tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post7544658551194388991..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: Popeye's Spinach Was Never Like This: The Superfood Is Also An Explosives Detector!Word Womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-47585519094465001052016-11-10T10:36:42.480-07:002016-11-10T10:36:42.480-07:00Thanks, Paul. I needed that. Cracked nut collectin...Thanks, Paul. I needed that. Cracked nut collecting now. . .Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-50414858027468178582016-11-10T10:32:51.477-07:002016-11-10T10:32:51.477-07:00New post on "Giant Sloth Coprolite From Nevad...New post on "Giant Sloth Coprolite From Nevada: This Poop is Fair to Midden" is now up. Excrementally Fun! Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-61108213464919363112016-11-08T13:13:43.306-07:002016-11-08T13:13:43.306-07:00Birdbrain<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGPGknpq3e0" rel="nofollow">Birdbrain</a>Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11114786604125384958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-14731833485833410822016-11-06T16:40:52.795-07:002016-11-06T16:40:52.795-07:00Hmm, a crater 2.6 km across doesn't seem that ...Hmm, a crater 2.6 km across doesn't seem that large to me. To you?Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-49378437181398311872016-11-06T14:46:58.976-07:002016-11-06T14:46:58.976-07:00I'm surprised that you need a helicopter to st...<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2016/11/06/us/ap-us-yellowstone-beneath-the-surface.html" rel="nofollow">I'm surprised that you need a helicopter to study water flow under Yellowstone.</a>janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-24042296239767198402016-11-03T18:25:56.630-06:002016-11-03T18:25:56.630-06:00Party pooperParty pooperWord Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-68657281489169842722016-11-03T18:18:04.263-06:002016-11-03T18:18:04.263-06:00If my vegetables want to get frisky when the refri...If my vegetables want to get frisky when the refrigerator door is closed, that's their business. But I'm not getting involved.janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-37775142761322395222016-11-03T16:35:16.143-06:002016-11-03T16:35:16.143-06:00Have you tried massaging fresh kale with avocado? ...Have you tried massaging fresh kale with avocado? It makes it much more tender and palatable. . .and it's fun to do.Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-80206536293199687972016-11-03T15:45:55.642-06:002016-11-03T15:45:55.642-06:00Same idea.<a href="http://imgc-cn.artprintimages.com/images/P-473-488-90/97/9772/CCPZ500Z/posters/roz-chast-i-can-t-believe-i-ate-all-that-kale-for-nothing-new-yorker-cartoon.jpg" rel="nofollow">Same idea</a>.janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-61006041756323984632016-11-03T13:27:35.100-06:002016-11-03T13:27:35.100-06:00You'd have to ask them.You'd have to ask them.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11114786604125384958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-35659798685703839672016-11-03T12:11:12.879-06:002016-11-03T12:11:12.879-06:00Were you even a twinkle in your parents' eyes ...Were you even a twinkle in your parents' eyes then?Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-30593329525333915862016-11-03T10:38:25.683-06:002016-11-03T10:38:25.683-06:00I missed the January 26, 1948 one. What was I doi...I missed the January 26, 1948 one. What was I doing that night?Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11114786604125384958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-79419497110296852932016-11-03T09:22:33.955-06:002016-11-03T09:22:33.955-06:00Looking forward to November 14 and some moon illus...Looking forward to November 14 and some <a href="http://www.sciencealert.com/we-re-about-to-see-a-record-breaking-supermoon-the-biggest-and-brightest-in-nearly-70-years" rel="nofollow">moon illusions </a>.Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-70364843804825573322016-11-03T08:47:38.983-06:002016-11-03T08:47:38.983-06:00"Life, after all, is about organization, func..."Life, after all, is about organization, function, and accurate reproduction." <br /><br />Ah, that's what it's all about, Paul. Thanks for the post!Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-53784705897821551562016-11-03T08:45:50.152-06:002016-11-03T08:45:50.152-06:00Since you brought up baseball, Lego, what a game l...Since you brought up baseball, Lego, what a game last night!Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-71929791796723550522016-11-03T02:17:50.582-06:002016-11-03T02:17:50.582-06:00The bomblebees with defective sniffers (proboscide...The bomblebees with defective sniffers (proboscides) are called bunglebees.<br /><br />LegoAdmitsTheHoustonAstrosHad<a href="https://www.reference.com/sports-active-lifestyle/killer-bees-houston-astros-cc108762391b6a44" rel="nofollow">TheKillerBees</a>ButTheTwinsHad<a href="https://coffeyvillewhirlwind.wordpress.com/2007/07/05/the-ballad-of-bombo-rivera/" rel="nofollow">Bombo</a>!legolambdahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18081014756741740081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-71027669122478379842016-11-02T23:02:30.119-06:002016-11-02T23:02:30.119-06:00And Oz never did give nothing to the tin man that ...<a href="http://archive.seti.org/news/features/bricks-of-life.php" rel="nofollow">And Oz never did give nothing to the tin man that he didn't already have.</a>Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11114786604125384958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-14059742842300922162016-11-02T21:47:17.466-06:002016-11-02T21:47:17.466-06:00Indeed, Paul. Those Star Trek props were pretty st...Indeed, Paul. Those Star Trek props were pretty strange-looking, eh?Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-25551349239496340272016-11-02T21:27:59.614-06:002016-11-02T21:27:59.614-06:00Silicon is an important nutrient.
Of course, some ...<a href="http://www.lifeextension.com/magazine/2003/4/report_silicon/Page-01" rel="nofollow">Silicon is an important nutrient.</a><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enU_AHC9l04#t=15.177705" rel="nofollow">Of course, some of us require more of it than others.</a>Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11114786604125384958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-41950557661518135222016-11-02T20:51:03.952-06:002016-11-02T20:51:03.952-06:00It adds a new meaning to "friable!"It adds a new meaning to "friable!"Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-88970498326712798532016-11-02T20:42:25.984-06:002016-11-02T20:42:25.984-06:00Not to mention all the sand that invariably accomp...Not to mention all the sand that invariably accompanies it onto your plate. Oh, but you're a geologist; you like sand, too.janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-86525090803804875892016-11-02T18:00:04.409-06:002016-11-02T18:00:04.409-06:00BOMBLEbees! Darn autocorrect!BOMBLEbees! Darn autocorrect!Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-10589388974099300572016-11-02T17:57:47.007-06:002016-11-02T17:57:47.007-06:00All that yummy iron, fiber, and folate exploding o...All that yummy iron, fiber, and folate exploding on your taste buds, eh?!Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-44456736415279428532016-11-02T17:52:44.605-06:002016-11-02T17:52:44.605-06:00Bumblebees is great word play, Paul. Thanks for th...Bumblebees is great word play, Paul. Thanks for the video. The bees didn't look especially happy in those harnesses but I suppose we don't know all about The Secret Life of Bees.<br /><br />But, thanks to your second link, we have seen The Secret Life of Plants with Stevie Wonder. Enjoyed Stevie in the woods, lilly pads, but especially, in the sunflowers.<br /><br />Raspberries?Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-87361781661311396492016-11-02T16:13:11.891-06:002016-11-02T16:13:11.891-06:00I knew that spinach had to be good for something!I <i>knew</i> that spinach had to be good for <i>something</i>!janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.com