Comments on: Thanks

By: Melusine

Melusine — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 03:22:19 +0000

Swiped from Cosmic Variance – poem of the day:

http://cosmicvariance.com/2006/11/23/thanksgiving/#comment-142341
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By: Blake Stacey

Blake Stacey — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 01:17:56 +0000

I just finished a plate of finest Thanksgiving fare, a big portion of which was a juicy section of turducken. Ooh my. Let’s say I am learning a whole new meaning of “gravitational collapse”. If I implode all the way to a gravitational singularity, just know I was thankful for the BA, the BABlog and all those who make this corner of the Blogotubes their regular haunt.

Off to lay down and see if I exit this world as a neutron star. . . ooh. . . .

By: Irishman

Irishman — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 21:00:16 +0000

Thanks, Phil, for a nice post about the holiday from a non-religious perspective. And thank you for being a beacon of reasoning, science, clear thinking, and hope. I enjoy your blog for the ideas and information you bring me, and the entertaining and fun way in which you share it.

And thank you to my fellow BABloggers for the continuing exchange of ideas, for the efforts to keep the conversation civil in the midst of strong disagreements, and for your patience when I get a little verbose.

By: Gary Ansorge

Gary Ansorge — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 17:19:41 +0000

Your Blog is one of the first things I read as I start my day, though you can probably tell by my comments it sometimes is accessed before I’ve finished my first cup of java.

Thanks for your dedication Phil. I really appreciate being reminded there are other rational people in this world. Gives me hope for the species,,,

GAry 7

By: Will M.

Will M. — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 16:50:12 +0000

My thanks to you as well, BA, and happy holidays to you and your family. The nation’s second-favorite holiday (it seems that Halloween may be first?) really did start out with the Pilgrim’s (NOT Puritans) being helped through their first nearly killing winter by the folks who greeted them as they set up camp: the local native peoples. That is the essence of this holiday; all the rest has 250 years of embellishment, but the core story is one of helping fellow humans who need help.
I guess that isn’t a passe attitude even for the most cynical among us to admire and perhaps a behavior to emulate once in a while…

By: Space Cadet

Space Cadet — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 16:29:06 +0000

I heard on yesterday’s news that doctors had surgically repaired a newborn who was born with his heart sticking out of his chest. The kid’ll never play football, but he should be ok. This wasn’t done by some psychic surgeon with drapes, mist, and funny lights. It was done by physicians who studied practices based on evidence and experience; the kinds of values we BA Bloggers appreciate. That we live in a world where this is possible is something that we can all say, to whoever you want to say it to, thanks.

By: KingNor

KingNor — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 15:25:13 +0000

you’re welcome man, we gotch’ya back.

(thanks too )

By: Laguna2

Laguna2 — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 07:06:49 +0000

I get an error message when I try to wath the video.
“Sorry but we were unable to load the video you requestet,
please try back some other time”

By: Blondin

Blondin — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 04:44:43 +0000

That zefrank never blinks. I think his eyelids are fused open.

By: jokermage

jokermage — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 03:18:07 +0000

I didn’t know you were a zefrank fan too!

And thanks for all your hard work in defending science.

By: James

James — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 02:31:49 +0000

Eh, you just like The Show for the “Dirty Space News”.

Thanks for all the Bad Astronomy — and the various podcast interviews! They’re inevitably worthwhile listening.

By: Spocko

Spocko — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 01:58:31 +0000

Thanks be to you Phil!

By: Melusine

Melusine — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 23:19:48 +0000

That’s a nice message to listen to before heading off from work. Thank you and your friends’ blogs on the sidebar for keeping us informed, intellectually stimulated and entertained. Too, for the friends on BAUT.

(And I’m not brown-nosing this time.)

Happy Thanksgiving, all!