tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post896980965662882127..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: Trilobite Bottoms: Molting, Molting, MoltingWord Womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-88279389760781420292015-06-17T13:02:22.509-06:002015-06-17T13:02:22.509-06:00New post on ferrofluids is now up. Liquids--what e...New post on ferrofluids is now up. Liquids--what else?! Enjoy!Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-53931314090432704092015-06-17T06:33:15.010-06:002015-06-17T06:33:15.010-06:00Me, too. Our neighbor to the south is sharing the ...Me, too. Our neighbor to the south is sharing the water overflow. We Coloradans are just not used to all this rain. It was the wettest May in recorded history in Denver.Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-76024570292768393182015-06-17T06:16:12.755-06:002015-06-17T06:16:12.755-06:00So that's where all the water has been going! ...So <i>that's</i> where all the water has been going! Sorry to hear it. janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-10957252035411452132015-06-17T05:56:29.550-06:002015-06-17T05:56:29.550-06:00Today is not a good day to ask this question as I ...Today is not a good day to ask this question as I am dealing with basement flood due to our recent rains, ruined carpet, etc. There is plenty of water here! Will give it some thought and respond more later. <br /><br />Also, PEOTS may well be taking the week off; we'll see how it goes.Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-75393337138960596462015-06-16T19:56:04.554-06:002015-06-16T19:56:04.554-06:00Steph, how about a more expert opinion on this? I...Steph, how about a more expert opinion on this? I expect to see more alarmist headlines in the popular press, like <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2015/06/16/new-nasa-studies-show-how-the-world-is-running-out-of-water/" rel="nofollow">"New NASA data show how the world is running out of water"</a>, than in academic journals, like <a href="http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2015WR017349/abstract" rel="nofollow">"Quantifying renewable groundwater stress with GRACE"</a>. But, how good is the science behind this study? I.e., how well can the state of the world's aquifers be inferred by gravimetric readings like this? Don't other things -- I don't know, oil or magma plumes, maybe -- affect the density that these satellites measure? Or is this gloom really appropriate?janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-9023965862952722022015-06-12T19:54:14.816-06:002015-06-12T19:54:14.816-06:00Hmmmm, reposting > 12 hours later. Weird.Hmmmm, reposting > 12 hours later. Weird.Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-46398518403654190392015-06-12T19:51:21.659-06:002015-06-12T19:51:21.659-06:00jan,
I had not seen that cartoon before. It is ex...jan,<br /><br />I had not seen that cartoon before. It is excellent! Thank you for posting it. A well-equipped playground is indeed much like an outdoor physics lab.<br /><br />LegomentumLimnertia<br />legolambdahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18081014756741740081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-84225498450600938372015-06-12T12:20:37.360-06:002015-06-12T12:20:37.360-06:00Do you recommend they see a Trachea Dr ? ;-)Do you recommend they see a Trachea Dr ? ;-)Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-49380188002974165892015-06-12T12:17:31.202-06:002015-06-12T12:17:31.202-06:00Other way around: the common name is for its nati...Other way around: the common name is for its native location; the scientific name is just a translation.<br /><br />I sometimes tell my patients that they tell me what's wrong with them and I translate it into Latin. E.g., they say they have a sore throat, I say, you have pharyngitis.janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-44462293561476668532015-06-12T12:09:18.063-06:002015-06-12T12:09:18.063-06:00Virginia Creeper spreads like bamboo here, jan. In...Virginia Creeper spreads like bamboo here, jan. Interesting about the parthenos root (ha!) for "Virgin Ivy." Hence, the Virginia, I suppose. . .Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-63452874952584330692015-06-12T11:19:37.537-06:002015-06-12T11:19:37.537-06:00;-)
My corn tassels lean left also.;-)<br /><br />My corn tassels lean left also.Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-45773712734369321072015-06-12T10:38:51.235-06:002015-06-12T10:38:51.235-06:00You can tell they're graduated cylinders becau...You can tell they're graduated cylinders because the tassels are on the left.janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-56028365631827449212015-06-12T10:37:33.113-06:002015-06-12T10:37:33.113-06:00Not sure whether I have VC or not. I certainly ha...Not sure whether I have VC or not. I certainly have PI. But my main botanical foe is my neighbor's bamboo, which is always threatening to take over my yard. There's really no stopping that stuff, just continually cutting it back. It can grow a half foot a day or more.<br /><br />The scientific name of Virginia Creeper is <i>Parthenocissus quinquefolia</i>, or five-leaved virgin ivy. I had never considered that <i>parthenos</i> root before. It seems unclear why the Parthenon in Athens was so named, probably having to do with a group of young girls chosen to serve Athena. I knew about some organisms that usually reproduce sexually but are capable of parthenogenesis, where embryos develop without fertilization, but I never considered the etymology.janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-5334456875404516542015-06-12T10:24:03.919-06:002015-06-12T10:24:03.919-06:00Jan, Lego, and all PEOTSers: The physics cartoon r...Jan, Lego, and all PEOTSers: The physics cartoon reminded me of this newly posted chemistry cartoon ^^^^^.Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-62517705605458717932015-06-12T08:40:27.654-06:002015-06-12T08:40:27.654-06:00Clever bottoms comment over at Blaine's, jan!
...Clever bottoms comment over at Blaine's, jan!<br /><br />Internet and phone service rocks.<br /><br />The CenturyLink guy was hesitant to go in our yard and asked for a plastic bag to cover the "poison ivy."<br />.<br />"Show me, please." <br /><br />Five leaves are Virginia Creeper (which I have) and poison ivy has three leaves (which I do not). He thanked me for "Leaves of three, beware of me!" He said it would help in his career at CL.<br /><br />Do you have Virginia Creeper where you are PEOTSers? A little web search showed VC does often grow with poison ivy. . .but not here too often.<br /><br />And, with Vincent Musetto's passing, there must be a "Virginia Creeper" headline about a botanist stalker from Richmond somewhere. . .(or it's ready for that happenstance!).<br /><br />Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-27308722496654091312015-06-12T06:34:57.517-06:002015-06-12T06:34:57.517-06:00jan,
I had not seen that cartoon before. It is ex...jan,<br /><br />I had not seen that cartoon before. It is excellent! Thank you for posting it. A well-equipped playground is indeed much like an outdoor physics lab.<br /><br />LegomentumLimnertia<br />legolambdahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18081014756741740081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-47664149258476622062015-06-11T15:39:02.728-06:002015-06-11T15:39:02.728-06:00And that's Centurdy, btw ;-)And that's Centurdy, btw ;-)Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-81133384389919360822015-06-11T15:38:03.132-06:002015-06-11T15:38:03.132-06:00An oldie, but goodie, jan.
Verizon, CenturtyLink,...An oldie, but goodie, jan.<br /><br />Verizon, CenturtyLink, and Blogger all on the fritz today. . .and I don't mean Mondale. <br /><br />We'll see if this post posts.Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-22261405884163727322015-06-11T15:14:17.553-06:002015-06-11T15:14:17.553-06:00Not sure if this has been posted here before. Why...Not sure if this has been posted here before. <a href="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/e2/67/c4/e267c485975220cf697bc94635da69f6.jpg" rel="nofollow">Why science teachers should not be given playground duty.</a>janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-2708632031269520482015-06-11T09:34:02.925-06:002015-06-11T09:34:02.925-06:00And asparagus tips are the opposite, Lego?And asparagus tips are the opposite, Lego?Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-29446024621954705202015-06-11T09:22:13.636-06:002015-06-11T09:22:13.636-06:00Okay, I'm just trying to keep up here, but let...Okay, I'm just trying to keep up here, but let me get this straight. Am I to understand that artichoke bottoms are callipygian?<br /><br />LegoTooOftenTheButtOfTheJokelegolambdahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18081014756741740081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-78406365495552851272015-06-11T08:38:45.848-06:002015-06-11T08:38:45.848-06:00Pynkmalion?Pynkmalion?Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-62100843937978797402015-06-11T08:30:23.773-06:002015-06-11T08:30:23.773-06:00That's a pyg of a different color.That's a pyg of a different color.janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-29302011094750998842015-06-11T08:19:13.666-06:002015-06-11T08:19:13.666-06:00Pygmalion--now there's an artist! ;-)Pygmalion--now there's an artist! ;-)Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-38050552600571752602015-06-11T07:41:40.130-06:002015-06-11T07:41:40.130-06:00I was referring to photographers.I was referring to photographers.janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.com