tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-96490452011-07-07T20:43:04.648-07:00Evolution, Song Lyrics, History of Science, and Occasional Hilarity! &quot;I&#39;m a millionaire in odd and useless facts.&quot; -- C. Darwin &amp; R. MilnerRichard Milnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12161516857599100389noreply@blogger.comBlogger71100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9649045.post-21533479317262691102010-01-25T12:20:00.000-08:002010-01-25T12:24:01.185-08:00Available online 24/7 at the CSpan-2 Book TV website:<div><br /></div><div><!--StartFragment--><blockquote><blockquote><span style="color:#0000FF;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica, Verdana, Arial;"><span style="font-size:14pt"><u><a href="http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/290953-1">http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/290953-1</a></u></span></span></span></blockquote></blockquote> <!--EndFragment--> <div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9649045-2153347931726269110?l=harpo212.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Richard Milnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12161516857599100389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9649045.post-41838227472746543822009-08-11T18:50:00.000-07:002009-08-11T18:58:46.241-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold; font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">ORDER THE BOOK</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;"><img src="http://www.darwinsuniverse.org/images/spacer.gif" width="100" height="10" border="0" id="id09494796488434076" /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal; line-height: 23px; font-size:17px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">Darwin's Universe:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">Evolution from A to Z</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;"><img src="http://www.darwinsuniverse.org/images/spacer.gif" width="100" height="10" border="0" id="id7904465538449585" /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.ucpress.edu/books/pages/10244.php" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 68, 255); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">from University of California Press</span></a><a href="http://www.ucpress.edu/books/pages/10244.php" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 68, 255); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><img src="http://www.darwinsuniverse.org/images/spacer.gif" width="100" height="8" border="0" id="id03523665852844715" /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Darwins-Universe-Evolution-Richard-Milner/dp/0520243765/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 68, 255); ">from Amazon.com</a></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">or visit</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.DarwinsUniverse.org">www.DarwinsUniverse.org</a></div></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9649045-4183822747274654382?l=harpo212.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Richard Milnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12161516857599100389noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9649045.post-55909297874804615942009-08-11T18:13:00.000-07:002009-08-11T20:26:49.079-07:00<div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_C3M1w3tZ3bg/SoIdGH37FjI/AAAAAAAAABU/1kJ8VWoSZ7c/s1600-h/Darwin%27s+Universe+Sample+Pages-1.jpg"><img style="float:center; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 238px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_C3M1w3tZ3bg/SoIdGH37FjI/AAAAAAAAABU/1kJ8VWoSZ7c/s320/Darwin%27s+Universe+Sample+Pages-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368885696809080370" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_C3M1w3tZ3bg/SoIdFiECoBI/AAAAAAAAABM/vNFHTgiRvDA/s1600-h/Darwin%27s+Universe+Sample+Pages-2.jpg"><img style="float:center; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 221px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_C3M1w3tZ3bg/SoIdFiECoBI/AAAAAAAAABM/vNFHTgiRvDA/s320/Darwin%27s+Universe+Sample+Pages-2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368885686659358738" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_C3M1w3tZ3bg/SoIdFQD7iXI/AAAAAAAAABE/rx3CEbntBIo/s1600-h/Darwin%27s+Universe+Sample+Pages-3.jpg"><img style="float:center; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 221px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_C3M1w3tZ3bg/SoIdFQD7iXI/AAAAAAAAABE/rx3CEbntBIo/s320/Darwin%27s+Universe+Sample+Pages-3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368885681827055986" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9649045-5590929787480461594?l=harpo212.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Richard Milnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12161516857599100389noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9649045.post-41579551103186171282009-08-11T15:38:00.000-07:002009-08-11T15:58:26.077-07:00<!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal">Includes Interview with Richard and songs</p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://video.nytimes.com/video/2009/02/09/science/1231547271297/darwin-in-song.html?scp=1&amp;sq=Milner&amp;st=cse">NEW YORK TIMES VIDEO</a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Gene Kelly was singin' in the rain. Milner's Darwin is singin' in the rainforest!</p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://tierneylab.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/09/write-a-song-win-a-prize/?scp=1&amp;sq=Tierneylab%20Milner&amp;st=cse">NY TIMES VIDEO DARWIN'S NIGHTMARE</a><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <!--EndFragment--><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9649045-4157955110318617128?l=harpo212.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Richard Milnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12161516857599100389noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9649045.post-37923810996387764912009-08-11T15:36:00.000-07:002009-08-11T15:38:45.240-07:00On NPR last year -- Who goes to do a radio show in costume?<br /><br /><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Rezgw1v3D68&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Rezgw1v3D68&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9649045-3792381099638776491?l=harpo212.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Richard Milnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12161516857599100389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9649045.post-76907008988913265432009-08-11T14:54:00.000-07:002009-08-11T14:58:10.524-07:00I once met the excellent Bill Murray and gave him a tape of my Darwin songs. I told him, "Listen Don't call me if you DON'T like these songs. If you hate them, I definitely do not want to hear from you, especially not in the middle of the night."<div><br /></div><div>He laughed his ass off and took the tape, and promised not to call me if he didn't like it.</div><div><br /></div><div>He never called.</div><div><br /></div><div>So I guess he's a fan.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9649045-7690700898891326543?l=harpo212.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Richard Milnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12161516857599100389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9649045.post-67114997257489155952009-08-11T14:32:00.000-07:002009-08-11T16:03:33.465-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_C3M1w3tZ3bg/SoHkWM8YlSI/AAAAAAAAAA4/Np5adWkNhwk/s1600-h/RM+Darwin+Smithsonian+copy.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 190px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_C3M1w3tZ3bg/SoHkWM8YlSI/AAAAAAAAAA4/Np5adWkNhwk/s320/RM+Darwin+Smithsonian+copy.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368823300885091618" /></a>     <div> </div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>   Click on photo to enlarge</div><div>   Smithsonian article</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9649045-6711499725748915595?l=harpo212.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Richard Milnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12161516857599100389noreply@blogger.com0