Comments on: I’m a top science blogger!

By: Stephen Uitti

Stephen Uitti — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 21:25:23 +0000

A disbarred galaxy is still a galaxy. Was John Glenn a retired astronaut until his shuttle mission? The NASA definition had something to do with 100 km altitude. I don’t recall that it had to be recently.

By: Irishman

Irishman — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 18:11:55 +0000

Guess it depends on the denomination:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defrocking

By: A Blog Around The Clock

A Blog Around The Clock — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 03:01:45 +0000

Nature on Science Blogs…

Journal Nature has published a short article about science blogging. You do not need a subscription to read it – you can find it here. In it, they highlight Top 5 science blogs according to Technorati rankings. Those five are,……

By: jess tauber

jess tauber — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 19:29:04 +0000

Hey, its not the end of the world or anything (well actually it is- I saw your bit on the show about that topic the other day when it was repeated. Nice surprise!).

Jess Tauber

By: Delance

Delance — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 16:37:33 +0000

Yeah, but an excommunicated priest is still a priest. It can’t be revoked.

By: Irishman

Irishman — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 16:02:14 +0000

A defrocked priest is still a priest? I thought that was the whole point of defrocking – the church saying “We don’t accept you no more.”

Well then, excommunicate the b-tard and then he can’t even go to church.

By: Delance

Delance — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 05:18:47 +0000

True, but a defrocked priest is still a priest, unlike a disbarred lawyer.

By: Irishman

Irishman — Sun, 09 Jul 2006 22:40:29 +0000

But priests can be defrocked!

By: Delance

Delance — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 21:35:08 +0000

coturnix,

Just like a priest, eh? Cant’ get disbarred.

Slightly OT:

Big Bang Hoax
http://www.positiveatheism.org/writ/huascar.htm

Are those proportions right?
http://www.rense.com/general72/size.htm

By: Kim

Kim — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 21:11:31 +0000

There’s a well-known saying that the best way to ruin a hobby you love is to get paid to do it. So I’m all for amateur astronomy. Besides, if I’m not mistaken, most professional astronomers don’t actually get out and look at the stars through a telescope much.

By: The Bad Astronomer

The Bad Astronomer — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 19:03:27 +0000

coturnix, thanks for letting me know. I fixed it. I need to go through it and make sure all the links are current!

By: coturnix

coturnix — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 17:46:51 +0000

OH, BTW, your blogroll still points to my old site…

By: coturnix

coturnix — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 17:45:33 +0000

Once a scientist, always a scientist. They cannot take that away from you. They can disbar a lawyer, fire a teacher, or revoke a physician’s licence, but how do you turn a scientist into a non-scientist? Who says that all a scientist can do is research?

By: icemith

icemith — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 15:57:50 +0000

Write; Writer; Writest!

Congratulations.

Ivan.

By: Gp

Gp — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 15:15:34 +0000

We…the rest of the world…congratulate you!!! May you bust more bad astronomy in the years to come…You are a science writer…which i suppose should be the same as a writer who knows science and not a scientist who write’s?

By: Gary Ansorge

Gary Ansorge — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 14:23:18 +0000

Hmmm, sun on rock,,,good for endothermic critter,,,
Unfortunately, mammels are exothermic so hot rocks are just HOT!HOT!HOT!

However, your site is too!!! It’s also Cool! Does that sound like a contradiction?
Such be the vagaries of language.

People passionate about what they do, be they amatuer or professional, are just fun to know. Maybe some day your name will be as ubiquitous in the media as CArl Sagans. Then you can start some really hot discussions about reason vs magic, etc. Might even get the entire US population arguing about it.

Go fer it,,,

GAry 7

By: RAD

RAD — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 13:14:36 +0000

It comes as no surprise to me as this is one of my favorite sites. So much to learn and so little time.

By: Berlie

Berlie — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 12:36:06 +0000

Congratulations BA. Couldn’t go to a more deserving person (and blog).

Also, being a writer who has first hand experience isn’t a bad thing. Anyone who not only has the experience, but also the ability to explain what they learned is very talented. I’ve been working in my career for 15 years (Wow… It doesn’t seem that long), and it’d be very difficult for me to explain what I do. So, consider yourself lucky to be talented in both fields.

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 12:20:28 +0000

# 2 in the program, #1 in our hearts

By: Delance

Delance — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 11:33:13 +0000

Getting paid to do what you like is quite a blessing. There you go.

By: idlemind

idlemind — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 11:11:39 +0000

Congrats! I note that they call you an “astronomer” and not a “writer” in the actual citation, so perhaps your reptilian brain should be assuaged.

By: The Bad Astronomer

The Bad Astronomer — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 06:27:20 +0000

JSto! Cool. But you mistyped your initials, I think.

By: JM

JM — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 05:41:04 +0000

Hey, congrats! Nicely done.

By: Bad Albert

Bad Albert — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 02:25:31 +0000

Hey BA, congratulations! And thanks for pointing us toward 4 blogs that are better than this one! Just kidding actually. I’m sure next time they’ll realize their mistake and make you number 1. I will have to check out those other blogs though. They must be good.

By: Evolving Squid

Evolving Squid — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 23:07:52 +0000

Woot! go you!