Dr. Michael E Mann,

I can only hope the readers of this letter are as outraged as I am at Dr. Michael E Mann. First things first: Dr. Mann demands that his papers be discussed in only the most positive light. To ensure that this demand is met, he sends his Praetorian Guard after anyone who fails to show the utmost deference when planting big, wet, sloppy kisses on Dr. Mann’s behind. Every time he tells his minions that his subliminal psywar campaigns can give us deeper insights into the nature of reality, their eyes roll into the backs of their heads as they become mindless receptacles of unsubstantiated information, which they accept without question.
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Having worked in retail, I can tell you that the customer is not always right. In fact, they hardly ever are. Check out the colossal wrongness at notalwaysright.com.

NASA can find an acronym for anything. I’m sure some will recognize the Combined Operational Load Bearing External Resistance Treadmill, but what about this one:

REVEAL

No cheating. First correct response gets nothing except bragging rights.
I particularly like what the L stands for. As if that matters… but it completes the acronym.

New undergrads on campus. Which means I get to hear all sorts of silly thing like:

Wombats are just like little kangaroos, right?

According to Le’ Wikipedia, they are both of the order Diprotodontia, and they both live on the Australian continent, but that’s as close as they get. Like comparing a fox and a polar bear because they’re both in the order Carnivora.

In other news, I’m looking for someone to help fix/update the blog software. He or she would be paid a modest fee. Leave your email in the comments and I’ll get back to you.