You know you are ‘BIG’ when you get a organism named after you.
From the darkest jungles of Borneo…
‘SpongeBob‘ Mushroom Discovered in the Forests of Borneo
ScienceDaily (June 15, 2011) — Sing it with us: What lives in the rainforest, under a tree? Spongiforma squarepantsii, a new species of mushroom almost as strange as its cartoon namesake.
Its discovery in the forests of Borneo, says San Francisco State University researcher Dennis Desjardin, suggests that even some of the most charismatic characters in the fungal kingdom are yet to be identified.
Shaped like a sea sponge, S. squarepantsii was found in 2010 in the Lambir Hills in Sarawak, Malaysia. It is bright orange — although it can turn purple when sprinkled with a strong chemical base — and smells “vaguely fruity or strongly musty,” according to Desjardin and colleagues’ description published in the journal Mycologia.
What cemented its moniker, however, was the fungus’ spongelike appearance and its ability to return to its original size after being squeezed.
When it’s wet and moist and fresh, you can wring water out of it and it will spring back to its original size,” explained Dennis Desjardin, a researcher at SFSU. “Most mushrooms don’t do that.”
Desjardin and his colleagues published their findings in a paper called “Spongiforma squarepantsii, a new species of gasteroid bolete from Borneo” that was published online in the journal Mycologia on May 10, 2011.
other famous mushrooms:
Ok, I’m not into fungus, but that one’s kind cool.
heh
ya’ll remember this guy from dod?
http://theothermccain.com/2012/05/24/sources-fed-probe-of-anonymous-hackers-continue-lulzsec-case-could-yield-new-indictments-in-hbgary-case/
That alleged international criminal network began to be dismantled by investigators within months of Texas journalist Barrett Brown emerged as a public spokesman for “Anonymous.” Last month, Brown’s apartment was raided by the FBI.
Brown has not been charged with any crime, and many supporters of the “Anonymous” hacker network have expressed suspicion that Brown has been cooperating with law enforcement officials. Court documents in the “LulzSec” case indicate that prosecutors are relying on information obtained from unindicted co-conspirators.
hahahahahahahahaha
@ rain of lead:
*blink**blink*
Texas journalist Barrett Brown ?
BWAHAHAHA!!!!!
Hell, I would turn purple if “sprinkled with a strong chemical base”!
@ rain of lead:
My favorite blast from the past when it comes to anonymous.
The shock of the dumb SOB, REAL GUNS! Apparently destroying peoples lives, hurting business, and attacking national security isn’t supposed to have real world repercussions.
rain of lead wrote:
BWAHAHAH… And you all heard me make that suggestion here first…
(Disclaimer: I am not a member of anonymous, nor am I a hacker, that one was just 1 mile high flashing neon sigh in the sky obvious)
@ doriangrey:
who couldn’t see that coming, right?
rain of lead wrote:
More like notorious Texas heroin addicted bi-sexual basement dwelling Marxist slacker… Oh…. wait, I guess he really could be a journalist, he’s got all the right qualifications.
rain of lead wrote:
ROTFLMAO… No kidding, a blind man could have seen it from 100 miles away…
Are they better than Shiitake? That is what my mushroom is tonight. Try them on The Obesity Czar first. Mooch will decide.
@ Mars:
The real shock:
He had a girlfriend?
lobo91 wrote:
Well, it really was a spare tire in the trunk of the other car.
rain of lead wrote:
Oh, my “special” friend again
Mars wrote:
Hmm, he never supported anti-gun activists but he is a very mentally unstable drug addict sometimes leaning more to the right but most of the times leaning to very left-wing/anarchistic world views and imho not because he beliefs them but because it sounds good and make him look “special”.
lobo91 wrote:
He always had girlfriends. Don’t ask me why but they (women) love him.
Drive by insomniac post. At last, the fully vetted birth certificate.
h/t Michelle Obama’s Mirror/comment section
http://js-kit.com/blob/uoK5BQtMMhpW4PPf_CpZnC.jpg
Guggi wrote:
BBrown is such a self obsessed motor-mouth. Like lobo always says, “What color is the sky on his planet.” lol
@ yenta-fada:
They forgot to include the doctor’s email address.
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yenta-fada wrote:
It is one thing to be a birther (I’m certainly NOT) but it is another thing to go after birthers like in a vendetta. This is what they do with Terrence Lee Lakin:
@ Guggi:
Personally, I have no sympathy for Lakin. He’s lucky he only served 6 months at Leavenworth.
lobo91 wrote:
I’m with you but the other question is: what right do they have to destroy his life after he was released ? Every disgusting murderer get’s his chance after being released but he not ? Does his personal view of O. and his believe in the birther conspiracy justify to destroy his professional work as a physician ?
@ Guggi:
State licensing boards are frequently like that, unfortunately. It’s not just medicine. It’s the same way with any state-issued professional licenses. The whole thing’s a racket designed to limit access to those professions, rather than to ensure the competency of those issued licenses.
@ lobo91:
Sad.
bbl, have to run errands.
@ Guggi:
The licensing boards for teachers work the same way.
Despite the fact that I have over 20 years of experience teaching, and have a BA in political science, a masters in public administration, and used to work for a state legislature, I’m not considered qualified to teach high school civics or social studies.
Yet that idiot woman who was recorded telling her class that the can be locked up for disagreeing with Obama has a state license.
@ lobo91:
Unbelieveable !!
But on the other side we here where I live have silly lwas too:
If you have a master (or Ph.D.) degree in political science you can teach students at the university social studies but you’re not allowed to teach highschool students social studies. Therefor you have to have at least a master degree from law school.
doriangrey wrote:
Oh that’s right, he did say he had sex with selrahC, didn’t he!
/EEEEWWWWWW
@ Guggi:
In the US, you have to have a BA in secondary education, with a concentration (basically a minor) in social studies.
All they really care about is that you’ve had your mandatory time in the left-wing indoctrination camp known as the College of Education.
lobo91 wrote:
It’s the same here and when you look at the professions of politicians here (from community to parliament level) most of them are either union members, teachers or employees of the Chamber of Labor. It’s worse in parties like Social Democrats and Greenies (about three out of four) than with Conservatives and other parties.
Guggi wrote:
should be: union employees>
@ lobo91:
In my high school, the social studies were where all of the coaches taught. They spent more time hanging out with each other in the AD’s office than they did teaching. In a way, it was good.
OTOH, we still had the textbook (which we relied on almost exclusively -- “Read, take notes, collect vocabulary…”) to indoctrinate us.
Stunning post by Patterico. Follow him on twitter to keep updated.
IIRC, the only course I ever had called “Social Studies” was in the 7th grade, and it was mostly Virginia history. In high school (8th-12th grades back then), courses were history or civics. And you were expected to actually learn the stuff.
@ darkwords: It reminds me a lot of Rodan’s travails and LGF commenters.
Good morning. I had this wild dream last night that
a former Community Organizer with a shadowy past is the President.
That’s just crazy, huh?
RIX wrote:
WTH is that?
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RIX wrote:
Welcome to reality ?
You know that Pakstan has given the Doctor a 30
year sentence for helping to locate Bin Laden
for us.
Well, we’re not taking it, yesterday the Senate
Appropriations Committee voted unanimously to
withold one million in aid for each year the doctor
is in jail.
That’ll show them. But we gave Pakistan $2.9 Billion
so far this year! They might be OK with giving up
one million.
@ Guggi:
Wait! That’s actually true?
Bumr50 wrote:
I think that it is like an outside agitator
or something.
Can you imagine electing a guy to the Presidency
with that background? Never happen.
RIX wrote:
Pretty sure the Mrs. thinks I’m one of those…
Later y’all
RIX wrote:
Sadly to say it but YEP, Rix….
@ Bumr50:
Likewise in my school. Had a tech teacher (sheet metal) teach us a course called “Man in Society”. Easy credit for graduation. He loved me in that class since I was so argumentative. He had to do nothing except barely moderate discussions. Outnumbered 7-1 by girls and I could convince most of them with my viewpoints. Alas that’s all I could convince them of…
@ PaladinPhil:
I lived sort of in the sticks, and so one of our history teachers taught a semester course called Urban Geography. EVERYONE takes it. You do absolutely nothing except go on one field trip into the city of Pittsburgh where Mr. Goldinger would point out street hustlers, have us ride the subway, walk through different types of neighborhoods, and basically function and enjoy the city for a day.
Heck, it’s probably more education than actually studying “Urban Geography” for five months…
Guggi wrote:
OMG, we’re doomed! Stop the madness!
When you’re a drowning Dem, you get thrown a Debbie Wasserman Schultz…
@ Bumr50:
OTOH, drowning Repubs don’t usually get anything thrown…
@ Bumr50:
This is genuis! When you are trying to amp up
the vote, send in a hot babe like Debbie Wasserman
Schultz.
@ Bumr50:
Actually I took that course in school as well. Failed it because I didn’t complete a project that was a large part of the mark. I found the course fascinating. We actually talked and discussed how cities grow and evolve. As well as certain design philosophies and whats right/wrong with them. Toronto was a great city for us to visit due to all the design philosophies used in various areas and suburbs.