feels a lot more like home. I’m just as much an entomology student as a skeptic…but I try to focus this blog on insect biology as much as I can with occasional forays into other subjects. So without further ado, I give you this [...]

I’ve had a weird month.

Being an entomology student can be exciting a way that’s both intellectual and in a way that’s more like ‘WTF’. People are a lot more curious about insects than they let on, and I get a lot of questions about bugs in my everyday life as a student when I tell people what I’m studying. [...]