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 [...]

Bed Bugs in Their Natural Habitat

So…last night, I had an opportunity to look for bed bugs in their natural habitat. I was called to a friend’s house to collect some specimens for the ISU entomology department. I rooted around on a couch for an hour, and helped them clean the place up before leaving. It’s kind of an interesting thing, [...]

The SNL Tiger Woods Sketch

Okay…I really feel the need to say something about the SNL Tiger Woods sketch, as well as all the others floating about. As y’all probably know, sometime last week Tiger’s wife chased him down the driveway and assaulted him with a golf club, causing him to crash into his neighbor’s mailbox, causing him to need [...]

Single parenthood and navigating the treachery of academia.

I tend to try to stay away from personal topics, because I like to blog pseudoanonymously for a multitude of reasons which are explained very well here (the exact same reasons, actually). So I’m not going to go into great detail about my situation. To be honest, if you go to ISU I’ve got to [...]

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. [...]

Back at Iowa State!

I just started my new semester here at Iowa State and I’m friggin excited. This semester is probably going to be one of my most important semesters while I’m here (if not THE most). I’m hoping to study evolution in medical pests, but I haven’t completely decided if I want to study pesticide resistance or [...]

I am living proof against Intelligent Design

Take a look at Casey Luskin’s diagram in his most recent post over at Evolution News and Views. Believe it or not, this diagram hits close to home to me. You see, the very fact that I’m alive is proof positive that this diagram fails the most basic test of irreducible complexity. I have a [...]

Youtube Gems: Allison Sudol

Every so often, you run into something which describes an aspect of your life in such a blunt manner it makes you wonder if the person knew you at some point in the past. For me, this is one of those songs.

Finals, Living Away From School and School Accountability

So tomorrow I have my last final. It’s in a class I’m not particularly worried about failing, so that’s good. I’m not particularly stressed out over the test, but I’ve still been studying my ass off for two days straight. I should be fine. So that’s not what I’m worried about. Unfortunately, I live about [...]

And once again, we have an idiot unable to understand Athiests

Ray Comfort laments about how Athiests don’t have their own music. I was listening to the Hallelujah Chorus of Handel’s Messiah recently and thinking about what atheists have as an equivalent. An equivalent? They don’t have a Bible, they don’t belong to a Church, they don’t have a relationship with God, and they don’t have [...]