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Monthly Archives: August 2006
Stillbirth proofs seen in the wild
The August 2006 bull books, basically catalogs used to sell semen, are out. The top Accelerated Genetics Holstein bull for TPI (Holstein Association USA‘s Type-Production Index) is J-K-R BW-Marshll Billion-ET: Note the numbers to the lower left that are circled … Continue reading
Why do I bother trying to communicate with purebred dog people?
It’s enough to break my spirit. I’m a member of a canine genetic discussion group on the web. Most of the time I keep my mouth shut, but every now and then I see something that so fills me with … Continue reading
Five things that annoy me about trying to watch the Panthers-Dolphins game on Fox
That rat bastard Nick Saban The new zebra jerseys One minute of football for every four minutes of commercials The crowd noise that Fox commentators call loud The fact that most people fail to recognize just how brilliant the technology … Continue reading
Five things I like about Farscape
The way John Crichton speaks of himself in the third person. Moya’s almost complete lack of navigational aids, which cleverly mimics the Enterprise’s near-total absence of defensive systems. The inexplicable incompetence of the Peacekeepers which can only be explained by … Continue reading
Samir’s house is on fire!
I am lacking in blog-spiration tonight. I’ve been doing a lot of paperwork kinds of things at work, such as working on my retention and promotion cases. It’s not hard work, but it takes a lot of effort for not … Continue reading
Photos from Brazil Available
Photos from my trip to Brazil are now available on This Blog’s My Photos page.
Back in the USA
I’m home safely from Brazil. My officlal. US Government passport, combined with the fact that I had essentially nothing to declare, made Customs and Immigration short and sweet. I’m kind of tired, though.
I´m an REO Speeedwagon song
I´m going over to the convention center for a couple of hours and then I´m headed to the airport. We fly from Belo to Sao Paolo, change airports, layover for six hours or so, and get on that sweet, sweet … Continue reading
Ouro Preto, Protein Poisoning
Just got back to the hotel from the big BBQ they threw for us after the tours today. I ate so much meat that I think my kidneys are in peril, but I had onloy one beer. Tomorrow~s my talk, … Continue reading
Greetings from the southern hemisphere!
Hello from beautiful Belo Horizonte! I decided to pony up the R$7.00 (US$3.50) for an hour of Intarweb access. There´s a Cyber Cafe at the meeting site we can use for checking e-mail, but there´s always such a long line … Continue reading