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My Top Five ‘I Should Be Working…But I’m Learning Biology, Honest!’ Sites

by podblack on January 10, 2010

Yes, getting back to work and slowly directing my energies away from reflecting on the sadness from the last few months and seeing if I can get back into the office by throwing myself bodily at the door and upending the piles of research papers from the stacks that have started to collect dust. Moments [...]

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Happy Second Blogoversary Digital Cuttlefish

by podblack on October 23, 2009

I envy the Digital Cuttlefish.
You may note that I often post links to their site – not just because they are incredibly insightful as a contemporary and astoundingly topical blogger (which they are), but because they are unique as a skeptic poet, a versifying science blogger who can intelligently tackle a range of topics from [...]

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“Very Off Topic: Why I Won’t Be At My High School Reunion”

by podblack on July 17, 2009

One of the reasons I became a teacher? Because I don’t think anyone should go through this or the rest of the story he tells. From Good Math, Bad Math:
Almost every geeky kid gets socially ostracized. Almost all get mocked. In fact, almost all face some physical abuse. The main determinant of just how much [...]

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Sex And The Single Somnambulist

by podblack on June 14, 2009

Short Note: I have a lot of blogging to catch up on, I know. But after three days of being very distracted about a family health issue and two far-too-early morning sessions (including one interview), I’m going to be a little less-than-proactive over the coming week. Sorry to regular and new readers – I’ll be [...]

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Silence Is The Enemy – Blogging To Help Shout The Message

by podblack on June 1, 2009

Sheril Kirshenbaum leads a vital blogo-spheric initiative called SILENCE IS THE ENEMY starting today, June 1st, to help a generation of young women half a world away. She says:
An International Rescue Committee survey suggests 12 percent of girls aged 17 and under acknowledged having been sexually abused in some way in the previous 18 months. [...]

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Blogger Isis Raises Funds For Undergrad Scholarship!

by podblack on March 23, 2009

Dr. Isis is donating the funds from her blog traffic to fund a scholarship for undergraduate research, and has gotten the American Physiological Society to match her donation up to $500. And all you have to do is click on her site – no $$ donations required.
Go visit her announcement for this month.

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