The changing face of bloggery

I’m fiddling with the templates to make the site more palatable to Passepartout (my Sidekick). Hopefully this will be the next step toward swapping out the Global Spin homepage for something more bloggy. If you see anything amiss with the blog page, let me know and I’ll fix it. ~c

Dr. Tatiana’s Sex Advice to All Creation

If you like your science saucy, be sure to check out this review of Dr. Tatiana’s Sex Advice to All Creation. The book is Olivia Judson’s fun look at the love lives of animals, insects, and other creatures — from a very human perspective.

The horror, the horror!

Vampires and werewolves are real! I want to believe. And a Happy Halloween, y’all.

This is so Indy

A 600-pound, 1200 year-old Mayan altar has been recovered from looters by the Guatemalan police and some “archeologists turned detective”. Neat.

Fires

There are currently a number of brush fires in San Diego County, but so far we’re far from them. The whole place smells like smoke, though. Oddly enough, our phone line is dead as well, so if you’re trying to get through send e-mail instead. UPDATE: I’ve uploaded some photos of the smoky areas near [...]