tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post8533900820531689875..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: True North and Week 51: Using Maps as Spatial "To Do Lists" Word Womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comBlogger65125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-13453047944035647312014-09-22T08:51:24.279-06:002014-09-22T08:51:24.279-06:00TO DO LISTS are EVIL!<a href="http://m.theweek.com/article/index/266737/how-to-be-the-most-productive-person-in-your-office-mdash-and-still-get-home-by-530-pm" rel="nofollow">TO DO LISTS are EVIL!</a>Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-40208089599578510182014-09-20T18:05:47.648-06:002014-09-20T18:05:47.648-06:00;-)
Here is a primer on pronouncing the adjectiva...;-)<br /><br />Here is a primer on pronouncing the adjectival form of this untranslatable Dutch delight, gezellig:<br /><br /><a href="http://youtu.be/vV6sMd5FM6g" rel="nofollow">Gezellig</a>Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-58715398018643500092014-09-20T17:46:34.289-06:002014-09-20T17:46:34.289-06:00Nope. But I'm still suffering from schadenfre...Nope. But I'm still suffering from schadenfreude over my machatunim's fahrvergnügen....janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-77047991171300557672014-09-20T16:35:14.915-06:002014-09-20T16:35:14.915-06:00Thanks to my friend, Curt, for introducing me to g...Thanks to my friend, Curt, for introducing me to <b>gezelligheid. </b><br /><br />We PEOTSers know a great word when we see it. . .Have you heard it?<br /><br /><br /><br />Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-39313211092085299782014-09-20T14:33:57.426-06:002014-09-20T14:33:57.426-06:00That's gezelligheid, all right. You know you l...That's gezelligheid, all right. You know you like it but you can't grasp the scale or anything else about it. You just know. . .Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-53562290276878290032014-09-20T13:46:08.118-06:002014-09-20T13:46:08.118-06:00What an interesting word! I still can't gras...What an interesting word! I still can't grasp the scale of the picture. At first, I thought it was an oscilloscope tracing.janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-79303745980989136362014-09-20T13:40:34.520-06:002014-09-20T13:40:34.520-06:00Gezelligheid, my interpretation: twinkly blue fair...Gezelligheid, my interpretation: twinkly blue fairy lights and fresh flowers from my garden. Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-50241115415119602942014-09-20T13:07:30.795-06:002014-09-20T13:07:30.795-06:00Next question: what's your new thumbnail imag...Next question: what's your new thumbnail image?janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-85846011166302226482014-09-20T12:58:05.506-06:002014-09-20T12:58:05.506-06:00I cannot complete your sentence, jan, but your poi...I cannot complete your sentence, jan, but your point is valid. Based on the 1909 results, I would not hang around Clepsydra Geyser for a long time in Yellowstone, just to be on the safe side. I see no record of "Model Geyser" the other geyser with high data, but I'd avoid that too (or maybe the National Park Service has removed that geyser from one of the boardwalk tours).<br /><br />Hmmm, come to think of it, Clepsydra (Greek for Water Clock) IS a bit off the beaten path . . .<br /><br />Clepsydra erupted every 3 minutes until the 1959 Hebgen Earthquake. . <br /><br />I'm still going to go there again! Soon!Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-2562494914668046712014-09-20T11:12:12.429-06:002014-09-20T11:12:12.429-06:00Here's a question for you, Steph, that the ran...Here's a question for you, Steph, that the rangers at Yellowstone were unable to answer:<br /><br />We all know that the energy for all that geothermal activity ultimately comes from the decay of radioactive elements deep (or not so deep) within the earth. Plumes of molten rock rise up to the water table, and result in all that wonderful <i>sturm und drang</i> on the surface. My question is: are the geysers, hot springs and fumaroles <i>hot</i> in the radioactive sense as well, and if so, how much? I got an "I don't think so" from the rangers I asked, and I figure all us tourists wouldn't be allowed around anything <i>too</i> dangerous, but inquiring minds want to know.<br /><br />I found <a href="http://pubs.usgs.gov/bul/0395/report.pdf" rel="nofollow">one paper from 1909 (!)</a>, (6 years after the Curies' Nobel Prize!), but they used ancient equipment and reports results in units I don't have a feel for. So, complete the following sentence, if you will:<br /><br /><b>Standing next to, say, Imperial Geyser, inhaling that sulfurous steam for an hour is equivalent to having [blank] chest x-rays?</b><br /><br />(As my father-in-law's sketchy cardiologist said, granting dispensation for the occasional cigar, "it keeps your lungs warm".)janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-52044439117449289952014-09-20T08:14:04.061-06:002014-09-20T08:14:04.061-06:00One more to properly go with breakfast:
Now I und...One more to properly go with breakfast:<br /><br /><i>Now</i> I understand hash browns! (see new graphic above)Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-79304698775736522902014-09-20T07:45:03.430-06:002014-09-20T07:45:03.430-06:00Wow, Lego, those are some stellar ideas. I especia...Wow, Lego, those are some stellar ideas. I especially like the "here" suggestion. Thank you!<br /><br />You must be traveling on a super-Mercurial planet that has only 3 days a year :-).<br /><br />I am in the midst of my third time through "Basin and Range" by John McPhee. It is that good. And I see different things than when it was first published in 1981 and now that I've driven I-80 across almost all of Nevada. . .<br /><br />Gorgeous morning here. A day of gardening, farmer's marketing, and swimming outside awaits. . .Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-25932582479740027872014-09-19T23:41:02.164-06:002014-09-19T23:41:02.164-06:00Comment 53:
Stellar Steph,
A stellar idea, huh? H...Comment 53:<br />Stellar Steph,<br /><br />A stellar idea, huh? How about the geology of stars? (stellology?)<br /><br />Or, is there anything <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiftytwo_Ridge" rel="nofollow"> here </a>?<br /><br />Tellurium has 52 as its atomic #, but I don’t know if it’s interesting.<br /><br />Why did we divide the 3 days of our year by 7 to get 52 weeks? Why not divide by 6, 5, 8, 9, X? Surely it’s not based on Genesis, is it?<br /><br />Some kind of playing cards/probability theme? <br /><br />How about <a href="http://www.artium.com/_pages/theory-lii.html" rel="nofollow">LII</a> for PEOTS followers in Italy?<br /><br />I’m not exactly Mr. Geology, as readers here know, so I’m kind of out-of-my-element here. (My element used to be nickel [At.No.28] till I spent my last nickel. Now my element is copper [At.No.29] and I’m almost out. I understand that Einstein was so smart that he was never out of his element [At.No.99]) Hey, maybe something on “the geology of numismatics?”<br /><br />LegoCatch52Skidoo<br />legolambdahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18081014756741740081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-10291917312501133202014-09-19T21:25:12.573-06:002014-09-19T21:25:12.573-06:00Comment 52
Life goes on.Comment 52<br />Life goes on.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11114786604125384958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-64826204781765125702014-09-19T21:14:19.047-06:002014-09-19T21:14:19.047-06:00Comment 51, week 51, area 51. . .
C'mon, you ...Comment 51, week 51, area 51. . .<br /><br />C'mon, you must have a stellar idea for week 52?!Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-62213505252255263192014-09-19T20:10:16.766-06:002014-09-19T20:10:16.766-06:00I am intrigued with words that are "untransla...I am intrigued with words that are "untranslatable" like <a href="http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gezelligheid" rel="nofollow">GEZELLIGHEID</a> from the heart of Dutch culture. . .Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-7902120714406175242014-09-19T20:03:28.278-06:002014-09-19T20:03:28.278-06:00Geomidpoint. Huh. May need to sit with that awhile...Geomidpoint. Huh. May need to sit with that awhile (with my violet or indigo chakra?).<br /><br />My cousin lives in Maplewood.Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-13130032715157217372014-09-19T19:59:58.847-06:002014-09-19T19:59:58.847-06:00Nor I. I am happy the 7 colors associated with cha...Nor I. I am happy the 7 colors associated with chakras are in ROY G BIV order; my scientific mind wants red to be on top and violet on the bottom, though. . .Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-45829899094681320682014-09-19T19:53:15.524-06:002014-09-19T19:53:15.524-06:00Well, we have none here, right? ;-)Well, we have none here, right? ;-)Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-41160952830976982322014-09-19T19:26:51.031-06:002014-09-19T19:26:51.031-06:00Just had dinner with friends from Jersey City, NJ,...Just had dinner with friends from Jersey City, NJ, in Maplewood, which turned out to be closer to halfway between them and us (in Madison) than I would've guessed. Can't figure out what you'd use the bearing and distance calculator for, given that you input the bearing and distance from a starting point, and it tells you what's there. There are other calculators around that, given a starting and end point, tell you the bearing and distance, which is useful, say, for ham radio operators wanting to point their directional antennas. The random point generator was mildly amusing. I generated 100 random points, and none of them turned up in the United States. Perversely, it reminded me of a nasty old Cold War rule of thumb, that German villages are located, on average, about 10 kilotons apart.janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-76926518695933520162014-09-19T19:00:22.991-06:002014-09-19T19:00:22.991-06:00yeah.yeah.janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-84352923888753384162014-09-19T18:59:00.323-06:002014-09-19T18:59:00.323-06:00Just throwin' this out
http://www.geomidpoint...Just throwin' this out<br /><br />http://www.geomidpoint.com/<br /><br />it was fun for me.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11114786604125384958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-8771296068735452292014-09-19T18:30:49.088-06:002014-09-19T18:30:49.088-06:00So now I'm thinking of chakras. Something els...So now I'm thinking of chakras. Something else I've never understood.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11114786604125384958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-13424858639218318962014-09-19T18:23:54.375-06:002014-09-19T18:23:54.375-06:00My son visited the kindergartners today. He told t...My son visited the kindergartners today. He told them all about his travels from Providence to Australia to New Zealand, to Philadelphia. When he told them he was headed north to the cold climes (sorry, Lego) of Canada they suggested he bring a jacket. . .and a scarf!Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-1162865019426056782014-09-19T18:20:51.558-06:002014-09-19T18:20:51.558-06:00The taste?The taste?Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.com