tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post112632798322870570..comments2024-02-21T12:11:32.886-05:00Comments on Bats Left/Throws Right: Happy BirthdayJames Briggs Stratton "Doghouse" Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05378802364709433791noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1126510950625362212005-09-12T03:42:00.000-04:002005-09-12T03:42:00.000-04:00For the record, I did go to the used bookstore tod...For the record, I did go to the used bookstore today (Well, the eleventh-today) and did get a copy of "Hen's Teeth". For about five bucks. <BR/>I also bought the New Pornographers' "Twin Cinema" today.<BR/><BR/>So. Now that you're apparently controlling my brain, Riley, what do you intend to do with it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1126458564957930022005-09-11T13:09:00.000-04:002005-09-11T13:09:00.000-04:00Thanks for the reminder, Doghouse. Gould was one ...Thanks for the reminder, Doghouse. Gould was one of my heroes and an <A HREF="http://www.pandasthumb.org" REL="nofollow">inspiration</A> to lots of folks standing up for science and honesty. Another memorial to the man is <A HREF="http://www.ncseweb.org/resources/articles/3541_project_steve_2_16_2003.asp" REL="nofollow">Project Steve,</A> a fitting tribute to SJG's contributions to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1126455479207196612005-09-11T12:17:00.000-04:002005-09-11T12:17:00.000-04:00The episode where Lisa finds the "angel" skeleton....The episode where Lisa finds the "angel" skeleton. She takes a bone to SJG for testing, and he tells her it's inconclusive.<BR/>Once it's shown to have been a fake, she goes back and asks why his tests didn't show that. He says something about Oh, I didn't really bother with the tests anyway. <BR/>It was all fairly funny. You're not gonna see SCM on the Simpsons, are you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1126445836516117622005-09-11T09:37:00.000-04:002005-09-11T09:37:00.000-04:00ha! nice one!the pic, that is -- i didn't know the...ha! nice one!<BR/><BR/>the pic, that is -- i didn't know the good doctor was a guest on the simpsons.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1126345190078411242005-09-10T05:39:00.000-04:002005-09-10T05:39:00.000-04:00I miss him. I mean, I'm not even remotely equipped...I miss him. I mean, I'm not even remotely equipped to wade into the mess that was between him and Simon Conway Morris, but I have some of both of their books, have read many more, understood, admittedly, not all that much. <BR/>But anything with the words "Burgess Shale" on the cover pretty much sucks me in. I keep re-reading when I have time. Sooner or later I'll get it, I suppose.<BR/>I've got Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com