Why Evolution is True is a blog written by Jerry Coyne, centered on evolution and biology but also dealing with diverse topics like politics, culture, and cats.
It’s back to work, heigh-ho: Monday, July 25, 2022: National Hot Fudge Sunday Day. Here’s where you can get the best one in the world, and I’ve put a photo of the dish below. (It’s in Chicago.) I’ve had this several times, but Margie’s is also famous for their “turtle sundaes”. Note the pitcher of … Continue reading Monday: Hili dialogue
Good morning on another chilly Chicago Friday: December 10, 2021. It’s National Lager Day, the beer that’s like making love in a canoe. It’s also Festival for the Souls of Dead Whales, Nobel Prize Day, when the Laureates get their medals and certificates in Stockholm, Dewey Decimal System Day, and Human Rights Day (International). News of … Continue reading Friday: Hili dialogue
There is a tiny Google Doodle this morning honoring the dead of 9/11. It’s very understated; click the screenshot to see it in context . Good morning on the Cat Sabbath, Saturday, September 11, 2021. Because it’s the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Foodimentary has named the day “National Hot Cross Buns Day/A ‘Day’ … Continue reading Saturday: Hili dialogue
Welcome to the end of the work week: Friday, April 22, 2022. This evening I’ll be over the Atlantic on my way to Tenerife via Madrid. It’s National Jelly Bean Day (didn’t we just have that?) as well as Earth Day and April Showers Day. I’lll be traveling until the beginning of May, so posting will … Continue reading Friday: Hili dialogue
Welcome to Saturday, June 12, 2021: National Peanut Butter Cookie Day. It’s also World Gin Day, National Rosé Day (the wine), National Jerky Day, Loving Day (celebrating the 1967 Supreme Court decision of Loving v. Virginia, striking down laws against interracial marriage), World Day Against Child Labour, Superman Day (celebrating the release of the 2013 … Continue reading Saturday: Hili dialogue
It’s Cat Sabbath again: Saturday, May 29, 2021, and it’s National Biscuit Day, a celebration of one of America’s finest indigenous foodstuffs (I’m talking about Southern fluffy biscuits here, not the British equivalent of our “cookies”). It’s also International Coq au Vin Day, International Jazz Day, Paper Clip Day (they were patented in 1867 but … Continue reading Saturday: Hili dialogue
Good morning on a Thursday, March 18, 2021: National Sloppy Joe Day. It’s also National Sloppy Joe Day, honoring a sandwich I haven’t had in years (it was supposedly invented in Iowa, where they still sell equivalents called “loosemeats”), National Lacy Oatmeal Cookie Day (?), Oranges and Lemons Day, Goddess of Fertility Day, and Forgive … Continue reading Thursday: Hili dialogue
Welcome to Wednesday, April 20, 2020, a Hump Day (or hrbový deň, as they say in Slovak). It’s National Pineapple Upside Down Cake Day, and that is a cake, however hokey, I truly love, especially when made from canned pineapple. My mom used to make it, but I haven’t had it in years. Doesn’t this … Continue reading Wednesday: Hili dialogue
