Saturday, November 05, 2011

DALE DRINNON: Ethnic diversity of Sundalanders

Today's Blog is Part 1 of a rather unusual series concerning Ethnic Diversity of Sundalanders:
http://frontiers-of-anthropology.blogspot.com/2011/11/peking-man-upper-cave-and-ethnic.html

A HEAD'S UP ON NEXT WEEKEND

Corinna and I will be going to London for the Fortean Times Unconvention on friday. We will be paying a visit to Corinna's mum in Oakham on the way back so we are unlikely to be back in the saddle at the CFZ until at least wednesday. During that time we are handing over the reins of power to Lizzy Clancy and Graham Inglis, who will do their own initable thing....

OLL LEWIS: Yesterday's News Today

http://cryptozoologynews.blogspot.com/

On this day in 1854 Tobias P. Whippy III patented the spiral comb-over, as a means for disguising partial baldness, with the New York patents office. His invention would inspire his son, Tobias P. Whippy IV, to create the ‘99’ ice-cream which he named after the last 2 digits of the patent number. The 99 proved to be so popular Mr Whippy the fourth converted all but 2 of the vans in his father’s vast fleet of rapid response comb over provider service to vans that could dispense 99s to the eager citizens of New York and a ticker tape parade was held in his honour.
And now the news:

Duck's Boon Might Be a Turtle's Bane: Overturned D...
RSPB urges crackdown on poisons
Chinese knotweed woman found in all her curvaceous...
Man withdraws snake from cash machine
New bat species found in Cambodia
Millions of birds migrating to Spain face painful ...

The more conventional comb-over:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHm_1116f_Q

DALE DRINNON: American Cro-Magnon Connections

All this morning I have been writing articles for the Frontiers of Anthropology. They shall be run over the next three days, but since the other articles are rather long and involved I put the short one first:
http://frontiers-of-anthropology.blogspot.com/2011/11/more-american-cromagnon-connections.html

CFZ PEOPLE: Richard Muirhead


I have known the dear boy since he was six and I was eleven. Happy Birthday Richard