External Delivery: a new scientific theory of presents

If you’re well read into the evo-creo controversy, there is a new controversy to be found there. Hilarious.
(HT: Pharyngula)

Circus Of The Spineless, 27th

COTS #27 is up at The Hawk Owl’s Nest. Don’t forget to take the tour!
Le Carnaval des invertébrés n°27 est paru aujourd’hui, ne manquez pas d’y faire un tour!

French Kissing

Strange Maps has a post on the cartographic mapping of (greeting) kissing rules in France. Note that’s a very welcome tool for the next social round. Indeed, mismatches are occasional, even between French people.
As far as I can tell, the “one kiss” rule is ‘offending’. You can manage easily the “three kisses” rule whenever the mismatch occurs, [...]