Holiday Gifts for Science Nerds

It’s time for the ProfessorTreeFrog First-Ever Holiday Gift Guide!!!
1) This line of plush toys is seriously cute and seriously awesome. They’re called “Evolvems“, and are zip-inside-out plushies demonstrating major evolutionary milestones. They have the Coelacanth-to-Ichthyostega transition, as well as Dimetrodon-Cynognathus, Yinlong-Styracosaurus, and Pakicetus-Squalodon!!!

2) Also a line of plush toys, “Foodchain Friends” is for those with [...]

Fantasy SCOTUS!!!

For those of us who balk at the idea of actually watching a football game, the idea of investing our precious time into constructing an imaginary team of players and tracking their seasons sounds not only ludicrous, but the opposite of fun. Lucky for us, there’s a nerdy alternative to Fantasy Football. No, I’m not [...]

The Moon, The Peace Prize, and Cupcakes

Today was an eventful day! You may have heard that NASA launched a projectile into the moon, in an attempt to locate large deposits of water. Here are the facts: our national space agency sent a 2.2-ton empty rocket stage crashing into the south pole of the moon at twice the speed of a bullet, [...]

Inverse Stock Market Debauchery?

“As the markets go down, their clothes come off” – so says the makers of The PUMA Index, a new iPhone application put out to promote PUMA underwear. I chuckle at this app, not just because it’s probably the silliest thing ever, but also because the DOW, the DAX, and the [...]

Sex with Ducks and Getting My Weed Card

I just found these two hilarious song-smiths on youtube. They’re called Garfunkel and Oates, and they’re AMAZING. The first video is a response to Pat Robertson linking gay marriage with beastiality. The second is about medical marijuana. Enjoy!

Remix Distraction Time!

As a welcome distraction from politics and homework, I just ‘accidentally’ spent the past three hours making a few little remixes of some songs that have been stuck in my head as of late. First up is a remix of Lady Gaga’s “Just Dance”. It’s not terribly impressive, but it’s pretty dancy and there are [...]

German Fox steals over 100 Shoes

 
Okay, time for a break from serious stuff. This was too adorable for me not to post:

A serial shoe thief in the small German town of Föhren was revealed last week after more than 100 shoes were stolen over a one year period. What surprised everyone is that the thief is not a human being; it’s a [...]

Quiznos Ad – too hot for Television?

So I’m watching the tiny bit of television that I do, and I see this ad for a new sandwich at Quiznos subs. Is it just me, or is this incredibly dirty?

Notice how “Scott” looks down when he says ‘I got burned’ – what is he looking at?!?!?!
This is surely the [...]

A bit of light humor for the New Year!

http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/video/clips/update-judy-grimes/945821/
Judy Grimes!!!  This cracks me up every time.

Spore!

So I’m not ususally a video game kind of person, but the makers of Sims are releasing a new game on Sunday, the long-awaited Spore. This game is basically a large Evolution simulator, where one starts life as a microbe delivered to a virgin planet via panspermia. By eating and performing vital life processes, [...]