Komodo dragons poison my heart with cuteness
Ed Yong from Not Exactly Rocket Science has a post up about Komodo dragons and how scientists have finally caught on to one of their tricks. It was previously thought that the 3-meter long lizard took...
View ArticleJazzed kitties on the ‘nip
LOLz. Ok, we get it. The cats are high. Is that warping video effect really necessary? I suppose it does add a little je ne sais quoi.
View ArticleAn ode to Myiopsitta monachus
I used to have a quaker parrot named Kiwi and he was my best friend. He flew away four years ago and I still stay up some nights thinking about what may have happened to him and how I could have...
View ArticleThe video is up! [A recap + slides of my session at Science Online London]
Photo by Victor Henning of Mendeley. Well, the video evidence is on the Internet now so it must have really happened! Today I got a Tweet linking me to the footage of my session, Cat Herding: The...
View ArticleSunday morning cuteness
After a weekend of relaxation and some literary catharsis, it is safe to say all the toxins I enthusiastically consumed on New Years Eve are out of my system, along with 2009. Moving on, here’s some...
View ArticleLittle green invaders in Brooklyn
The wild parrots of Brooklyn say hello to a member of the native species. Taken by me, on the parrot safari hosted by these guys.
View ArticleThe best thing ever
What could be better? What? I can’t think of anything. H/t Andrew Klein.
View ArticleCyber relativity
I’ve kept my New Year’s resolution, to blog every day, for 13 days now, which I think is the longest I’ve ever kept a resolution before. I think that this time I’ve managed to stay diligent because I...
View ArticleA brief history of my bird obsession
I woke up thinking about something sad today, so I immediately thought of parrots, as my therapist has instructed me to do. I imagined I’d been admitted to the MIT Media Lab to study African Grey...
View Article100 days not smoking
It’s true! I was going to reward myself with something, but I can’t think of anything I want. Everything about manufacturing pretty much disgusts me these days. I think I have reached the end of...
View ArticleMake it work
I may eyeroll about fashion magazines, but that’s not because I don’t appreciate fashion — I do, I am just selective about who I allow to advise me on it. At the top of my list, however, is my good...
View ArticleA happy ending for Twitter the Wonder Budgie
As you may know from my web postings, a budgie flew into my life a few weeks ago and I named him Twitter. Many people described Twitter’s appearance as “fate” and tried to convince me that the universe...
View ArticleCasual Predation: Postscript
A week ago I published an essay on LadyBits called Casual Predation, about the ways in which women are made to feel hunted by random passersby. You can find that essay here: View story at Medium.com...
View ArticleWhy I’m not getting a parrot
Nine months ago, I set out to travel the world. The goal wasn’t to find myself, as the cliche goes, although I have done a good deal of that, incidentally. Believe it or not, the main motivating factor...
View ArticleThat cockatoo is probably not yelling nonsense…
Being the parrot enthusiast that I am, about five friends have sent me this video over the past few days: Ok, I will admit it is funny. It’s amusing to watch parrots run in the same way it’s fun to...
View ArticleFollow the parrots
Watercolor rendition of the Hague parrots. I can’t explain why, but I’ve felt a connection with birds (all birds, but parrots specifically and much moreso than birds of prey) my whole life. Nothing...
View ArticleThe Tidal Pool Treasures of Thailand
There is a place in Thailand that, to me, is the most magical place on Earth. I found it by accident, but I think I’d like to die there someday. I won’t say where it is, but if you ever want to go,...
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