Hiccups Come From Your Fish Brain

Posted on February 26th, 2008 by Carlos

You’ve heard of the Lizard Brain (Medulla) and the Leopard Brain (cerebellum), but have you accessed your fish brain lately? If you’ve hiccuped you have, according to Neil Shubin of the University of Chicago. Courtesy of Wired’s Blog:
Hiccups are triggered by electric signals generated in the brain stem. Amphibian brain stems emit similar signals, which […]

Zombie Miss McDonald

Posted on February 9th, 2008 by Carlos

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So the good folks at Boing Boing had a link posted today of a mashup of Japanese commercials featuring Ronald McDonald. It was mildly amusing on its own — it went on too long and wasn’t nearly as mind-blowing as, say, the iconic Kikkoman commercial.
But the best thing to come out of it was the […]

Just the most dazzling follow-up to my cutaneous horns research

Posted on January 26th, 2008 by Carlos

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First post of the new year! I took January off from posting, mostly because I had so much class prep. to do for the course I am piloting this semester, which will use the Diplomacy game board to teach persuasive writing (!). More about that on another post.
So I noticed, when checking out my poor, […]

Things in Jars

Posted on November 3rd, 2007 by Carlos

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Mostly I keep this blog for myself — it’s a handy place to keep things where I can find them, should I want them for some strange reason later on. Even if I can’t immediately see a use for them. Even if they’re a little freaky on their own.
Like, for instance…

…this Russian site full of […]

On Human Horns

Posted on October 31st, 2007 by Carlos

Yikes!, Writing // 2 Feedbacks

The novel that I am working on now is a modern-day demon-impregnation story that takes a lot of its research from the Malleus Maleficarum, the book that served as the ultimate inquisitor’s reference during The Inquisition. But since it’s a modern-day demon impregnation story, I’m looking for ways to base at least a few of […]

Note to Oliver Curry: Humans will NOT Split Into Two Distinct Species

Posted on October 31st, 2007 by Carlos

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I really don’t want to link to Curry’s article on how the human race will split into two species: the Beautiful People and the Morlocks. See, because the article is dumb. I don’t want to spread it around the Interwebs any more than it already has been. If you really want to read it, well, […]

How the F*ck Did I Miss ZombieCon???

Posted on October 22nd, 2007 by Carlos

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Look, sorry for the profanity, but … #$!*&@+%#$!. How did I not hear about ZombieCon, until just now, on CNET?
Well, if you missed it too, the only thing for you to do is to live vicariously. Enjoy.