Friday Falconiform #1
Cathartidae / Cathartes aura / Turkey Vulture This seemed a apt way to start the series.

Rapture Watch (Thanksgiving edition)
We have a new date for the Rapture: Not much point in doing the holiday shopping (or hanging decorations) I guess. Then again, it’s the usual source with the usual chance of accuracy.

The Darwin Myth
I am currently finishing a review of (DI fellow) Benjamin Wiker’s The Darwin Myth for Journal of the History of Biology. Interestingly, YEC Todd Wood has just posted a review of the same book and has hit a number of the points that I will be making. As Todd says: This book is not recommended. This is not the real Charles Darwin. This is nothing more than a Darwin Myth. Please don’t fall for it. Indeed. Wicker asks the reader to trust his assertions (based on no evidence beyond his own creationist leanings) over the primary

Thermopylae
Honor to those who in the life they lead define and guard a Thermopylae. Never betraying what is right, consistent and just in all they do but showing pity also, and compassion; generous when they are rich, and when they are poor, still generous in small ways, still helping as much as they can; always speaking the truth, yet without hating those who lie. And even more honor is due to them when they foresee (as many do foresee) that in the end Ephialtis will make his appearance, that the Medes will break through after all. (C.P. Cavafy, Colle

Blogging History of Science
Just a quick note that Michael Barton has provided a summary of aspects of his recent talk at the History of Science Society annual meeting and in particular details the results of an informal survey of history of science bloggers that he conducted. The talk – which I unfortunately missed as I was working on my own presentation – was titled “Your Daily History of Science: Blogging a Discipline.”