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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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Carnival of the Blue XLVI

Posted on 2011/03/08 by Sam

Welcome to the 45th Carnival of the Blue! In the nick of time, the submissions arrived, and I didn’t have to follow through on my threat to replace this month’s Carnival of the Blue with Carnival of the Bieber.  So … Continue reading →

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Submit to Carnival of the Blue!

Posted on 2011/03/07 by Sam

Alright, folks, it’s Monday, March 7th. You know what that means: this month’s Carnival of the Blue is going up tomorrow. And as of now, I have only a single, lonely submission. So submit your ocean and marine blog posts … Continue reading →

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How Zen Masters Are Like Mature Herring

Posted on 2011/03/03 by Sam

So few become full grown And how necessary all the others;     Gifts to the food chain,     Feeding another universe. These big ones feed sharks. —Gary Snyder *** This made me laugh out loud when I read it. I’m almost through … Continue reading →

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Must Be That Time Of The Season

Posted on 2011/02/24 by Sam

After four or five months of Seattle winter, you kind of loose track of where you are. Add on a touch of end-of-quarter madness, and you can really start to lose it. I actually had a moment yesterday when, for … Continue reading →

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More Weird Animal Sex From Isabella Rossellini

Posted on 2011/02/06 by Sam

Oh Hell Yes. Isabella Rosselini is back with more of her supremely weird construction paper animal sex films. The new show, “Seduce Me,” is the continuation of her “Green Porno” project, and is available for free on the Sundance Channel’s … Continue reading →

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Winter Storm From Space

Posted on 2011/02/03 by Sam

The weather the past two days in Seattle has been blissfully clear blue and sunny, thanks to a ridge of high pressure stretching over the entire West Coast. Clear enough for me to see Mt. Rainier on my walk home … Continue reading →

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Blame La Niña for Brisbane Floods

Posted on 2011/01/13 by Sam

Heavy rains in Eastern Australia have been in the news lately. Rivers near Brisbane have jumped their banks, flooding over 30,000 homes and businesses and killing at least 23 people. This local extreme weather has its roots in a much … Continue reading →

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