More, indeed more than you might possibly want, on the delights of asparagus.

Those who adore asparagus, it turns out, tend to be “dramatic, theatrical people who like to be the centre of attention,” says Hirsch. They're also “lively, enthusiastic, flirtatious, provocative and seductive,” wit...

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I've seen some schlock in my time but never, ever have I sat through anything like the never-ending stream of western clichés that is Buffalo Girls with as much pleasure. There isn't a single stock scene or character missing, from the whore with (several) hearts of gold to the duplicitous schemin'...

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We’re not in the same game, I know, but in the Über-game that is the modern blog, Neddie has just wiped the floor with not just me but everyone else as well. Go read Urban Legends for a Post-Social-Network-Analysis Age, but not with a beverage in your mouth.

Just go and read Neil Shubin's essay over on John Brockman’s Edge site.

The take-home message of this essay is a simple one: The transition of animals from water to land in the Devonian period, 370 million years ago, was profoundly important in one sense and entirely trivial in another. It had...

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One of the nice things about blog carnivals like [Tangled Bank]http://monado2.blogspot.com/2006/05/tangled-bank-53-go-climb-tree.html is that they expose you to new voices that might otherwise remain unheard. Bankelele in Nairobi is one such. Being a banker, most of his posts are about banking a...

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