We get mail: what's with the puppet?

The puppet (below) was the idea (and dare I say creation?) of biologist blogger Miss Prism, who ran a blog and buy sale in aid for Beagle Project build funds. This caught the attention of PZ at Pharyngula, and the rush of bids resulted in Charles being relocated to the home of an Humblewoodcutter in Canada. Humble is an evolved homeschooler, and she recently got in touch to say that Charles Darwin now occupies pride of place in her house, where a recent visitor saw him and asked: 'Is that God?'
In her own words: 'Cue thigh slapping laughter.'

The red noticeboard (Darwin's first evolutionary scribbling were in a red notebook, also the title of the Friends of Charles Darwin weblog) was photoshopped onto MissPrism's original pic by me, and her guest post by Charles Robert Darwin is well worth a click. If anyone else has any great ideas for Beagle fundraising, let us know. (T-shirts are underway.)