The Admirer In The Tree
Crack! Was that the sound of your neck snapping? Or my heart breaking? I remember when I first beheld you. You were such a tiny creature,…
Read articlePondering the Residence Time of Supermarket Green Peppers – or – On The Similarities Between Environmental Chemistry, Yuppies, and Jim Henson’s Fragglerock
This weekend, like every weekend, I ran out of food to eat in my apartment. I only buy enough groceries to make as many lunches and…
Read articleAnother Installment of Sos-Pic-Cuh – or – Sunday Obscure Science Picture Caption Contest
You thought this was a one week deal? You thought I wouldn’t bother digging up any more spectacular science photos for you provide hilarious captions for?…
Read articleDavekystan? Davedonia? Daveland? Italy?
All last week’s talk about international policy on climate change in ASIC reminded me of an early Simpsons episode in which Homer promised Lisa that he…
Read articleScientists Need Valentines Too.
[the following is a break from serious global issues to bring you cute valentine’s day cards with cute scientists saying cuter sciency things] It…
Read articleSix word stories – your turn…
A new book just (or just about to be) released called “Not what I was planning: Six Word Memoirs by Writers Famous & Obscure” has been…
Read articleSunday Osbcure Science Photo Caption Contest – or – The New Yorker Does It, Why Shouldn’t Terry*? – or – “Sos-pic-cuh”
The New Yorker has a weekly cartoon caption contest where readers send in their own cartoon captions to a provided cartoon. The editors then choose three…
Read article2nd Annual Environmental Film Festival
I just received an email some of you might be interested in: To Whom It May Concern: We’ve got a great opportunity for your students to…
Read articleI Have Some Terrible News To Announce…
[such…mindless devastation] January is over, new year’s resolutions have long since faded into slabs of greasy pizza, pitchers of cheap gut(among other organs)-busting beer, and thick…
Read articlePirates, creativity, science and the chance to write.
The SCQ is pleased to announce that AMBL and UBC’s Department of Creative Writing will be initiating a new outreach program aimed specifically at nurturing and…
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