tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post600241553729451563..comments2024-02-07T22:52:15.919-07:00Comments on Partial Ellipsis of the Sun: A Blog for Scientists who like Words and Writers who like Science: Fluoride and Fluorite: First Change since 1962: Decreased Levels of Recommended Fluoride in Drinking Water by the United StatesWord Womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-50015811881489023182015-05-05T19:52:34.168-06:002015-05-05T19:52:34.168-06:00Latest post on "Century-Old Cat Tongue: Papil...Latest post on "Century-Old Cat Tongue: Papillae-On" is up.Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-11522844344630058442015-05-04T09:53:36.499-06:002015-05-04T09:53:36.499-06:00May the fourth be with you!
⸮;-)<a href="http://www.starwars.com/video/a-star-wars-day-message-from-nasa" rel="nofollow">May the fourth be with you</a>! <br /> <br />⸮;-)Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-804114110862523542015-05-03T19:26:54.945-06:002015-05-03T19:26:54.945-06:00 ¿Irony in Spain⸮ ¿Irony in Spain⸮ Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-33397406570143597372015-05-03T19:18:54.093-06:002015-05-03T19:18:54.093-06:00Just practicing ¡
OK¿Just practicing ¡<br />OK¿Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11114786604125384958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-87666708291935350152015-05-03T07:55:40.804-06:002015-05-03T07:55:40.804-06:00Have you seen this?
" irony punctuation ...Have you seen this?<br /><br />" irony punctuation ⸮ "<br /><br />We may need to stock up on those ⸮ . . .!Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-89338620956912004502015-05-02T15:11:52.636-06:002015-05-02T15:11:52.636-06:00Yeah, I give it the thumb's up.Yeah, I give it the thumb's up.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11114786604125384958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-36575551668061615442015-05-02T15:03:28.571-06:002015-05-02T15:03:28.571-06:00You are liking that interrobang lately, Paul. . .You are liking that interrobang lately, Paul. . .Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-40396221254671289142015-05-02T14:31:27.633-06:002015-05-02T14:31:27.633-06:00So they were the 'real' pilgrims ‽
If I d...So they were the 'real' pilgrims ‽<br /><br />If I don't use it, I lose it.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11114786604125384958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-9627226305645495812015-05-02T13:38:25.007-06:002015-05-02T13:38:25.007-06:00{smirk}{smirk}Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-91348065921843669852015-05-02T12:07:00.801-06:002015-05-02T12:07:00.801-06:00Venus<a href="http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/venus.png" rel="nofollow">Venus</a>janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-57139771719796678352015-05-02T09:17:02.154-06:002015-05-02T09:17:02.154-06:00Bat-Winged Dinosaur Fossil<a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/bat-winged-dinosaur-discovery-poses-flight-puzzle1/" rel="nofollow">Bat-Winged Dinosaur Fossil</a>Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-90252506274277776892015-04-30T19:58:58.422-06:002015-04-30T19:58:58.422-06:00I believe fluoride is tasteless, just like black v...I believe fluoride is tasteless, just like black velvet Elvis, Lego.<br /><br />So, guesstimating from the images you linked to, maybe 10-12 feet high for Chippewa Falls?Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-506026363954458942015-04-30T19:52:02.413-06:002015-04-30T19:52:02.413-06:00On second, more lucid thought, perhaps it was chlo...On second, more lucid thought, perhaps it was chlorine, not fluoride, in the neighboring cities’ water supply. Is fluoride tastless? Like a poker-playing-pups painting or velvet Elvis wall hanging?<br /><br />The real “Falls” of Chippewa is on the Chippewa River, below the Northern States Power damn near downtown. But there is also a more scenic falls below the Glen Loch dam in our wonderful Irvine Park. Duncan Creek runs through the park, and flowed across the street from my boyhood home. Above the Glen Loch dam was (still is?) a damn fine swimming hole/haunt for teens. Here are some <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=chippewa+falls+dam+pictures&rlz=1C1RNLH_enUS551US587&es_sm=122&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=t8xCVZTcLs-3oQSTl4H4Ag&ved=0CDMQ7Ak&biw=1366&bih=667" rel="nofollow">photos </a>.<br /><br />LegoFallsGuy<br />legolambdahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18081014756741740081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-55175185326139821932015-04-30T17:24:23.279-06:002015-04-30T17:24:23.279-06:00Lego, how high are the falls in Chippewa Falls?Lego, how high are the falls in Chippewa Falls?Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-34116644391120288582015-04-30T17:24:06.364-06:002015-04-30T17:24:06.364-06:00Lego, how high are the falls in Chippewa Falls?Lego, how high are the falls in Chippewa Falls?Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-89031138381272385152015-04-30T17:23:46.734-06:002015-04-30T17:23:46.734-06:00Lego, how high are the falls in Chippewa Falls?Lego, how high are the falls in Chippewa Falls?Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-79844637058128054612015-04-30T17:19:54.533-06:002015-04-30T17:19:54.533-06:00Soft water tastes funny to me.
We drank the water...Soft water tastes funny to me.<br /><br />We drank the water in Sonora, Mexico, when I worked there--the first night. After being sicker than I have ever been, I stuck with bottled water for the rest of the six months.Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-21237520965601117072015-04-30T17:05:45.248-06:002015-04-30T17:05:45.248-06:00Funny, my in-laws used to have a house on Martha&#...Funny, my in-laws used to have a house on Martha's Vineyard with well water that left rust stains and tasted ironic, literally. For drinking water, we would fill plastic bottles from an always-running artesian well a half-mile away that supplied a fire-department connector and drained into Menemsha Pond. My sister-in-law would mimic bottled water ads, whispering, "From a single rusty pipe..."janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-2327495376369137152015-04-30T15:52:32.243-06:002015-04-30T15:52:32.243-06:00My hometown, Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, is known f...My hometown, Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, is known for its <a href="http://wisconsinhistoricalmarkers.blogspot.com/2014/09/chippewa-springs.html" rel="nofollow">pure water</a>. When I was a boy, the <a href="http://www.jaunted.com/story/2012/8/12/135749/764/travel/At+Wisconsin%27s+Pure+Water+Days%3A+So.+Much.+Free.+Beer." rel="nofollow">water</a> I drank elsewhere, even in nearby <em>Eau Claire</em>, ironically, tasted funny. I refused to drink all but Chippewa Falls tap water. I think I recall my elders telling me that other water tasted odd to me because other cities added fluoride to their <a href="http://www.weau.com/home/headlines/9105301.html" rel="nofollow">water</a> supply. I am not sure, however, if that was true.<br /><br />As I have aged, and taste buds and brain cells have died off, all taps water now tastes the same to me.<br /><br />LegoWaterSnob<br />legolambdahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18081014756741740081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-82217300050139400992015-04-30T15:12:00.427-06:002015-04-30T15:12:00.427-06:00Not as widespread as the Permian extinction but st...Not as widespread as the Permian extinction but still devastating.Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-50636603160609056692015-04-30T15:09:21.071-06:002015-04-30T15:09:21.071-06:00Fascinating. Well worth the time.Fascinating. Well worth the time.Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-681760544625964102015-04-30T14:41:50.072-06:002015-04-30T14:41:50.072-06:00We may not be facing The Sixth Extinction just yet...We may not be facing <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sixth_Extinction_%28book%29" rel="nofollow">The Sixth Extinction</a> just yet, but maybe the threat of <a href="http://www.sciencemag.org/content/348/6234/571.full" rel="nofollow">the extinction of a sixth of all species</a>.janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-3214427071325061522015-04-30T12:36:05.235-06:002015-04-30T12:36:05.235-06:00I wouldn't say that I'm anti-EmDrive. But...I wouldn't say that I'm anti-<a href="http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2015/04/evaluating-nasas-futuristic-em-drive/" rel="nofollow">EmDrive</a>. But without conservation of momentum, I'd say I don't think we're in Kansas anymore, Toto.janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-90226445873141701402015-04-30T12:04:21.604-06:002015-04-30T12:04:21.604-06:00I have admiration, envy, and loathing for people w...I have admiration, envy, and loathing for people with that much artistic talent and time on their hands.janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-67439858375048385052015-04-30T09:41:50.916-06:002015-04-30T09:41:50.916-06:00Well, since we were talking about kids' lunche...Well, since we were talking about kids' lunches check out <a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2015/04/29/401283301/these-parents-make-lovely-lunch-bag-art-not-everyone-is-pleased" rel="nofollow">Girl With a Pearl Earring Lunch Box Art</a>Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.com