"Often black bear scat is misidentified as potential Sasquatch scat, but the two have subtle differences."

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Edward Gorey knew what to do with fruitcake:

ETA: I don't want to sound like I'm discouraging people from pursuing science studies. Quite the opposite — I want to tell people who feel that they don't have the aptitude or inclination to study science that they still have much to contribute, in other capacities, to the overall scientific effort.

Make sure you let them know that "careers in science" is not limited to becoming a scientist (not that there's anything wrong with that!). Spend a day at any major scientific facility (telescope, particle accelerator, National Laboratory, etc), and you will see that a majority of the full-time staff are not…

Jetta Sportwagon — that's good, right?

There's an ode for that.

someone's always going to want shitty food for the cheapest possible price

This is fantastic. Just earlier today I was showing my coworkers that chart that Ria posted (which I probably got from your page), showing the relative sizes of all the human spaceflight vehicles. My friend/coworker was aghast at the sheer size of the ISS, not only compared to the sizes of all the previous vehicles,…

And, he had a Time Stick....

Time is running out!

"The chondritic porous micrometeorites....also contain LIME and LICE"

There be dragons!

Stupid boat..

Disappointing, but not fatally so. Just think: if it hadn't been for that stupid boat, the launch might not have bumped into the high winds, and then they wouldn't have discovered the sticky valve problem. So, good news?

Thanks — I was hoping it wouldn't come to that. Thankfully I have a short commute....

Get out of the way, birds!

Good point — the Mir crew had some of their most memorable adventures while trying to install solar panels in space!

You mean I didn't miss it?! OK, Live Stream on while I get ready for work...

Also, launch time is scheduled for 5:05am MST (?), which is about 1/2 hour before I normally get up, and less than 7 hours from now and I haven't gone to sleep yet. I may be able to convince my coworkers to take a break and watch the splashdown (I have successfully convinced various of them to (a) watch the eclipse…