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Blog and website of historical and paranormal romance writer, Leslie Dicken (and her alter-ego Jordanna Kay) - with some Gerry Butler yumminess thrown in now and then!
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Our closest relatives
Some interesting studies on monkeys and primates: Gorillas are now considered “critically endangered.” Orangutans play charades for food. Monkey communication more complex than we first thought. Ape Gestures Linked to Human Communication:...
Leap Day Explanation
Today is Leap Day - the extra day added to the calendar during leap years. Here’s the quick explanation — Although the modern calendar counts a year as 365 days, a complete revolution around the sun takes approximately 365 days and 6 hou...
Gorillas and Romance Novels?
Read the below and tell me where you think it originated: Leah was staring at George. A series of rapid, pulsating whimpers escaped her lips. She then drew near to George, who locked gazes with her, his face unreadable. His shoulders were relaxed, an...
Cat Origins
In case you’re wondering (and I know you’ve been losing sleep over this), the modern housecat’s genes have been traced to the Middle East. The roots of the domesticated cat’s family tree all converge in the Middle East, with...
Glass Houses…
Not so sure I want to see the back part of a hermit crab as shown in this photo. My daughter has two hermit crabs and while I’m not at all bothered by their claws (except when pinched), I know that the rear portion is kinda icky. Oh, and that ...
Break out the bug spray!!
Whatever you do, don’t go over to Cracked.com and read about the five most horrifying bugs in the world. Seriously, you’ll regret it....
Science Year in Review
Check out this interactive review of the year in Science highlighted by various science blogs. Interesting articles and even more fascinating comments!...
More on the Science Debate
I found this page via his link to my previous post…but I really like the way he sums up what the Science Debate is really about and why it’s needed. What we primarily want is to gauge their relationship with reality - will they govern usi...
Given my love of science
it’s only natural I jump on the Science Debate 2008 bandwagon. Their objective states the purpose well: Given the many urgent scientific and technological challenges facing America and the rest of the world, the increasing need for accurate s...
More Trees
Okay, so maybe I have a weird fascination with them lately, but I think they can be cool. Take a look at the size of these monsters found in various parts of Africa. No, these pictures are NOT photoshopped! The sizes are real…I actually rese...
mySpace
I changed the background on my mySpace page. What’s the big deal, you ask? Not really sure, other than I felt I needed some updating. And although I still have ideas for continuing the TABOO story (and many have asked about a sequel to THE P...
Ate too many latkes!
HAPPY HANUKKAH!!...
The body goes haywire
There are times when simple things turn into something quite out of the ordinary. In this case, the man’s immune system should have easily fought off human papillomavirus, or HPV, a wart virus. Instead, things went horribly wrong. …a g...
More on trees
Can’t believe I’ve never heard that the oldest tree fossils were found in New York state, dating back 380 million years old. Now THAT is old! Or how about that 2,000 year old date palm seed that is now a thriving sapling. And there is t...
Cat Talking
Ok, normally I post this kind of stuff over on lesliedicken.com, but I’m doing Thursday Thirteen over there and this just so cracks me up. Watch the top video first. That’s the actual footage of these two cats “talking” to e...
You can read me on Kindle
Have you seen the latest in ebook technology? It’s the Kindle by Amazon. It’s got a pretty big pricetag as compared to other eReaders. Yahoo has a good description and review of it, even saying: …the Kindle is designed to be usabl...
Interesting Sunday Reading
Here are a few articles I found interesting and thought you might too… Coin collection sells for $30 million Oral sex gene helps male fish fake it Odd-jawed dinosaur reveals bovine lifestyle Climate change is delaying spring in some areas Dew-h...
The Female Shape - Part II
Okay, so I usually hate my big hips. They make buying pants difficult and everyone is always telling me it’s the hardest place to lose weight. But now I think I’ll start to be appreciative. Apparently, they’re helping to make my ...
The Female Shape - Part 1
I’ve found several interesting articles on the female body shape. Here’s the first: As someone interested in evolution and science, I’ve always wondered about the differences between humans and other primates. Why did humans evolv...
