Our baby has a birthday + Cheaters + Bear teeth + A science fraud exposed

Our youngest is celebrating her birthday today!

Rachel, our "little lamb" [You can look up the meaning of her name.], is celebrating her 28th birthday today. RACHEL, your card is on our dining room table. You'll receive it, along w/a lavish gift, on THU 8/17! Since you turn 28 today, that must mean that I am . . . Wait . . . What?! 64-years old?! Now I'm depressed.

Knock me over with a feather

From Omaha World Herald (8/9):  "One-third of U.S. teenagers use electronics to cheat, survey finds."  I didn't even bother to read the article.

Bears

From Norfolk Daily News (8/11):  Carolyn Nistler is at the forefront of a boom in a resource that plays a key role in the management of American wildlife:  bear teeth. Nistler, owner of a Montana lab, & others are sorting through a windfall of teeth of American black bears, which use their powerful jaws to crunch hazelnuts & chew salmon flesh."

• Having eaten salmon on more than one occasion, I find it hard to believe that one needs powerful jaws to chew their flesh.
• Thoughtful hikers in bear country should now carry a long pair of pliers with them in case they are attached by a bear.
• I carefully perused the rest of this article. There was no mention of the role that bear dentists play in harvesting bear teeth for research.

The Science Guy

From Parade Magazine, "Carson & Cannan Interview The Science Guy," (8/4):  "Carson:  When did you become the Science Guy? Bill Nye:  It was Jan. 1987. I was working on a comedy show in Seattle, writing jokes for a stand-up routine . . . One night I had to fill 6 minutes when someone else didn't show up.A guy--that I'm still good friends with--said, 'You could be, like, Bill Nye the Science Guy or something.' I thought it was a pretty good idea . . . I realized this could be huge--huge! It took another five years to get the Science Guy show."

Dept. of Fanciful Interviews

CBLReporter *:  Mr. Nye, what is the greatest threat facing humankind today?
BN:  Obviously, the greatest threat to humankind today is global climate change.
CBL:  Why do you say that?
BN:  If we don't start taking drastic action consisting of drastic lifestyle changes & spending trillions of dollars now, homo sapiens will go extinct.
CBL:  And you have science degrees that lend credibility to your claims, or are you just a successful self-promoter?
BN:  No. Yes.

*Cornhusker Blog Lite Reporter