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Mike Dunford was a graduate student in the Department of Zoology at the University of Hawaii, Manoa, where he studied evolution. Life as an army spouse has since moved him on to Pensacola, where he's currently trying to figure out what to do next. While he's doing that, he writes stuff here, although not usually in the third person. He's also a contributer to The Pandas Thumb. As is the case with everyone else here, his opinions are his own, and do not necessarily represent those of any organization he is affiliated with.
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- Remembering Megan
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- The Illinois Poison Control Center Shows Us Why Poison Control Centers are Important
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- A Weight Loss Plan That Works. (or: How I learned to stop worrying and love the gym.)
- Cities, Solipsism, Scientism, and Spirituality
- Picture of the Day - 11 February 2010
- Verdict in Texas Nurse Trial - Not Guilty
- The Texas Nurse Trial - How Did We Get Here?
- Picture of the Day - 10 February 2010
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About
The Questionable Authority is both a blog about evolution and an evolving blog. I initially started blogging a little over a year ago as a member of the crew over at The Panda's Thumb. A few months after that, I set up my own blog and started posting about a wider range of topics. This latest incarnation of the blog is going to be a little different from the last, but not massively so.
The letter "I":
I've already used "I" a couple of times, so it might be a good idea if I said something about myself. My name (if you didn't catch the sidebar) is Mike Dunford, and I'm a graduate student in the Department of Zoology at The University of Hawaii, Manoa. I work in Dave Carlon's lab there, and I'm studying speciation in the Hawaiian Drosophila - that's the same genus as the famous laboratory animal, but the group that I'm working with are part of a large radiation unique to the Hawaiian Islands. I'm still settling on the details for my PhD project, so you'll probably be reading a bit about that here. In addition to my work on Drosophila, I've also had the opportunity to do some fieldwork with a local population of feral rock wallabies, and every now and then I get to help out one of the other grad students in my lab.
Most of my blogging will probably be about things that are related to science, or to politics, or the other little issues that are the usual blog fodder, but every now and then you might read something about a topic that is more important to me - my family. I'm married, with two kids, and everyone in the house (including the pets) has me wrapped around their little finger. I'll try to keep the soppy stuff to a bare minimum, though.
What to expect:
So, what's this blog going to be about? This is scienceblogs.com, so it shouldn't surprise you if most of the posts have something or another to do with science. Some of the science will be tied in to my own research, and some will be related to the antics of various creationists as they continue to try and disrupt science education. I'm also going to be blogging (or at least trying to blog) more about another topic: SPAM. Just to be clear, I'm not talking about the variety that cloggs inboxes, and I'm not talking baout the kind that cloggs arteries. SPAM here is Science, Policy, And Management - it's the term I'll be using for areas where science and public policy intersect.
Politics will also rear its head here from time to time, for a few different reasons. I'm from a fairly political family, and I sometimes have a hard time escaping my roots. I'm also married to an Army Doctor. My wife spent the better part of a year deployed in Afghanistan not terribly long ago (she got back in April of 05), and she will be departing for a year in Iraq very soon now. Needless to say, I take a bit of an interest in foreign and military affairs. Finally, I have a limited tolerance for idiocy, and a hard time keeping quiet about it. This clearly distinguishes me from the rest of the blogosphere, I know.
That more or less wraps up what I think is worth knowing about me and the blog. I hope you enjoy it.
