Comments on: Vote for me. No bones about it. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/09/vote-for-me-no-bones-about-it/ I am an astronomer, writer, and skeptic. I likes reality the way it is, and I aims to keep it that way. My real name is Phil Plait, and I run the Bad Astronomy blog. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:58:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Stevo http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/09/vote-for-me-no-bones-about-it/comment-page-1/#comment-25128 Stevo Wed, 13 Dec 2006 04:03:48 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/09/vote-for-me-no-bones-about-it/#comment-25128 BA - Squid and octopi's blood is blue So does tehis make them 'Royal' - true? Democracy says vote BA For Monarchs well - tentacles away! Yes, Squid and Octopi really do have blue blood. Whether aristocractic families do or not is doubtful though and if tehydo then I suggest they seek medical help! ;-) Oh and yes, I voted BA again today ... But where do I get me one of them Squittens!? (Squid-Kittens) BA -

Squid and octopi’s blood is blue
So does tehis make them ‘Royal’ – true?
Democracy says vote BA
For Monarchs well – tentacles away!

Yes, Squid and Octopi really do have blue blood. Whether aristocractic families do or not is doubtful though and if tehydo then I suggest they seek medical help! ;-)

Oh and yes, I voted BA again today … But where do I get me one of them Squittens!? (Squid-Kittens)

]]> By: The Inoculated Mind : Who has my vote? http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/09/vote-for-me-no-bones-about-it/comment-page-1/#comment-25127 The Inoculated Mind : Who has my vote? Tue, 12 Dec 2006 23:35:30 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/09/vote-for-me-no-bones-about-it/#comment-25127 [...] But then, he started to insult squid. I like squid and cuttlefish. They are pretty, they are fascinating, and they are tasty. Let’s see what PZ has to say about this. Phil is still playing the speciesist card, and now he wants to invoke the so-called superiority of bony internal skeletons. There’s nothing wrong with a good hydrostatic skeleton, you know, it’s one of those useful innovations that allows a soft tissue to extend and become rigid. I’m sure Phil’s lovers have all wished he had one. (Perhaps that’s the source of the telescope fixation over there, a little rigid tube envy). [...] [...] But then, he started to insult squid. I like squid and cuttlefish. They are pretty, they are fascinating, and they are tasty. Let’s see what PZ has to say about this. Phil is still playing the speciesist card, and now he wants to invoke the so-called superiority of bony internal skeletons. There’s nothing wrong with a good hydrostatic skeleton, you know, it’s one of those useful innovations that allows a soft tissue to extend and become rigid. I’m sure Phil’s lovers have all wished he had one. (Perhaps that’s the source of the telescope fixation over there, a little rigid tube envy). [...]

]]> By: Tracy http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/09/vote-for-me-no-bones-about-it/comment-page-1/#comment-25126 Tracy Mon, 11 Dec 2006 01:40:13 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/09/vote-for-me-no-bones-about-it/#comment-25126 What about the Hemichordates? Don't they get any lovin' too? :p I voted for yas, np... *chuckles* What about the Hemichordates? Don’t they get any lovin’ too? :p

I voted for yas, np… *chuckles*

]]> By: secularizer http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/09/vote-for-me-no-bones-about-it/comment-page-1/#comment-25125 secularizer Sun, 10 Dec 2006 19:45:56 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/09/vote-for-me-no-bones-about-it/#comment-25125 I forgot about this blog way back when I discovered PZ. (yes, it was I who discovered him!) My vote goes to the hard core anti-irrationalism - Pharyngula. Go PZ! I forgot about this blog way back when I discovered PZ. (yes, it was I who discovered him!)

My vote goes to the hard core anti-irrationalism – Pharyngula.

Go PZ!

]]> By: ABR http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/09/vote-for-me-no-bones-about-it/comment-page-1/#comment-25124 ABR Sun, 10 Dec 2006 18:02:01 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/09/vote-for-me-no-bones-about-it/#comment-25124 HaelMic, Hmmmm...Nice quote, but I can see why Orwell shortened it to "Four legs good, two legs baaad." Still, I wonder what he would have thought of Squidward -- a known cephalopod with only six appendages. Is Squidward an example of a new superorder (Hexapodiformes?), or merely an octopus with insect envy? And by the way, Evolving Squid...where's the anti-cephalopod hostility "over here"? Chip, Grand Lunar and I have each expressed great appreciation for cephalopods in this post! HaelMic,

Hmmmm…Nice quote, but I can see why Orwell shortened it to “Four legs good, two legs baaad.” Still, I wonder what he would have thought of Squidward — a known cephalopod with only six appendages. Is Squidward an example of a new superorder (Hexapodiformes?), or merely an octopus with insect envy?

And by the way, Evolving Squid…where’s the anti-cephalopod hostility “over here”? Chip, Grand Lunar and I have each expressed great appreciation for cephalopods in this post!

]]> By: Gary Ansorge http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/09/vote-for-me-no-bones-about-it/comment-page-1/#comment-25123 Gary Ansorge Sun, 10 Dec 2006 16:29:27 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/09/vote-for-me-no-bones-about-it/#comment-25123 Phil, with this gift you have for satire, you should consider running for congress,,, Yeah, I've had some fun, tripping over to those other sites but BA is still my favorite so there's one more for the gipper!!!! GAry 7 Phil, with this gift you have for satire, you should consider running for congress,,,

Yeah, I’ve had some fun, tripping over to those other sites but BA is still my favorite so there’s one more for the gipper!!!!

GAry 7

]]> By: BigJohn http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/09/vote-for-me-no-bones-about-it/comment-page-1/#comment-25122 BigJohn Sun, 10 Dec 2006 15:53:25 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/09/vote-for-me-no-bones-about-it/#comment-25122 Can't we all just get along? Can’t we all just get along?

]]> By: Melusine http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/09/vote-for-me-no-bones-about-it/comment-page-1/#comment-25121 Melusine Sun, 10 Dec 2006 15:49:58 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/09/vote-for-me-no-bones-about-it/#comment-25121 Evolving Squid is becoming Benedict Arnold! I see you over there currying favor with the spineless...for shame! Now PZ's blog is a fine blog (even though he never gives <i>any</i> attention to crustaceans), but I wouldn't have seen it were it not for Phil's promotion of it long ago. Plus PZ didn't pose nekkid for a good cause. (-8~ Evolving Squid is becoming Benedict Arnold! I see you over there currying favor with the spineless…for shame! Now PZ’s blog is a fine blog (even though he never gives any attention to crustaceans), but I wouldn’t have seen it were it not for Phil’s promotion of it long ago.

Plus PZ didn’t pose nekkid for a good cause. (-8~

]]> By: HaelMic http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/09/vote-for-me-no-bones-about-it/comment-page-1/#comment-25120 HaelMic Sun, 10 Dec 2006 13:31:03 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/09/vote-for-me-no-bones-about-it/#comment-25120 ABR, to quote from Orwell's first draft: "Four legs good, six legs even better, and I'm sure for the right person eight muscular and hydrostatic appendages that become rigid on demand would be pretty darn nice too." I'm not that "right person," but Pharyngula gets my vote anyway. ABR, to quote from Orwell’s first draft: “Four legs good, six legs even better, and I’m sure for the right person eight muscular and hydrostatic appendages that become rigid on demand would be pretty darn nice too.”

I’m not that “right person,” but Pharyngula gets my vote anyway.

]]> By: Strider1974 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/09/vote-for-me-no-bones-about-it/comment-page-1/#comment-25119 Strider1974 Sun, 10 Dec 2006 13:25:33 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/09/vote-for-me-no-bones-about-it/#comment-25119 The best part of this rivalry (for me) is that I have discovered the Pharyngula Blog BA gets my vote because I have reading his blog all year but I have been really enjoying PZ's blog since I first followed the link yesterday. The best part of this rivalry (for me) is that I have discovered the Pharyngula Blog

BA gets my vote because I have reading his blog all year but I have been really enjoying PZ’s blog since I first followed the link yesterday.

]]> By: RomRod http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/09/vote-for-me-no-bones-about-it/comment-page-1/#comment-25118 RomRod Sun, 10 Dec 2006 02:51:15 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/09/vote-for-me-no-bones-about-it/#comment-25118 "You have already voted once in the last 24 hours" aha!! they got me! ok, tomorrow another vote hehe... “You have already voted once in the last 24 hours”

aha!! they got me!

ok, tomorrow another vote hehe…

]]> By: Chip http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/09/vote-for-me-no-bones-about-it/comment-page-1/#comment-25117 Chip Sun, 10 Dec 2006 01:53:51 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/09/vote-for-me-no-bones-about-it/#comment-25117 BA you got my vote! As for squid, well.....we know what to do... ;) http://www.geocities.com/napavalley/vineyard/6430/calamarirec.html BA you got my vote! As for squid, well…..we know what to do… ;)

http://www.geocities.com/napavalley/vineyard/6430/calamarirec.html

]]> By: Kaptain K http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/09/vote-for-me-no-bones-about-it/comment-page-1/#comment-25116 Kaptain K Sun, 10 Dec 2006 01:30:59 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/09/vote-for-me-no-bones-about-it/#comment-25116 "shelling for votes?" Simple typo or very bad pun? You decide! “shelling for votes?”

Simple typo or very bad pun?
You decide!

]]> By: Spacewriter http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/09/vote-for-me-no-bones-about-it/comment-page-1/#comment-25115 Spacewriter Sun, 10 Dec 2006 01:11:26 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/09/vote-for-me-no-bones-about-it/#comment-25115 Phil, has it come to this -- shelling for votes? ;) Phil, has it come to this — shelling for votes?
;)

]]> By: ABR http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/09/vote-for-me-no-bones-about-it/comment-page-1/#comment-25114 ABR Sat, 09 Dec 2006 22:53:44 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/09/vote-for-me-no-bones-about-it/#comment-25114 My apologies to Evolving Squid. I like cephalopods, I really do -- especially with a little marinara and parmesan! My real beef is with the gastropods and bivalves. Sorry to lump your kind in with THAT bunch. My apologies to Evolving Squid. I like cephalopods, I really do — especially with a little marinara and parmesan!

My real beef is with the gastropods and bivalves. Sorry to lump your kind in with THAT bunch.

]]> By: Zeke http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/09/vote-for-me-no-bones-about-it/comment-page-1/#comment-25113 Zeke Sat, 09 Dec 2006 22:16:09 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/09/vote-for-me-no-bones-about-it/#comment-25113 Hmmm. this is disappointing... we are loosing, to a spineless blog Hmmm. this is disappointing… we are loosing, to a spineless blog

]]> By: andy http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/09/vote-for-me-no-bones-about-it/comment-page-1/#comment-25112 andy Sat, 09 Dec 2006 22:09:02 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/09/vote-for-me-no-bones-about-it/#comment-25112 Since I can't make up my mind, I voted for both BA and PZ. Hmmm. That makes the ratio slightly closer to one, or something... Since I can’t make up my mind, I voted for both BA and PZ. Hmmm. That makes the ratio slightly closer to one, or something…

]]> By: The Bad Astronomer http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/09/vote-for-me-no-bones-about-it/comment-page-1/#comment-25111 The Bad Astronomer Sat, 09 Dec 2006 22:01:41 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/09/vote-for-me-no-bones-about-it/#comment-25111 KyleCarm, you're throwing away your vote. Deltoid and the rest are just trying to split the vertebrate vote! C'mon, show some back bone! Hmmm, I may use that in my next post. KyleCarm, you’re throwing away your vote. Deltoid and the rest are just trying to split the vertebrate vote! C’mon, show some back bone!

Hmmm, I may use that in my next post.

]]> By: Evolving Squid http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/09/vote-for-me-no-bones-about-it/comment-page-1/#comment-25110 Evolving Squid Sat, 09 Dec 2006 21:43:26 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/09/vote-for-me-no-bones-about-it/#comment-25110 And, I might add... Mollusks attack sperm whales. Not many vertabrates do that. And, I might add…

Mollusks attack sperm whales. Not many vertabrates do that.

]]> By: Evolving Squid http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/09/vote-for-me-no-bones-about-it/comment-page-1/#comment-25109 Evolving Squid Sat, 09 Dec 2006 21:42:49 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/09/vote-for-me-no-bones-about-it/#comment-25109 whoa whoa whoa. Mollusks deserve respect you know. I did vote for BA. Pharyngula is cool, and his sea-life preference rocks, but I still prefer this site. whoa whoa whoa.

Mollusks deserve respect you know. I did vote for BA. Pharyngula is cool, and his sea-life preference rocks, but I still prefer this site.

]]> By: KyleCarm http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/09/vote-for-me-no-bones-about-it/comment-page-1/#comment-25108 KyleCarm Sat, 09 Dec 2006 20:47:28 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/09/vote-for-me-no-bones-about-it/#comment-25108 Oh such polarizing rhetoric. For this by both parties I am voting for the poor little guys. Come on Deltoid! Oh such polarizing rhetoric. For this by both parties I am voting for the poor little guys. Come on Deltoid!

]]> By: Grand Lunar http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/09/vote-for-me-no-bones-about-it/comment-page-1/#comment-25107 Grand Lunar Sat, 09 Dec 2006 20:42:12 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/09/vote-for-me-no-bones-about-it/#comment-25107 Oh my, close competition. Now, I do like cephalopods, but it is here, at BAUT, that I'm most at home. Go Phil! Oh my, close competition.

Now, I do like cephalopods, but it is here, at BAUT, that I’m most at home.

Go Phil!

]]> By: jokermage http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/09/vote-for-me-no-bones-about-it/comment-page-1/#comment-25106 jokermage Sat, 09 Dec 2006 19:51:33 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/09/vote-for-me-no-bones-about-it/#comment-25106 Wait... we can vote more than once? I have failed in my duties! Wait… we can vote more than once?

I have failed in my duties!

]]> By: Laguna2 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/09/vote-for-me-no-bones-about-it/comment-page-1/#comment-25105 Laguna2 Sat, 09 Dec 2006 19:41:58 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/09/vote-for-me-no-bones-about-it/#comment-25105 Wel I am no "red-blooded American", but at least I do have bones. So you have my vote. For the fifth time. Wel I am no “red-blooded American”, but at least I do have bones. So you have my vote. For the fifth time.

]]> By: CafeenMan http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/09/vote-for-me-no-bones-about-it/comment-page-1/#comment-25104 CafeenMan Sat, 09 Dec 2006 19:25:48 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/09/vote-for-me-no-bones-about-it/#comment-25104 I like kitten McNuggets. :) I like kitten McNuggets. :)

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