Category Archives: Blogospheria

As Garth would say, “Excellent!”

Posted on 23 February 2008 by Emmett Duffy

Top ten list – Excellent! I am honored to have received the Excellent blog award, bestowed after a rigorous screening and review process, and accompanied by a handsome prize consisting of the right to display proudly a small jpeg image … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogospheria, Education, Science | 7 Comments

Friday poetry 2: The American bard

Posted on 18 January 2008 by Emmett Duffy

[Editor's note: Walt Whitman -- a cosmos, of Mannahatta the son --  was the first poet that got through to me.  Back in the day, when I was a young Philistine with no sense of art and the sophomoric sense of … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday Natural Patriot!

Posted on 16 January 2008 by Emmett Duffy

Dear friends, colleagues, family members, sparring partners, lost souls, and passers-by, I am proud to say that, as of this day, the Natural Patriot has survived its first perilous year in this world (I’m referring to the blog, not myself.  I … Continue reading →

Posted in Biodiversity, Biophilia, Blogospheria, Natural Patriots | 12 Comments

Carnival of the Blue 8

Posted on 7 January 2008 by Emmett Duffy

. . . is now online at “I’m a Chordata, Urochordata“.  Lots of food, sex, death, and more — what’s not to like?!  The history of the COB is written there, including last months’s episode, proudly hosted here by the … Continue reading →

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Carnival of the Blue 7

Posted on 3 December 2007 by Emmett Duffy

Ladies and Gentlemen, boys and girls, and all the ships at sea: The Natural Patriot is honored to present the 7th monthly episode of the Carnival of the Blue, continuing a hallowed tradition initiated just six short moons ago on … Continue reading →

Posted in Biodiversity, Biophilia, Blogospheria, Education, Oceans, Politics, Sustainability | 12 Comments

Carnival of the Blue V

Posted on 1 October 2007 by Emmett Duffy

Ladies and Gentlemen, boys and girls, and all the ships at Sea: The fifth monthly episode of the “Carnival of the Blue“, hosted this time around by Jennifer Jacquet at Shifting Baselines, is now online and features a round-up of the … Continue reading →

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You’ve got mail!

Posted on 18 September 2007 by Emmett Duffy

Probably quite a bit more than you’d like, in fact. But on the off chance that all that spam in your inbox is getting lonely, you can now dilute it with with something of substance — the Natural Patriot is … Continue reading →

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So I’ve been thinkin’ . . .

Posted on 29 August 2007 by Emmett Duffy

. . . and it appears that I’ve actually been caught at it by – hot damn! — two separate people.  Kevin Z, fellow in the distinguished company of marine biologists, and keeper of invertebrates at The Other 95%, fingered me with … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogospheria, Education | 2 Comments

Carnival of the Blue III

Posted on 6 August 2007 by Emmett Duffy

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, and all the ships at Sea: The 3rd monthly installment of the Carnival of the Blue is now online, hosted by Rick Macpherson at Malaria, bedbugs, sea lice and sunsets.  Your one-stop shopping site … Continue reading →

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Bloggers for positive global change

Posted on 30 July 2007 by Emmett Duffy

I’m proud to say that I’ve been tagged as a “blogger for positive global change” by the venerable blogfish.  This has a slight whiff of a chain-letter phenomenon to it, but hey, I’m game. It’s all part of Web 2.0 … Continue reading →

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