Natalie Angier at the NYT tells us “Even Among Animals: Leaders, Followers and Schmoozers“: […] Scientists studying animals from virtually every niche of the bestial kingdom have found evidence of distinctive personalities — bundled sets of behaviors, quirks, preferences and pet peeves that remain stable over time and across settings. They have found stylistic diversity …
Always Have A Buddy At Your Back
From today’s New York Times, “For the Battle-Scarred, Comfort at Leash’s End“: […] In August, Jacob Hyde got his service dog, Mya, from Puppies Behind Bars, a program based in New York State that uses prisoners to raise and train dogs for lives of service. The organization has placed 23 dogs with veterans with P.T.S.D. …
Early Morning Open Thread
In honor of Eostre, She Who May Not Actually Have Been Worshipped, I intend to eat a Godiva dark chocolate bar for breakfast later. Daffodils are blooming on all four sides of the yard now, and one defiant knee-high lilac bush is starting to bloom six weeks ahead of its fellows. I’ve got some three …
Early Morning Open Thread
It’s worth the effort to see How to Train Your Dragon in 3D (or, if you’re lucky like me, IMAX 3D). If you’re any kind of an animation fan, you’ll enjoy it — it’s a step up for directors Dean DeBlois and Chris Sanders (cool interview for the completists among us), whose last picture was …
Who Knew Titty Bars Had Such Strict Dress Codes?
No Armani, no Louboutin, no service? Lindsay Beyerstein, at AlterNet, finds “Trendy Fashion Buys Reimbursed as ‘Office Supplies’ to RNC Finance Officials”: Listed on the report in the category of “office supplies” are purchases from a New England winery and a Capitol Hill liquor store, as well as more than $3,800 from a Florida clothing …
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All the Lies Are Brown
Not just a Repub wet dream… Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy __ … which, of course, is why Cosmo Boy will not stop lying about Maddow’s phantom candidacy. An articulate left-wing lesbian is the perfect Teabagger boogie-monster, an ideal image to scare the rubes into emptying their wallets …
Early Morning Open Thread
This year’s best First-of-April news article was scienterrific: A would-be saboteur arrested today at the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland made the bizarre claim that he was from the future. Eloi Cole, a strangely dressed young man, said that he had travelled back in time to prevent the LHC from destroying the world. __ The …