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In My Defense

Posted on 2012/01/22 by Sam

As those of you who check this site more than three times a year may have noticed, posting has been…er…slow this fall. But there was a reason: The talk is open to the public for anyone in Seattle who is … Continue reading →

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How to Catch the Biggest Fish

Posted on 2011/09/02 by Sam

Pouring December rain, the crummy’s windows all steamed up, Our tree-planting crew was talking salmon fishing during lunch When Piss-Fir Willie matter-of-factly announced, “Due to my natural modesty I didn’t mention it to you boys, But I caught me a … Continue reading →

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Ice and Fire

Posted on 2011/08/18 by Sam

This video is pretty unreal. Winter in Hell from Enrique Pacheco on Vimeo. Shot by Enrique Pacheco, and brought to my attention by Julia Whitty. Iceland is one of the strangest and most awesome places I’ve been, and getting to … Continue reading →

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What Science is Really Like

Posted on 2011/08/09 by Sam

Posting has been a bit slow of late–I’ve been in the bunker, working on my thesis. This rage comic came across my radar last week, and it might be the truest thing I’ve ever seen written about the scientific “method.” … Continue reading →

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La Beluga Mariachi

Posted on 2011/08/08 by Sam

Mariachi Connecticut serenades a beluga whale at the Mystic Aquarium. This video has over 1.2 million views, but it needs more. Watch it, fools. H/T to my friend Arielle for sending this.

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I’m back from the land of the ice and snow…

Posted on 2011/06/23 by Sam

…of the midnight sun where the hot springs blow… Okay, so I haven’t actually been in Iceland for the past seven weeks, and it wasn’t actually that icy or snowy. I spent a week and a half there, attending the … Continue reading →

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Anna Coogan Sings the Blues

Posted on 2011/05/08 by Sam

For those of you out there with the Sunday blues. Anna Coogan is a friend and fellow fish biologist at the UW, and she has a talent for writing some of those songs that can just wreck you. Anna is … Continue reading →

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What Does A Migration Look Like?

Posted on 2011/04/23 by Sam

Every afternoon at about three, my officemate puts on her coat, picks up her binoculars, and walks down to Sakuma Viewpoint, a little patch of park across the street from our building on Portage Bay, to do a five-minute survey … Continue reading →

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Shades of Grey

Posted on 2011/03/19 by Sam

I’m halfway through my second winter here in the Pacific Northwest, and, strange as it sounds, I’m starting to love the weather. It’s true that it’s all grey and damp. But there are so many different shades and textures of … Continue reading →

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Happy St. Patrick’s Day, Biologically Speaking

Posted on 2011/03/18 by Sam

Another fantastic video from my friend cadamole. Old Irish folk song. I’ve been humming it all day. If you haven’t seen this yet, you owe it to yourself… I wish I could be enjoying the products of some Sacharomyces cerevisiae … Continue reading →

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