Comments on: Bathroom with a view http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/05/bathroom-with-a-view/ 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 16:11:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Phineas J Whoopie http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/05/bathroom-with-a-view/comment-page-2/#comment-173002 Phineas J Whoopie Thu, 09 Apr 2009 03:42:07 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/05/bathroom-with-a-view/#comment-173002 <img src="http://www.cartoonstock.com/lowres/ear0083l.jpg" width="104" height="142"> width="104" height="142"/>

]]> By: cjl http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/05/bathroom-with-a-view/comment-page-2/#comment-172421 cjl Tue, 07 Apr 2009 23:36:45 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/05/bathroom-with-a-view/#comment-172421 ** Crud - that should say "Chautauqua Park", not "chataqua" (apparently, my u key is a bit stuck) (Why isn't there an edit feature?) ** Crud – that should say “Chautauqua Park”, not “chataqua” (apparently, my u key is a bit stuck)

(Why isn’t there an edit feature?)

]]> By: cjl http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/05/bathroom-with-a-view/comment-page-2/#comment-172419 cjl Tue, 07 Apr 2009 23:34:53 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/05/bathroom-with-a-view/#comment-172419 @Ted Judah: That's Green Mountain, and the rock formations on it are the Flatirons. They're about a mile and a half away from where I currently am in my room at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Here's an excellent picture taken from chataqua park near their base: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/80/Flatirons_Winter_Sunrise_edit_2.jpg @Ted Judah:
That’s Green Mountain, and the rock formations on it are the Flatirons. They’re about a mile and a half away from where I currently am in my room at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Here’s an excellent picture taken from chataqua park near their base:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/80/Flatirons_Winter_Sunrise_edit_2.jpg

]]> By: Heather http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/05/bathroom-with-a-view/comment-page-2/#comment-172265 Heather Tue, 07 Apr 2009 16:13:08 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/05/bathroom-with-a-view/#comment-172265 The jealousy-it burns! And this from a gal whose back yard smells of jasmine and orange blossoms. If our bathroom had a view like that, I suspect my husband would spend even more time in it, so maybe it's a good thing that I have to admire from afar... The jealousy-it burns! And this from a gal whose back yard smells of jasmine and orange blossoms.

If our bathroom had a view like that, I suspect my husband would spend even more time in it, so maybe it’s a good thing that I have to admire from afar…

]]> By: Ian Daly http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/05/bathroom-with-a-view/comment-page-2/#comment-172215 Ian Daly Tue, 07 Apr 2009 14:06:42 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/05/bathroom-with-a-view/#comment-172215 um.... for the love of god.... why would you have a frosted pane on a window with a view like that? there doesn't appear to be a risk of voyeurism in the immediate vicinity - unless of course there are perverted yetis with access to telescopes on that mountain. which there might be. um…. for the love of god…. why would you have a frosted pane on a window with a view like that? there doesn’t appear to be a risk of voyeurism in the immediate vicinity – unless of course there are perverted yetis with access to telescopes on that mountain. which there might be.

]]> By: Mark Hansen http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/05/bathroom-with-a-view/comment-page-2/#comment-172183 Mark Hansen Tue, 07 Apr 2009 09:27:13 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/05/bathroom-with-a-view/#comment-172183 Looks like someone missed their happy pills... Looks like someone missed their happy pills…

]]> By: QUASAR http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/05/bathroom-with-a-view/comment-page-2/#comment-172128 QUASAR Tue, 07 Apr 2009 01:19:19 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/05/bathroom-with-a-view/#comment-172128 @ Chris A. I wasn't talking to you and, go screw yourself! @ Chris A.

I wasn’t talking to you and, go screw yourself!

]]> By: Ted Judah http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/05/bathroom-with-a-view/comment-page-2/#comment-172047 Ted Judah Mon, 06 Apr 2009 19:25:22 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/05/bathroom-with-a-view/#comment-172047 Phil, do you know the name of that "hill"? Looks pretty mountainous. Phil, do you know the name of that “hill”? Looks pretty mountainous.

]]> By: BrerScientist http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/05/bathroom-with-a-view/comment-page-2/#comment-172043 BrerScientist Mon, 06 Apr 2009 19:14:24 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/05/bathroom-with-a-view/#comment-172043 Phil, you're making me homesick. I moved out of northern NM a few years ago to southwestern VA. The Appalachians are nice, but not in the same leauge as the Rockies. And the snowboarding sucks here. Phil, you’re making me homesick. I moved out of northern NM a few years ago to southwestern VA. The Appalachians are nice, but not in the same leauge as the Rockies. And the snowboarding sucks here.

]]> By: Old Muley http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/05/bathroom-with-a-view/comment-page-2/#comment-172023 Old Muley Mon, 06 Apr 2009 18:03:21 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/05/bathroom-with-a-view/#comment-172023 The view out of my bathroom is of a Catholic cemetery. This makes for some very interesting situations since the part of the cemetery closest to my house is also the newest section where they are actively planting people. I'm amazed how many people visit our home and get creeped out by the fact that we are so close to all those graves. We think it's kinda funny, besides, my kids can legitimately take a "shortcut through the graveyard" to get to school. The view out of my bathroom is of a Catholic cemetery. This makes for some very interesting situations since the part of the cemetery closest to my house is also the newest section where they are actively planting people. I’m amazed how many people visit our home and get creeped out by the fact that we are so close to all those graves. We think it’s kinda funny, besides, my kids can legitimately take a “shortcut through the graveyard” to get to school.

]]> By: almo http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/05/bathroom-with-a-view/comment-page-1/#comment-172012 almo Mon, 06 Apr 2009 17:39:59 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/05/bathroom-with-a-view/#comment-172012 Reminds me of a site called http://whatiseeoutmywindow.blogspot.com/ where anyone can share their view from their rooms. It is quite an eye opener if I may say so. Reminds me of a site called http://whatiseeoutmywindow.blogspot.com/ where anyone can share their view from their rooms. It is quite an eye opener if I may say so.

]]> By: Chris A. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/05/bathroom-with-a-view/comment-page-1/#comment-171996 Chris A. Mon, 06 Apr 2009 17:04:33 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/05/bathroom-with-a-view/#comment-171996 @QUASAR: If this blog is not to your liking, please, by all means, make use of the exit. Try to ignore the cheering sound after the door shuts behind you. @QUASAR:

If this blog is not to your liking, please, by all means, make use of the exit. Try to ignore the cheering sound after the door shuts behind you.

]]> By: Angela http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/05/bathroom-with-a-view/comment-page-1/#comment-171915 Angela Mon, 06 Apr 2009 14:36:29 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/05/bathroom-with-a-view/#comment-171915 @ justcorbly, you're living in the wrong part of North Carolina! I'm in Boone, and we're expecting 2-4 inches of snow tonight and tomorrow! Come over to the dark (cold and mountainous) side of the state! The view from my bathroom is of the playground next door... so I can never open my window! @ justcorbly, you’re living in the wrong part of North Carolina! I’m in Boone, and we’re expecting 2-4 inches of snow tonight and tomorrow! Come over to the dark (cold and mountainous) side of the state!

The view from my bathroom is of the playground next door… so I can never open my window!

]]> By: Joe Meils http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/05/bathroom-with-a-view/comment-page-1/#comment-171893 Joe Meils Mon, 06 Apr 2009 13:44:01 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/05/bathroom-with-a-view/#comment-171893 If I had that view out my bathroom window, Phil, I'd install a picture window... (with one-way privacy glass, of course.) If I had that view out my bathroom window, Phil, I’d install a picture window… (with one-way privacy glass, of course.)

]]> By: Matt http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/05/bathroom-with-a-view/comment-page-1/#comment-171890 Matt Mon, 06 Apr 2009 13:21:21 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/05/bathroom-with-a-view/#comment-171890 Ah the flatirons... why did I leave Boulder??? Oh, right -- the job that I'm not doing right now because I'm too busy reading this blog. Oops. Ah the flatirons… why did I leave Boulder??? Oh, right — the job that I’m not doing right now because I’m too busy reading this blog. Oops.

]]> By: SionH http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/05/bathroom-with-a-view/comment-page-1/#comment-171887 SionH Mon, 06 Apr 2009 13:00:18 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/05/bathroom-with-a-view/#comment-171887 Well, I live on that mountain and my view is spoilt by being able to see straight into some bald feller's bathroom. Buy a bathrobe dude! Well, I live on that mountain and my view is spoilt by being able to see straight into some bald feller’s bathroom. Buy a bathrobe dude!

]]> By: ed http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/05/bathroom-with-a-view/comment-page-1/#comment-171883 ed Mon, 06 Apr 2009 12:39:02 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/05/bathroom-with-a-view/#comment-171883 Beautiful view you have there. I have some nice mountains in New Hampshire, but they're not quite that close. Beautiful view you have there. I have some nice mountains in New Hampshire, but they’re not quite that close.

]]> By: Gordon http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/05/bathroom-with-a-view/comment-page-1/#comment-171870 Gordon Mon, 06 Apr 2009 09:37:50 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/05/bathroom-with-a-view/#comment-171870 Yeah, pretty pic, but up in NW Montana I've had it up to HERE with snow and I'm ready for spring. Yeah, pretty pic, but up in NW Montana I’ve had it up to HERE with snow and I’m ready for spring.

]]> By: MadScientist http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/05/bathroom-with-a-view/comment-page-1/#comment-171869 MadScientist Mon, 06 Apr 2009 09:31:37 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/05/bathroom-with-a-view/#comment-171869 Time to put in a toilet webcam - just make sure it points *away* from the toilet. I remember snow in mid May in Arizona and oldtimers telling me I should go to Twin Peaks (is that our version of Les Grandes Tetons?) if I wanted to see snow in June and July; I have no idea if the oldtimers were pulling my leg though, although I wouldn't find it hard to believe that the peaks have ice all year around. Time to put in a toilet webcam – just make sure it points *away* from the toilet.

I remember snow in mid May in Arizona and oldtimers telling me I should go to Twin Peaks (is that our version of Les Grandes Tetons?) if I wanted to see snow in June and July; I have no idea if the oldtimers were pulling my leg though, although I wouldn’t find it hard to believe that the peaks have ice all year around.

]]> By: Quiet Desperation http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/05/bathroom-with-a-view/comment-page-1/#comment-171863 Quiet Desperation Mon, 06 Apr 2009 06:38:39 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/05/bathroom-with-a-view/#comment-171863 <i>Sure, it’s April, and we’re still getting snow. </i> I'm tellin' ya. Ice age a comin' real soon now. You may all scoff at me with your little globally warming hoo ha, but it's a cold, white future for us. Sure, it’s April, and we’re still getting snow.

I’m tellin’ ya. Ice age a comin’ real soon now. You may all scoff at me with your little globally warming hoo ha, but it’s a cold, white future for us.

]]> By: jason z http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/05/bathroom-with-a-view/comment-page-1/#comment-171861 jason z Mon, 06 Apr 2009 06:24:18 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/05/bathroom-with-a-view/#comment-171861 i KNEW that view looked familiar. nothing like an april snowstorm to get in the way of biking around town, no? yeah, life's rough in the bubble. i KNEW that view looked familiar. nothing like an april snowstorm to get in the way of biking around town, no? yeah, life’s rough in the bubble.

]]> By: José http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/05/bathroom-with-a-view/comment-page-1/#comment-171857 José Mon, 06 Apr 2009 05:02:11 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/05/bathroom-with-a-view/#comment-171857 I immediately regret writing that. I immediately regret writing that.

]]> By: José http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/05/bathroom-with-a-view/comment-page-1/#comment-171856 José Mon, 06 Apr 2009 05:01:55 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/05/bathroom-with-a-view/#comment-171856 <i>Speaking of great views…does anyone know if the bathroom on the ISS has a window?</i> Yes, but it's just a view of floating blue blobs and poo. Speaking of great views…does anyone know if the bathroom on the ISS has a window?

Yes, but it’s just a view of floating blue blobs and poo.

]]> By: TheProbe http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/05/bathroom-with-a-view/comment-page-1/#comment-171840 TheProbe Mon, 06 Apr 2009 02:25:08 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/05/bathroom-with-a-view/#comment-171840 Speaking of great views...does anyone know if the bathroom on the ISS has awindow? Speaking of great views…does anyone know if the bathroom on the ISS has awindow?

]]> By: PropagandaPanda http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/05/bathroom-with-a-view/comment-page-1/#comment-171839 PropagandaPanda Mon, 06 Apr 2009 01:56:59 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/05/bathroom-with-a-view/#comment-171839 Looking to move to CO soon. Can't wait. Looking to move to CO soon. Can’t wait.

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