Oh, this is ridiculous. A student's father just emailed me to let me know that his son is applying to the Naval Academy, and that the Academy might contact me for a recommendation. He's mature enough to join the Navy, but not to write an email himself?
Joyce: And what did you do tonight? Dawn: Irritated Giles. I'm beginning to get why Buffy likes it so much.
'Get It Done'
Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Hil R. - Dec 06, 2012 6:54:00 am PST #3365 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Steph L. - Dec 06, 2012 6:58:21 am PST #3366 of 30001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Okay, half the office is out today (people are using up vacation days, I guess), so we are entertaining ourselves with the following Very Important Question:
Which superhero is best suited to be painted on black velvet?
My vote: Thor. ("This medium, it suits me!" t light glints off Mjolnir t and Thor's golden tresses )
DavidS - Dec 06, 2012 6:59:22 am PST #3367 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Which superhero is best suited to be painted on black velvet?
Dazzler!
Silver Surfer could be resplendent also.
Tom Scola - Dec 06, 2012 7:00:45 am PST #3368 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Disco-era Nightwing.
Steph L. - Dec 06, 2012 7:06:21 am PST #3369 of 30001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Disco-era Nightwing.
Man, he *would* be swanky.
Jessica - Dec 06, 2012 7:06:37 am PST #3370 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Oooh, apparently there may be "talent" at our holiday party tonight. But we're not supposed to bother them or ask for pictures so I assume it will just be a lot of people very casually just happening to walk up to the bar at the same time as Matt Smith and pretending it's a coincidence.
msbelle - Dec 06, 2012 7:14:28 am PST #3371 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
chocolates are resolved and I have handed off the poster to someone with plotter expertise.
Now to make the labels and then run buy gift cards for big boss.
Tom Scola - Dec 06, 2012 7:32:30 am PST #3372 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Doctor Strange.
§ ita § - Dec 06, 2012 7:37:10 am PST #3373 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Those lions are supposed to be a genetically distinct population which is not the same thing as a new species. The original articles I read stuck to population and didn't say species (well, until IO9 and its ilk got their hands on the story), and now the articles say both, but in no way indicate why or how this is a new species. Not being pantherus leo is a huge deal--being another subspecies of pantherus leo (there are like 5, 10?) is still big, but--if you're not the same species of lion, are you still a lion?
Billytea, where are you? We need your adjudication.
Rick - Dec 06, 2012 7:47:22 am PST #3374 of 30001
There is not complete agreement in biology about how best to define a species. The definition that people use is driven by the methods that they use. A field biologist might focus on breeding potential; an anatomist on morphology; a quantitative genetic researcher on evidence of genetic separation.
Within that mess, these lions can be considered a new species or just a sub-species.