http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/6587377.stm

I guess if you break it down that way, what they’re doing is in a sense culture, but it’s an odd way to go about it. It seems like no more than a 3D computer simulation to me.

I’m at the conference. I’m about to present my paper. That is all.

Boy I’m nervous.

By popular demand: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17281240/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/2/hi/science/nature/6387611.stm
Female and juvenile chimps in a certain troop have figured out how to hunt bush-babies with spears. They will shape a stick and sharpen it with their teeth, and then stab the stick into holes they know bush-babies live in. If the stick comes back bloody…score!
A)This is incredible!
B)Reseachers bring up the interesting point that it’s females and juveniles, not typically hunters, that are doing this practice. One theory is because they weren’t getting enough meat from the males, so they went out and got their own.
C)Ooh, ooh, I just thought of a horrible headline: Female Chimps Empower Themselves! Yay Chimp feminism!

I stumbled upon THE exact/perfect Master’s program that I want to/should have applied to, the only major problem being it’s in London: http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/anthropology/mscantleacog.htm. But then, staying close to home is probably better for getting a job right out of school, which is important.

A study was released recently that says small schools are better for students than big schools, which is a total “DUH!” to me, but I’m glad some bigwigs are saying it too. http://www.sfu.ca/mediapr/news_releases/archives/news02120702.htm. Just think, I might be a bigwig someday too! The horror! 😉