Comments on: More naked skepticism

By: tracer

tracer — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:44:45 +0000

I am heartened by her decision not to include Pluto in that necklace.

I’ve been saying that little backwater iceball wasn’t a planet since back before it WAS a non-planet!

By: madge

madge — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 05:46:58 +0000

@ARealGirl
Forget the necklace…I want your Mum! Your Mum ROCKS! All my Mum ever made me was a revolting pastel yellow crochet shawl! Who the FRACK wears shawls?!

By: geomaniac

geomaniac — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 02:51:24 +0000

Just a tad off topic but watch this video from Penn and Teller showing people who are not at all skeptical:

http://lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/013117.html

They obviously were also asleep in their high school and/or college chemistry classes.

By: Jewel

Jewel — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 21:25:19 +0000

@a.real.girl — Your mom made that necklace? Cool! It’s very pretty.

By: a.real.girl

a.real.girl — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 19:27:42 +0000

Madge: well, my mom made it for me, so it’s sort of a one of a kind.

It’s a little complicated though, since I also did lots of googling before I called in the big guns. I can be reached at a.real.girl (at) Skepchick.org. (replacing with the @, of course.)

If you’d like to e-mail, I’ll tell you all about it.

By: madge

madge — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:23:23 +0000

@ARealGirl
I just tried Googling (I love a good Google) solar system necklaces and quite frankly they were ALL horrendous! Completely inaccurate and UGLY as can be. I am SO JEALOUS! Where oh where did you find that combo? PLEEZE

By: ARealGirl

ARealGirl — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:05:11 +0000

Thanks BA…you’re very good to me!

And, Ken, Saturn isn’t larger than Jupiter. The beads themselves are the same size (or pretty near it…) but the rings on Saturn make it look bigger.

Also, there are no *plutoids* on the necklace, after all. That would have been much harder to make.

By: madge

madge — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:00:51 +0000

I am deeply covetous of that necklace and earring. If anyone can contact ARealGirl (or if she can tell me herself) and find out where she got it and details I would be eternally and cosmically grateful

By: Ken B

Ken B — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:38:11 +0000

So, why is Saturn larger than Jupiter? (Or is that just an illusion, because of the rings? It’s hard to tell at this scale.)

And where’s Pluto? ;-(

By: Desktop Icon

Desktop Icon — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:35:24 +0000

On c’mon… you have to buy a Skepdude calendar, too!

By: Michael L

Michael L — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:34:58 +0000

I dunno, Phil. It would be hard to top last years pic. My eyes, they still burn…

By: Jewel

Jewel — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:57:29 +0000

That is an awesome picture. She’s really quite photogenic. Plus, neat effect with everything black & white except the jewelry. Well done.

Excellent idea of having the calendar signed and auctioning it.