That’s right, it’s February, which means I start getting a lot of hits for some version of “science valentine” or “biology valentine” or some such. So I’m going to post some of them, before the storm hits (2 feet of snow predicted here). If you do end up using one, I’d love to see a …
Category Archive: Love
Jul 23 2012
A Maine Mystery
The lobster on the license plate Is brilliant, vivid red— Which means, to folks who know such things It’s cooked, and clearly dead. But recently, some mutant forms Are showing different hues, With yellows, whites, and calicos, And oranges and blues So maybe, on that license plate (For those, again, who care) The lobster there, …
Jul 11 2012
Their Version
The EvolveFISH version of my sigil. Nice. Better than nice–that’s beautiful–gorgeous. I love it. (Yes, as of this writing, the attribution is still wrong–the original is by Mike McRae, modified by me–Kris Ryan had nothing to do with it.) Now, as the cephalopod who holds the copyright, all I want to know is… Do I …
Jun 26 2012
Love And God, And What Not To Say
A long one today, but it had to be said. Over at WWJTD, JT fields one of the classic apologetic arguments from incredulity: there are things that are undeniably real (like love, ambition, sympathy) but do not stand up to scientific rigor. We live in a world appointed with these things (love, ambition, sympathy) and …
Apr 04 2012
The Evils Of Gay Marriage
Larry and Robert are married. They live in a house on our street. They’re wonderfully helpful as neighbors, And as nice as you’re likely to meet. Their son is a friend of our daughter’s Their daughter, a friend of our son’s; If you’re looking for light conversation, Or for helpful advice, they’re the ones. (continues, …
Mar 09 2012
Charlie and Al
No verse on this one (I admit, I tried, but they all sounded stupid), but this story is both beautiful and terrible. Beautiful, in that two people who love each other, who have been committed to one another for some 20 years, are today married. Terrible, in that they had to travel to another state …
Mar 01 2012
On Death And Comfort
When tornadoes hit our city; When our friends or family died, Though we knew they’d gone to Heaven Still, the congregation cried. Lots, after the jump:
Feb 14 2012
Sonnet 116.1
Let me not to the scientists studying love Concede authority—love is not yours, To alter or reduce the scope thereof, Or tend with the specimens in your drawers O no! It is a never-fixed mark That brings forth tempests, in chaotic fashion It lives and dies by show or want of spark; Its worth is …
Feb 10 2012
A Reproductive Message To You (Science Valentine Repost)
It’s a reproductive message And I’m passing it along I read it in my DNA And wrote it in this song It’s just a reproductive message A reproductive message to you It’s an imperative of nature It’s not just my excuse There is no greater calling Than “survive and reproduce” It’s an imperative of nature …
Feb 06 2012
Heart In A Jar (More Science Valentines)
It’s made the news a couple of years ago–researchers at the University of Minnesota “created a beating heart in the laboratory“. Basically, they used the protein fiber matrix from one heart, stripped of muscle cells, as a scaffold upon which to grow a new heart, using a solution of cells from another rat. Since it …
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