I’ve never been particularly partial to fish. I suppose I could blame it on growing up in Iowa but I know plenty of people back home who like them, even catch freshwater fish themselves. Regardless, the point I’m trying to make is that I don’t eat a lot of fish. But if I were looking [...]
Posts from ‘June, 2009’
Phylogeny of Pineapple, an further explanation of awesomeness
If you had to guess, how would you rank these species in order of how closely they’re related to to pineapple: Orange, Papaya, Corn, Avacado, Juniper, Banana Answer after the jump.
Oops. Delay
Pineapple phylogeny has been delayed as a result of a publication in the household requiring celebration. Hopefully tomorrow.
Why Pineapples are awesome
Inspired by an exchange on facebook with a friend from high school who wanted to know why I was obsessed with pineapples (when obviously I’m in fact obsessed with corn), I’ve developed a list of why pineapples are awesome even though they’re no Zea mays. Firstly and most importantly: As much as I love corn, [...]
Is the bible anti-farmer?
When I was a kid I had a children’s illustrated bible (and a children’s illustrated book of greek myths, the juxtaposition which did a fair bit to inform my young worldview). But in that book, the story of Cain and Abel is presented as being about the evils of jealousy… sort of a prelude to the tenth [...]