A Bit of British Humo(u)r

A short clip from the brilliant show, Quite Interesting. The start of the discussion is in regards to cochineal bugsalthough they refer to them as beetles! (see buggirl)

Genio de la Prensa XI

This genius of the press is extra special, not for its difficulty, but for its redundancy. I found the same story carried on two separate sources, with different imagesand both equally incorrect! I can imagine that it won’t take long for someone to point out exactly what’s wrong with these stories (hint, there . . . → Leer más: Genio de la Prensa XI

Genius of the Press X

This one is just too easy. The billboard is on I-35 south of Burleson, Texas.

I don’t know the true provenance of this image, but it came my way from Omar Bocanegra via Mike Quinn on the Texas Lepidoptera list-serv.

Debería empezar a cobrar

Aceptar, tal vez no. Pero me hizo llegar un poco celosa cuando me encontré con este artículo donde descubrí un artista local de San Francisco que está cargando $60 un estallido de “insectos clases difusión”. Me pregunto cuántos realmente se presentó a la clase mensual? Esto acaba de llegar, Chris Grinter está ofreciendo un insecto difusión . . . → Leer más: Debería empezar a cobrar

Genio de la Prensa IX

Just about time for another volume of Genius of the Press. Who will be first to spot the error here? Concedido, the information section of the california flat rate moving website is not exactly a source of top notch journalism

La voz del pueblo, volume I

I’ve come across a few e-mail transcripts of questions sent into our entomology department and I can not resist sharing them. I promise these messages are (and will be) 100% real and unedited. Names have been changed or removed to protect the innocent. Hopefully, I will come across these every once in a while, y . . . → Leer más: La voz del pueblo, volume I