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Painfully Punny Insect Songs

Earlier today #insectsongs started trending on twitter. I don’t know how it got started–but it produced some hilarious results! Here are some of my favorites–I’m sure I missed some good ones.

  1. FamousRob
    Livin La Vida Locust #insectsongs
    FamousRob
    Wed, May 09 2012 08:41:14
  2. artologica
    Great Balls of Firefly : ) #insectsongs
    Michele Banks
    Wed, May 09 2012 17:39:26
  3. rickmurnane
    Larvae On A Jet Plane #InsectSongs
    Rick Murnane
    Wed, May 09 2012 16:42:05
  4. gas137
    Tender is the Gnat #insectsongs
    Gary Severance
    Wed, May 09 2012 11:31:35
  5. Chris_bats
    Hit me with your rhythm stick insect #insectsongs
    Chris Damant
    Wed, May 09 2012 15:27:20
  6. rickmurnane
    Pupa’s Got A Brand New Bug #InsectSongs
    Rick Murnane
    Wed, May 09 2012 16:41:25
  7. sciencecomedian
    The Eagles: You can’t hide your Antlion Eyes #insectsongs
    Brian Malow
    Wed, May 09 2012 17:48:53
  8. EleanorDriscoll
    #InsectSongs Gnats in White Satin
    Eleanor Driscoll
    Wed, May 09 2012 16:54:20
  9. BioInFocus
    Unchained Meloidae #InsectSongs
    Morgan Jackson
    Wed, May 09 2012 15:31:19
  10. RowllyPowlly
    #insectsongs Tsetse Rider
    Rowland Paul Hill
    Wed, May 09 2012 15:44:25
  11. EntsocAmerica
    Stand By Your Mantid #InsectSongs
    Entomology Society
    Wed, May 09 2012 15:19:52
  12. sciencecomedian
    It’s just another Mantid Monday #insectsongs
    Brian Malow
    Wed, May 09 2012 16:34:43
  13. RowllyPowlly
    #insectsongs All I Wasp for Chrysalis is You
    Rowland Paul Hill
    Wed, May 09 2012 18:01:06
  14. OriginalBugNerd
    They See Me Leaf-Roller; They Hatin’ #InsectSongs
    Breanna Lyle
    Wed, May 09 2012 14:35:37
  15. EvanSmith2
    #insectsongs These Are a Few of My Favourite Stings
    Evan Smith
    Wed, May 09 2012 13:03:48
  16. OriginalBugNerd
    Lucilia in the Sky With Maggots! #InsectSongs
    Breanna Lyle
    Wed, May 09 2012 15:08:15
  17. jrdriscoll
    Gnat Out of Hell #insectsongs
    Jim Driscoll
    Wed, May 09 2012 14:35:14
  18. OriginalBugNerd
    Leaf-Rolling in the Deep #InsectSongs
    Breanna Lyle
    Wed, May 09 2012 14:51:30
  19. writerjosh
    Sympathy for the Weevil #insectsongs
    Joshua Allen
    Wed, May 09 2012 14:21:51
  20. OriginalBugNerd
    #InsectSongs When the Lice Go Down In The City
    Breanna Lyle
    Wed, May 09 2012 14:16:25
  21. GerryMDPower
    London Crawling #insectsongs
    Gerry Power
    Wed, May 09 2012 13:08:19
  22. Sidecar84
    #insectsongs Shiny Happy Beetles
    NickGeorge
    Wed, May 09 2012 18:00:05
  23. bugbiter
    Blister beetle in the sun #insectsongs
    Fred Larabee
    Wed, May 09 2012 11:47:21
  24. sciencecomedian
    Oliver’s Army Ants #insectsongs @davidkroll
    Brian Malow
    Wed, May 09 2012 17:28:14
  25. artologica
    Magic Carpet Beetle Ride #insectsongs
    Michele Banks
    Wed, May 09 2012 17:19:47
  26. bugbiter
    Day Skipper #insectsongs
    Fred Larabee
    Wed, May 09 2012 11:56:39
  27. twindy5
    Short Skirt/Yellow Jacket #insectsongs
    Cindy Aitch
    Wed, May 09 2012 11:47:22
  28. WiselinePRT
    Cricket To Ride. #InsectSongs @kzone8 @AudreyBeatle
    David Gow
    Wed, May 09 2012 10:38:26
  29. sciencecomedian
    Glenn Miller: In the Brood #insectsongs
    Brian Malow
    Wed, May 09 2012 17:02:18
  30. OriginalBugNerd
    And Flyyyyy Will Alwaaaays Love Youuuuu!!!!!!!! #InsectSongs
    Breanna Lyle
    Wed, May 09 2012 14:19:19
  31. OriginalBugNerd
    They See Me Leaf-Roller; They Hatin’ #InsectSongs
    Breanna Lyle
    Wed, May 09 2012 14:35:37
  32. TalesofOld
    #insectsongs Louse of the Rising Sun
    Shawn Robertson
    Wed, May 09 2012 15:05:38
  33. sheenagrad
    Notorious B.U.G. #InsectSongs
    Sheena Sidhu
    Wed, May 09 2012 15:27:27
  34. BioInFocus
    Killing me Sawfly #InsectSongs
    Morgan Jackson
    Wed, May 09 2012 15:01:38
  35. sno_flea
    Pupa’s got a brand new bag – james brown #insectsongs
    Aron Katz
    Wed, May 09 2012 17:30:59
  36. ozzjones
    Louse of the rising sun. #insectsongs
    Owen Jones
    Wed, May 09 2012 17:13:14
  37. Cotesia1
    “Don’t believe the hyperparasitoid” #insectsongs
    Marianne Alleyne
    Wed, May 09 2012 16:56:51
  38. bugbiter
    #insectsongs Grub Me Tender
    Fred Larabee
    Wed, May 09 2012 17:15:08
  39. artologica
    Thrips Don’t Lie #insectsongs
    Michele Banks
    Wed, May 09 2012 17:18:24

Vote: is it ok to post student essays?

OMG. I just found a folder with a whole bunch of things I saved from the early 90s, when I was a new Assistant Professor teaching Evolution.

I had forgotten I was a “CHILD OF SATIN!”

This, I’m sure, explains a great deal for some of you.

I am trying to remember how I got this–I think it was under my windshield when my car was vandalized (silly me–I had a Darwin Fish on it.)

Anyway, I have all these amazing bluebook essays and comments from my teaching evaluations where students discuss creationism and evolution. I would love to share them, to give people a flavor of the sorts of things I run into when teaching evolution.  These are old enough that they probably can’t be identified to any individual (and the evaluations are anonymous anyway.)

Should I scan and post them?

A halloween tale of ghouls (with a happy ending)

Seasonal–sort of–news about some ghouls. Wiki says the word originates from monsters dwelling in grave yards. There is just nothing more ghoulish than Westboro Baptist Church, and they may finally be put to rest:

“Baltimore, Maryland (AP) — A grieving father won a nearly $11 million verdict Wednesday against a fundamentalist Kansas church that pickets military funerals in the belief that the war in Iraq is a punishment for the nation’s tolerance of homosexuality….U.S. District Judge Richard Bennett noted the size of the award for compensating damages “far exceeds the net worth of the defendants,” according to financial statements filed with the court.”

Huzzah! I’ll refer you to the Anti-Defamation League for details of the despicable actions of the Church.