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.
The weeks is already drawing to an end, and I, for one, often forget what day it is—probably one of many symptoms of the pandemic. Good morning on Thursday, July 2, 2020: National Anisette Day. It’s also World UFO Day, also celebrated on June 24. The July holiday commemorates the bogus UFO crash in the … Continue reading Thursday: Hili dialogue
Again we’ve reached the end of the “work” week, and July is waning: it’s July 24, 2020: National Jellybeans Day. It’s also National Tequila Day, Amelia Earhart Day (celebrating her birth on this day in 1897) and, in Ecuador, Venezuela, Colmbia, and Bolivia, Simón Bolívar Day, celebrating the liberator born on July 24, 1783. News … Continue reading Friday: Hili dialogue
It’s the weekend! Welcome to Cat Shabbos: July 2, 2022, and National Anisette Day (make mine an ouzo and a plate of mezedes by the sea). It’s also World UFO Day, and International Cherry Pit Spitting Day. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, here’s the pit-spitting record: The longest spit of a cherry stone in … Continue reading Saturday: Hili dialogue
Welcome to Hump Day: Wednesday, May 20, 2020, both National Quiche Lorraine Day and National Pick Strawberries Day. It’s also Flower Day, World Bee Day, World Metrology Day (not Meteorology Day),and, appropriately, International Clinical Trials Day. There is promising news of a coronavirus vaccine, but the sample size is tiny (eight, I believe), so we … Continue reading Wednesday: Hili dialogue
Welcome to the cruelest day, Tuesday, January 11, 2022: National Hot Toddy Day, and perfectly appropriate for Chicago’s current temperature of 8ºF (-13ºD). It’s also National Milk Day, National Shop for Travel Day (a good idea), Girl Hug Boy Day, Secret Pal Day, and National Human Trafficking Awareness Day. News of the Day: *Is the New … Continue reading Tuesday: Hili dialogue
Welcome to Friday, June 18, 2021: International Picnic Day. It’s also International Sushi Day, National Flip Flop Day (I’m with the plan), Ugliest Dog Day, and, in the UK, Waterloo Day. The World’s Ugliest Dog Contest was cancelled in 2020, but here’s the 2019 winner, Scamp the Tramp. He doesn’t look so bad to me! … Continue reading Friday: Hili dialogue
by Matthew Cobb In Poland, Hili is both fatalistic and optimistic: A: What are you doing? Hili: I’m waiting for better times. In Polish: Ja: Co robisz? Hili: Czekam na lepsze czasy. Down on the farm, the runner ducks are quite late to come out. What were they doing in the barn? After letting … Continue reading Wednesday: Hili dialogue, farm rush hour and sheep-feeding, and weevil tweets
It’s damn Monday again: January 11, 2021: National Hot Toddy Day. It’s also National Milk Day, National Gluten-Free Day, National Clean off your Desk Day (do it!), Girl Hug Boy Day (not this year), and National Human Trafficking Awareness Day. News of the day: Weather news first: There was a huge snowfall in Spain, with … Continue reading Monday: Hili dialogue
