fungus amongus, part 2

It seems early to me, but our fungal friends (and their inhabitants) are already appearing. To see part 1 from this past January, click here.

http://bluejaybarrens.blogspot.com/2011/10/orange-fungi.html
http://squirrelsview.blogspot.com/2011/10/m-is-for-colorful-and-odd-shaped.html
http://www.fungiphilia.com/2011/10/yellow-parasol-leucocoprinus-birnbaumii.html
http://www.fungiphilia.com/2011/10/painted-bolete-suillus-pictus.html
http://bugtracks.wordpress.com/2011/10/01/stinkhorns/
http://juliezickefoose.blogspot.com/2011/09/are-you-seeing-amanitas.html
http://bugtracks.wordpress.com/2011/09/04/life-on-a-bolete/
http://blog.mycology.cornell.edu/?p=1676
http://bluejaybarrens.blogspot.com/2011/09/coral-fungi.html
http://shootingmyuniverse.blogspot.com/2011/09/forest-floor.html
http://bluejaybarrens.blogspot.com/2011/09/giant-puffball.html

autumnal equinox

http://natureid.blogspot.com/2011/09/bull-thistle-091711-wilder-ranch.html
http://jwallphoto.blogspot.com/2011/09/equinoctial-bliss.html
http://matthewwills.com/2011/09/23/autumn-begins/
http://hiramtom.blogspot.com/2011/09/its-autumn.html
http://flowerhillfarm.blogspot.com/2011/09/autumn-equinox-jewels.html

cool animal posts that caught my attention on the blogosphere

Instead of my usual non-descriptive animals I don't see everyday, I thought I'd start a new string. Here's what caught my attention this week:

http://www.walkthewilderness.net/2011/09/jackals-feasting-on-chital-carcass.html
http://natureofaman.blogspot.com/2011/09/always-put-collars-on-your-kitties.html
http://insearchofnature.blogspot.com/2011/09/macro-inverts.html

holding the moon

When I first saw the idea on Julie's blog of photographing the moon in such a way that it looks like one is holding it, I thought "cool!" Allison at this gallimaufry life did a great job at it.

http://gallimaufrylife.blogspot.com/2011/09/have-you-ever-caught-moon.html
http://juliezickefoose.blogspot.com/2010/09/pawpaw-festival_23.html

blue eyes

http://beyondmygarden.blogspot.com/2011/09/blue-eyed-invader.html
http://cabinetofcuriosities-greenfingers.blogspot.com/2011/09/bright-eyes.html

stone Buddhas not in the snow

For the title see my original post.

http://tmousecmouse.blogspot.com/2011/09/picture-this-competition-sage-buddha.html

bull moose and elk

http://jwallphoto.blogspot.com/2011/10/tomales-point.html
http://carinbondar.com/2011/09/wanted-ecologist-must-love-moose/
http://jimcoda.wordpress.com/2011/09/06/bull-tule-elk-during-the-rut/
http://jwallphoto.blogspot.com/2011/09/bull-doggin.html
http://blog.patulrichphotography.com/2011/09/pair-of-moose-grand-teton-national-park.html
http://wildinidaho.blogspot.com/2011/09/lot-of-bull.html

Indian pipes and related

Monotropa spp.

http://phyteclub.org/2011/08/24/indian-pipe-not-for-smoking/
http://getyourbotanyon.blogspot.com/2011/08/monotropa-hypopithys-pinesap.html

unusual caterpillars

http://www.ca.uky.edu/entomology/entfacts/ef003.asp
http://jimmccormac.blogspot.com/2011/09/imperial-moth-caterpillar.html
http://bugsafari.blogspot.com/2011/09/sulphur-cats.html
http://bluejaybarrens.blogspot.com/2011/09/flannel-moth-caterpillar.html
http://jimmccormac.blogspot.com/2011/09/paddle-cat.html
http://bluejaybarrens.blogspot.com/2011/09/unexpected-tiger-moth.html
http://jimmccormac.blogspot.com/2011/08/spun-glass-slug.html
http://bluejaybarrens.blogspot.com/2011/08/stinging-rose-caterpillars.html
http://jimmccormac.blogspot.com/2011/08/some-very-cool-cats.html
http://bluejaybarrens.blogspot.com/2011/08/another-slug.html
http://thecommonmilkweed.blogspot.com/2011/09/another-great-find-imperial-moth.html
http://bluejaybarrens.blogspot.com/2010/08/hawthorn-cedar-rust-follow-up.html

links I like

I'm moving this from my sidebar to a post entry. These are not necessarily blog posts and the links are too long to show the addresses.

• Rube Goldberg music video
• t-shirt stop motion
• hands free driving
• if historical events had facebook statuses
• Sigh.
• spidey-worthy webs from packing tape
• The Photographic Periodic Table
• The Stray Shopping Cart Project
• Wildlife Photographer of the Year
• Monterey is a runner friendly community.
• The Unseen Sea
  

BS, MS, PhD, and beyond

Simply contemplating. Am not up for writing about my academic life story here, how I came to the decisions I did, nor how I may change my mind. This is somewhat a follow-up to my women is science list o' links, part 1 and part 2.

what started my looking back through blogs, Chris at The Skeptical Moth's post:
http://skepticalmoth.southernfriedscience.com/2011/08/women-in-science/

a nice series of what it means to go on to get a graduate degree, Bug Girl's Blog:
http://membracid.wordpress.com/2011/06/12/how-undergraduate-and-graduate-school-are-different/
http://membracid.wordpress.com/2011/06/05/the-phd-question/
http://membracid.wordpress.com/2011/06/28/did-the-phd-kill-the-masters-degree/
http://membracid.wordpress.com/2011/06/26/choosing-a-graduate-program-and-advisor/
http://membracid.wordpress.com/2007/07/28/academia-is-a-cult/

BugGirl's links:
http://www.phd-survey.org/advice/advice.htm
http://depts.washington.edu/envision/phd/obtaining_phd/program_questions.html
http://jcs.biologists.org/content/121/11/1771.full
http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_development/previous_issues/articles/2008_02_15/caredit_a0800025
http://blog.biodata.com/2011/06/26/why-your-mentor-sucks-and-how-to-fix-it/

Personal grad school experience from TGIQ at Fall to Climb:
http://thebuggeek.com/2012/03/05/undergraduate-advising/
http://falltoclimb.wordpress.com/2011/03/05/2354/

Where does a woman go from there:
(an excellent discussion) http://scienceblogs.com/myrmecos/2010/04/what_happens_to_women_in_acade.php
http://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/2010/04/21/when-you-have-seen-one-ant-one-blog-one-tree-you-have-not-seen-them-all/
(for comments) http://scienceblogs.com/myrmecos/2010/04/the_phylogeny_of_bug_blogging.php#comments
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2008/07/03/the-chicken-the-egg-the-woman-in-science/
http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2011/5/23/graduate-harvard-students-childcare/