Shit Gay Couples Say

Despite being un-creative here on my own blog lately I have been creative in other ways, such as directing, producing, and editing an amateur addition to the "Shit ____ Says" videos. Two of my friends wanted to create a "Shit Gay Couples Say" video ... and after a couple weeks worth of work I give you our fashionably late video:

All by myself

Well, it's been a struggle for the gays down in Mississippi - not sure that there's a clear victory for Constance; getting your own prom when only a seven people show up may not be ideal, but at least you know who your real friends are. And bringing national (and international) media attention is definitely part of taking a huge step forward in human rights.

Leave it to Bryan Safi to give an informative, yet entertaining, recap for you:

La la la

But he loves you!

Was going through some old George Carlin stuff - classic and pithy:

Summing it up, briefly

Tim Minchin gets it.

Stardom

I knew it was the grooming that made me gay!

Being Faithful

How creationists explain evolution

Slick Signage

Stumbled upon a fun website: church sign generator. Tired of all the annoying messages on real church signs everywhere? Now you can create your own! With over 17 different designs and several different fonts, put your pithey comment in the mouths of christians from many different denominations. It only took a few minutes to make these:

-Classic design

-Baptist design

-Catholic design

Have some fun with it! Though the server is slow sometimes and you'll have to keeping trying til you get through.

The Epoch of the Ginger

Classy

Apropos

Sex Determination

A friend just sent me a link to this paper concerning the field we study:


Let me know if you actually want to read the article and don't have subscription access.

Gambling with Religion

This is too good not to share. Via Pharyngula.

High school party

This is too good not to share. Bo Burnham is one of my heroes. He's a comedic genius and a talented musician ... it also doesn't hurt that he's hot and makes fun of everything. We listened to his EP from iTunes in lab today, and so I thought I'd share a music video from one of his songs. Enjoy!

Use Protection

If there truly was a man named Jesus who cared for the sick and poor, I trust that he would have also favored the distribution and use of condoms, particularly in less developed nations with higher rates of STDs. And this video appropriately demonstrates what he'd do to anyone who tried to stop him:

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Same Difference

What's the difference between being blind and being homosexual? Climbing mountains, apparently:



I wonder what reports on same-vision marriage are like?

It's funny cuz it's true

Please, PLEASE let's not have to lie about science for political purposes this time around ... well, at least not as much.

25 complete rotations

Happy birthday to me, happy birthday to me, happy birth-day to me-e, happy birthday to me!

At approximately 11:29AM I will have completed 25 trips around the sun and will begin my 26th. I'm at home for the day celebrating with the family.

To commemorate the event I would like to share with you 'The Great Sperm Race'. After all, if one sperm in particular from my dad hadn't made it to my mom's egg, then I wouldn't be here! Check it out, you have to go through 4 different levels, navigating your special spermatocyte from an original population of 250,000,000 through the vagina, cervix, uterus, and fallopian tubes to the egg. I'm guessing it's a female programmer who originally made the game since they keep referring to the egg as 'the holy grail'.

Remember, don't get eaten by the leukocytes!

From slugs to turtles

In line with the slug post from the other day, my lab mate, who works on turtle sex determination, sent me a link to this video on YouTube that someone sent to her. Turtles determine whether or not to become male or female based on the incubation temperature of the egg. It's still an enigma as to how the temperature tips the scales on the balance to signal the embryo to develop as male or female; my lab mate is currently working hard to figure that out.

This video has nothing to do with turtle sex determination, and everything to do with turtle sex. Enjoy.