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Posted: June 25 2009,18:31

An easy way to pay Wes back for all that he does: Vote to ship him off to Antarctica.

:D

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Posted: June 25 2009,19:24

Could they have possibly made it any more inconvenient to vote?

Vote cast for Wesley.

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Posted: June 25 2009,20:37

Can I shiver with anticipation?

Thanks, folks.

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Posted: June 25 2009,20:50

Quote (Wesley R. Elsberry @ June 25 2009,20:37)

Can I shiver with anticipation?

I think that is Chunkdz's line.

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Posted: June 25 2009,20:59

Quote (Lou FCD @ June 25 2009,19:24)

Could they have possibly made it any more inconvenient to vote?

Vote cast for Wesley.

Your password must be EIGHT CHARACTERS LONG. Dont want anyone hacking your account and voting for people you dont like!

Oh well, at least it didnt want eight characters of letters, numbers, and symbols.

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Posted: June 25 2009,21:14

Good luck! You've got my vote.

I'll be looking forward to your reports from way down-under.

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Posted: June 25 2009,22:13

Voted for Wes, but Girl Scientist is crushing it thanks to the pharyngula link..

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Posted: June 25 2009,22:19

Sorry! I added my vote for Grrl before I saw Wesley's claim to the icy wastes.

But I am at least conflicted, so that's OK, right?

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Posted: June 25 2009,22:49

Voting goes on through Sept. 30th. I'm not throwing in the towel just yet.

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Posted: June 25 2009,22:51

Quote (jswilkins @ June 25 2009,22:19)

Sorry! I added my vote for Grrl before I saw Wesley's claim to the icy wastes.

But I am at least conflicted, so that's OK, right?

Yeah, I did too...conflicted as well...

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Posted: June 25 2009,22:58

Same here.

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Posted: June 25 2009,23:32

Quote (darwinoid @ June 25 2009,22:58)

Same here.

Heh, the ex-Scienblogers mafia is muscling up on AtBC!

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Posted: June 25 2009,23:48

Can you nominate anyone.

I can think of a few people that not so much as deserve to go but if they did would give me a great deal of satisfaction knowing they would just sit around base freezing their asses off and bitching about the food and the weather listening to crap music on their ipod, generally causing a nuisanse while real scientists go on field trips.

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Posted: June 26 2009,00:52

Vote cast for Wes.

Don't forget to bring me back that Emperor I've been dreaming of for years...

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Posted: June 26 2009,03:28

Quote (afarensis @ June 26 2009,04:51)

Quote (jswilkins @ June 25 2009,22:19)

Sorry! I added my vote for Grrl before I saw Wesley's claim to the icy wastes.

But I am at least conflicted, so that's OK, right?

Yeah, I did too...conflicted as well...

You can change your vote if you want to...
Just sayin'...

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Posted: June 26 2009,07:46

Quote (JLT @ June 26 2009,03:28)

Quote (afarensis @ June 26 2009,04:51)

Quote (jswilkins @ June 25 2009,22:19)

Sorry! I added my vote for Grrl before I saw Wesley's claim to the icy wastes.

But I am at least conflicted, so that's OK, right?

Yeah, I did too...conflicted as well...

You can change your vote if you want to...
Just sayin'...

If you have 2 email addressed you can vote for two people... :P

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Posted: June 26 2009,08:12

Done. Good luck, Wes

KC

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Posted: June 26 2009,08:14

{Louis races into the room with duct tape, a car battery and jumper cables, some kerosene, some sodium pentathol and LSD, some mice, a shaved wildcat, a field surgery kit, some engineer's blue, KY Jelly and six gentlemen with middle names of "the"}

Ok I'm......

Oh, OHHHHH! Ah um, sorry, I must have got the wrong impression.

I'll go and vote now.

Louis

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Posted: June 26 2009,08:42

Those bastards haven't let me register yet, let alone vote!

I have sent them an email pointing out their lack of certain important skills and abilities. I did not question their parentage at this time - saving that for backup.

Ands so, the adventure continues.

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Posted: June 26 2009,09:13

Check your spam filters because the reply is a short one with a confirmation link.

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Posted: June 26 2009,09:24

Quote (Lou FCD @ June 25 2009,19:24)

Could they have possibly made it any more inconvenient to vote?

No kidding.

My recognition words were "include rectors."

Please, let's not.

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Posted: June 26 2009,12:45

Wes has moved to 4th place.

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Posted: June 26 2009,13:03

I think you're looking at page 2, not page 1.

Grrlscientist is in second presently. I'm supporting her (sorry, Wes), and she might actually win!

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Posted: June 26 2009,13:21

One more for Wes. I think I filed my taxes faster this year!

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Posted: June 26 2009,13:48

Voted for ya, Wes. I too expect a live penguin in payment. :D

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Posted: June 26 2009,13:52

Quote (Richardthughes @ June 26 2009,09:13)

Check your spam filters because the reply is a short one with a confirmation link.

We have received your message.

Dear J-Dog,

Thank you for contacting Quark Expeditions.
We will respond to your e-mail within 2 business days, with the exception of long weekends and holidays.

Best regards,

The Quark Expeditions Team

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Posted: June 26 2009,13:57

It should be so easy a caveman can do it.

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Posted: June 26 2009,14:47

Tell me Magic Mirror: Wes or Grrlscientist?

I have 5 emails.

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Posted: June 26 2009,15:27

Oh, I want a Gentoo:

I shall call him Wes Jr.

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Posted: June 26 2009,15:35

Quote (Richardthughes @ June 26 2009,15:27)

Oh, I want a Gentoo:

NO. YOU CAN HAZ

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Posted: June 26 2009,15:37

Quote (khan @ June 26 2009,14:47)

Tell me Magic Mirror: Wes or Grrlscientist?

I have 5 emails.

Who's more likely to win?

Not that I'm biased one way or the other.

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Posted: June 26 2009,16:36

I voted for Wes--applying for a mortgage was faster.

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Posted: June 26 2009,17:30

Quote (someotherguy @ June 26 2009,13:48)

Voted for ya, Wes. I too expect a live penguin in payment. :D

Live? I just want a couple of penguin burgers.

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Posted: June 26 2009,20:34

Quote

(Richardthughes @ June 26 2009,15:27)
Oh, I want a Gentoo:

NO. YOU CAN HAZ

Holy Burgess Shale Meredith, Batman! It's the fine flippered feathered fiend!

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Posted: June 27 2009,09:57

Quote (Bob O'H @ June 26 2009,11:03)

I think you're looking at page 2, not page 1.

Grrlscientist is in second presently. I'm supporting her (sorry, Wes), and she might actually win!

Opps.

I didn't have any problem registering or voting. It took fewer than 5 minutes.

Edited by Dr.GH on June 27 2009,08:02

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Posted: June 27 2009,13:31

Hi Wes,

I voted for you, but I attached a rider saying that you have to take chunkdz with you if you win.

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Posted: June 27 2009,14:36

Quote (keiths @ June 27 2009,13:31)

Hi Wes,

I voted for you, but I attached a rider saying that you have to take chunkdz with you if you win.

You got something against C.?

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Posted: June 27 2009,15:25

Quote (Wesley R. Elsberry @ June 27 2009,14:36)

Quote (keiths @ June 27 2009,13:31)

Hi Wes,

I voted for you, but I attached a rider saying that you have to take chunkdz with you if you win.

You got something against C.?

Can he be fed to a leopard seal for his blubbering? Hale fellow, whale meat? I'll be leaving now. Try the fish!

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Posted: June 27 2009,22:23

Hey, if nothing else, I can say I made it to the first page returned on "Popularity" at least once. Thanks, folks.

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Posted: June 27 2009,22:51

If you'd had the Pharyngula boost, you'd be first.

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Posted: June 29 2009,10:05

ScienceBlogs is no longer a monolith.

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Posted: June 29 2009,10:23

Quote (Wesley R. Elsberry @ June 29 2009,10:05)

ScienceBlogs is no longer a monolith.

I still haven't gotten my ok to vote, but had to put in my $.02 worth on Ed's blog - Vote For Wes - If you don't you are a commie pinko symp. I hope it helps Wes!

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Posted: June 29 2009,11:04

I voted for Wes.

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Posted: June 29 2009,13:09

Voted for wes.

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Posted: July 02 2009,00:05

Wesley's up against some stiff competition, but he is still pretty confident he will win. I took this photo of him preparing for the trip.

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Posted: July 02 2009,10:56

ppb,

Nice pic there.

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Posted: July 02 2009,16:20

Prof. Steve Steve gets in on the action.

There's a badge that can be used.

BBcode:

Code Sample

[url=http://echothis.info/V0][img]http://pandasthumb.org/images/pss/pss_freeze_me_badge_88x31.gif[/img][/url]

HTML:

Code Sample

Please help spread these around.

Edited by Wesley R. Elsberry on July 02 2009,17:48

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Posted: July 02 2009,20:44

I voted for Wes.

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Posted: July 02 2009,22:01

Quote (ppb @ July 01 2009,22:05)

Wesley's up against some stiff competition, but he is still pretty confident he will win. I took this photo of him preparing for the trip.

Look at those talons. Wes, you've found the missing link between raptors and penguins!

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Posted: July 02 2009,22:28

Quote (J-Dog @ June 29 2009,10:23)

Quote (Wesley R. Elsberry @ June 29 2009,10:05)

ScienceBlogs is no longer a monolith.

I still haven't gotten my ok to vote, but had to put in my $.02 worth on Ed's blog - Vote For Wes - If you don't you are a commie pinko symp. I hope it helps Wes!

Did you ever get to vote? The reason I ask is that you aren't the only one having difficulties

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Posted: July 03 2009,09:15

Quote (afarensis @ July 02 2009,22:28)

Quote (J-Dog @ June 29 2009,10:23)

Quote (Wesley R. Elsberry @ June 29 2009,10:05)

ScienceBlogs is no longer a monolith.

I still haven't gotten my ok to vote, but had to put in my $.02 worth on Ed's blog - Vote For Wes - If you don't you are a commie pinko symp. I hope it helps Wes!

Did you ever get to vote? The reason I ask is that you aren't the only one having difficulties

No, I have NOT been allowed to vote - they have NOT responded to my emails either. (other than the boiler-plate "we'll get back to you"...

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Posted: July 03 2009,09:30

Update - They won't let ME vote, but they just allowed a couple of puppets to vote. Dress warm, Wes!

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Posted: July 03 2009,13:15

Quote (keiths @ July 02 2009,22:01)

Quote (ppb @ July 01 2009,22:05)

Wesley's up against some stiff competition, but he is still pretty confident he will win. I took this photo of him preparing for the trip.

Look at those talons. Wes, you've found the missing link between raptors and penguins!

The problem being that you essentially have to get the rabbits to run into the raptor penguins, or at least run under their perch.

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Posted: July 03 2009,17:22

I've changed my blog bid text to the following:

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I'm not just interested in falcons. I've done research on lekking greater prairie chickens. Diane and I were called upon to help researchers test captive-bred prairie chicken response to raptors. We observed the prairie chickens respond to a hawk flying over their pen. These were naive birds, but the whole population hit the deck and stayed put when the hawk flew over the pens, showing that the captive-bred birds still had the instinct to cower intact.

The Antarctic has its own avian predator. The skuas are gulls that will prey upon penguin chicks and even adult penguins. These are large, aggressive birds, described by some as "seagulls from hell". William Evans told me about an early penguin exhibit, and how people accidentally observed some instinctual behavior in penguins interacting with skuas. A feature that we don't see in current penguin exhibits was the inclusion of two skuas. The skuas initially spent their time bullying the assembled penguins. A wild penguin can flee from a pursuing skua, and corners tend to be uncommon. It didn't take long for one of the penguins to find itself cornered by a skua. The cornered penguin pecked back at the harassing skua. One reason penguins don't often bother with trying to engage a skua attacker is that skuas fly and penguins don't. But these two skuas had their wings clipped. The skua gave a flap that lifted it momentarily off the ground. Every penguin there suddenly swiveled its head to bear on the skua, then attacked. Within seconds, there were no longer any live skuas in the exhibit.

So I'm interested in seeing what these interactions are like in the wild for myself. Please give me your vote and I'll enjoy telling you what I learn.

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Posted: July 03 2009,17:24

Quote (keiths @ July 02 2009,23:01)

Quote (ppb @ July 01 2009,22:05)

Wesley's up against some stiff competition, but he is still pretty confident he will win. I took this photo of him preparing for the trip.

Look at those talons. Wes, you've found the missing link between raptors and penguins!

As part of his effort to bring falconry to Antarctica, Wes has been conducting some rather novel cross breeding experiments.

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Posted: July 03 2009,21:32

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The skua gave a flap that lifted it momentarily off the ground. Every penguin there suddenly swiveled its head to bear on the skua, then attacked. Within seconds, there were no longer any live skuas in the exhibit.

Sounds like some wheels turned in some penguin's heads, there...

Henry

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Posted: July 15 2009,16:29

Quote (dheddle @ June 26 2009,14:36)

I voted for Wes--applying for a mortgage was faster.

aaaaarrrrrggggghhhhh.

Yes it was. BTW, Wes, are those the gulls that are too big to take off without a headwind?

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Posted: Aug. 11 2009,10:22

BTW, Wesley got a plug at the DailyKos site,

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/8/9/762757/-Antarctica-or-Bust

:D

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Posted: Sep. 29 2009,12:53

I have been quite distracted with other things and haven't been able to catch up here in a while, but when I heard of a chance to ~~get rid of~~ help Wes get to Antartica, I quickly tried to get my vote in.

Hope all is well here and I need to find time to get back here and read. Best of luck Wes and I sorry I didn't get in sooner for the momentum.

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Posted: Oct. 08 2009,16:14

Sorry, Wes.

The Winner

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Posted: Oct. 08 2009,16:20

Received the message as well. Sorry Wes :(

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Posted: Oct. 08 2009,16:52

Perhaps you can still go... maybe the winner will get exposed (or "expelled" if you will) with published nudie pictures, and lose the crown - allowing you to step into the role! :)

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Posted: Oct. 08 2009,17:02

Maybe it's Wes' lack of willingness to post nudey pictures of himself that lost him this contest...

...On the other hand maybe not.

Louis

P.S. Sorry Wes, for both the joke and the result.

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Posted: Oct. 08 2009,19:16

I've gotten some advice on pitching myself to other expedition companies, so maybe I will go to Antarctica, just not on this one.

I'm not sure exactly what Luis did to keep the votes coming in, but he did a great job of it. Here's hoping his blogging has as much enthusiasm behind it.

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