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Wayne Maddison
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Raw pu-erh in the morning; oolong in the afternoon. Chocolate: dark milk. Would rather be drawing spider genitalia, usually. Looking forward to the next field trip. Thinking about getting a pottery wheel. Father of two amazing adults. Prof @ UBC
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So, why doesn't every single journal have the full citation written out on the first page of articles, "Kutschera M. 2024. Raindrops on roses. Journal of Favourite Things 28:317-339. doi:19938.00/00s8"? How many thousands of times each day do people have to retype such stuff?

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When you set up and then monitor phylogenetic analyses, do you feel as if you are gardening? You plant the seed with hope. Sometimes you move it to another patch. Sometimes you have to pull out a weed. And then you wait for the harvest. I call it the Garden of Analyses.

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This hotel accommodates all belief systems.

On wall, two toilet paper dispensers, one oriented over the top to the front, the other to the back.
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After a 7 month hiatus, it's so good to be drawing again. Drawings of jumping spider genitalia, day 25. Palp, epigyne, and vulva of a new Habrocestoides. 🧪🐡 (©2024 W.Maddison, under a Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0 license)

Ink and pencil drawing the male palp of a species of jumping spider.
Ink and pencil drawing the female epigyne of a species of jumping spider.
Ink and pencil drawing the female vulva of a species of jumping spider.
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Uh-oh, Grandma's been googling again.

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Hot tea, wonderful, carry around house. Put down (e.g. on bookshelf) while reaching. Get distracted. Hour later, "Where's my tea mug?". Search and search. Finally find. Put in microwave. Get distracted. Hour later, "Where's my tea?". Search ***every visible surface***. Nowhere. ?!?! Find days later.

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For the first few days back after a long trip, I am in a special state. The little barnacles of fear and avoidance have not yet accumulated again on my soul, and I swim without turbulence. I get so much done! I need to find a way to not let the barnacles ever accumulate.

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Java programmers: Do you know of any class that would have a static method screamIntoTheVoid()?

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Wayne Maddison
@waynemaddison.bsky.social
Raw pu-erh in the morning; oolong in the afternoon. Chocolate: dark milk. Would rather be drawing spider genitalia, usually. Looking forward to the next field trip. Thinking about getting a pottery wheel. Father of two amazing adults. Prof @ UBC
509 followers407 following211 posts