Comments on: Belated Holiday Symmetree http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/01/21/belated-holiday-symmetree/ Random samplings from a universe of ideas. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:48:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: effects of vicodin http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/01/21/belated-holiday-symmetree/comment-page-1/#comment-24179 effects of vicodin Fri, 06 Apr 2007 15:44:25 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/01/21/belated-holiday-symmetree/#comment-24179 <strong>effects of vicodin</strong> news effects of vicodin

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]]> By: JoAnne http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/01/21/belated-holiday-symmetree/comment-page-1/#comment-24177 JoAnne Wed, 24 Jan 2007 05:36:02 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/01/21/belated-holiday-symmetree/#comment-24177 Val: HI! Hope all is going well with you and we get a chance to see each other soon! And you are so right - science is very much a human endeavor. Val: HI! Hope all is going well with you and we get a chance to see each other soon! And you are so right – science is very much a human endeavor.

]]> By: Valerie http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/01/21/belated-holiday-symmetree/comment-page-1/#comment-24178 Valerie Tue, 23 Jan 2007 12:15:00 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/01/21/belated-holiday-symmetree/#comment-24178 Sadly, I don't have a phenomenal memory but your tree did have a lasting impact on me when I saw it all those years ago. I was so taken by the way it chronicles your travels around the world, how every ornament tells a story, and by the sheer number of them. It's always great to remind people that particle physics is a very human endeavour. Sadly, I don’t have a phenomenal memory but your tree did have a lasting impact on me when I saw it all those years ago. I was so taken by the way it chronicles your travels around the world, how every ornament tells a story, and by the sheer number of them. It’s always great to remind people that particle physics is a very human endeavour.

]]> By: More Physics Christmas Ornaments | Cosmic Variance http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/01/21/belated-holiday-symmetree/comment-page-1/#comment-24173 More Physics Christmas Ornaments | Cosmic Variance Mon, 22 Jan 2007 18:20:17 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/01/21/belated-holiday-symmetree/#comment-24173 [...] links « Belated Holiday Symmetree      [...] [...] links « Belated Holiday Symmetree      [...]

]]> By: Amara http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/01/21/belated-holiday-symmetree/comment-page-1/#comment-24174 Amara Mon, 22 Jan 2007 09:09:06 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/01/21/belated-holiday-symmetree/#comment-24174 I think collecting <a href="http://www.amara.com/photo/Doorknocker.jpg" rel="nofollow">door knockers</a> would be especially cool. I think collecting door knockers would be especially cool.

]]> By: Plato http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/01/21/belated-holiday-symmetree/comment-page-1/#comment-24175 Plato Mon, 22 Jan 2007 07:37:20 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/01/21/belated-holiday-symmetree/#comment-24175 Doornobs may not seem so odd if you considered the collection of plates, spoons, coin. But what may indeed seem odd is "hanging" from a tree :) Imagine "lighted candles" on Christmas trees, as some cultures do? Fire hazard, I would say? :) Doornobs may not seem so odd if you considered the collection of plates, spoons, coin. But what may indeed seem odd is “hanging” from a tree :)

Imagine “lighted candles” on Christmas trees, as some cultures do? Fire hazard, I would say? :)

]]> By: JoAnne http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/01/21/belated-holiday-symmetree/comment-page-1/#comment-24171 JoAnne Mon, 22 Jan 2007 03:08:19 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/01/21/belated-holiday-symmetree/#comment-24171 Urbano, thanks! I've corrected it in the text. I could only guess on how to spell Corcovado, so I googled on "Corvacado Rio" and got <a>hits</a>, so I figured that was correct... Fridgie magnets and elephants I can understand, but door knobs do seem a tad bit unusual! Mollishka: I do my best to get something on the first visit. After that I am not pressed to buy another ornament, but if I see something I like it usually comes home with me. Hence the new painted egg from Aspen. Urbano, thanks! I’ve corrected it in the text. I could only guess on how to spell Corcovado, so I googled on “Corvacado Rio” and got hits, so I figured that was correct…

Fridgie magnets and elephants I can understand, but door knobs do seem a tad bit unusual!

Mollishka: I do my best to get something on the first visit. After that I am not pressed to buy another ornament, but if I see something I like it usually comes home with me. Hence the new painted egg from Aspen.

]]> By: Arun http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/01/21/belated-holiday-symmetree/comment-page-1/#comment-24170 Arun Mon, 22 Jan 2007 03:03:57 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/01/21/belated-holiday-symmetree/#comment-24170 You meant See-my-tree, didn't you? You meant See-my-tree, didn’t you?

]]> By: Jack http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/01/21/belated-holiday-symmetree/comment-page-1/#comment-24172 Jack Mon, 22 Jan 2007 00:26:29 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/01/21/belated-holiday-symmetree/#comment-24172 I collect door knobs along with any accompanying plates. Our bedroom is a wooden 20' dia tank and I put them there everywhere on the inside. Convenient things to hang your hat onto. Over 100 door knobs on a wall is impressive. Why door knobs? Maybe I'm looking for the way in; maybe the way out. Anyone have any olde door knobs? I'll pay the postage. I collect door knobs along with any accompanying plates. Our bedroom is a wooden 20′ dia tank and I put them there everywhere on the inside. Convenient things to hang your hat onto. Over 100 door knobs on a wall is impressive. Why door knobs? Maybe I’m looking for the way in; maybe the way out. Anyone have any olde door knobs? I’ll pay the postage.

]]> By: Urbano http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/01/21/belated-holiday-symmetree/comment-page-1/#comment-24176 Urbano Sun, 21 Jan 2007 22:25:17 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/01/21/belated-holiday-symmetree/#comment-24176 <blockquote>my favorite of this ilk is a tiny Corvacado from Rio</blockquote> Hi Joanne, I think you mean <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_de_Janeiro" rel="nofollow">Corcovado</a>, don't you? :-)

my favorite of this ilk is a tiny Corvacado from Rio

Hi Joanne, I think you mean Corcovado, don’t you? :-)

]]> By: mollishka http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/01/21/belated-holiday-symmetree/comment-page-1/#comment-24167 mollishka Sun, 21 Jan 2007 18:55:15 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/01/21/belated-holiday-symmetree/#comment-24167 Hmm, I should start that... it's such a good idea! I already sort of have, because when grad students in my department go to "exotic" places, they often bring back little trinkets for the other graduate students, and the cheapest ones are always ones that can hang on the bulletin boards we have next to our desks—much like an ornament would hang on a tree. So what do you do when you visit a place lots and lots of times? Is it just the first time that counts? Hmm, I should start that… it’s such a good idea! I already sort of have, because when grad students in my department go to “exotic” places, they often bring back little trinkets for the other graduate students, and the cheapest ones are always ones that can hang on the bulletin boards we have next to our desks—much like an ornament would hang on a tree.

So what do you do when you visit a place lots and lots of times? Is it just the first time that counts?

]]> By: Quasar9 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/01/21/belated-holiday-symmetree/comment-page-1/#comment-24168 Quasar9 Sun, 21 Jan 2007 18:22:59 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/01/21/belated-holiday-symmetree/#comment-24168 I started collecting elephants a long long time ago ... oh can't remember exactly when, seems my memory is not as long as an elephant's. Yep ornaments of every size, from snall silver, jade or even ivory ones, to brass, and larger african wood, or pottery and clay ones. Alas, the herd never seems to grow, every year I add some more, yet it seems there's a blackhole or some sort of wormhole thru which they go. I have noticed this wormhole must lead to my parents home, since my mother's herd seems to grow and grow - and many do look familiar. Perhaps just as well, I'd probably need a small continent like Africa to put all the elephants I ever bought and collected (temporarily) on display. I started collecting elephants a long long time ago … oh can’t remember exactly when, seems my memory is not as long as an elephant’s.
Yep ornaments of every size, from snall silver, jade or even ivory ones, to brass, and larger african wood, or pottery and clay ones.
Alas, the herd never seems to grow, every year I add some more, yet it seems there’s a blackhole or some sort of wormhole thru which they go. I have noticed this wormhole must lead to my parents home, since my mother’s herd seems to grow and grow – and many do look familiar.
Perhaps just as well, I’d probably need a small continent like Africa to put all the elephants I ever bought and collected (temporarily) on display.

]]> By: Amara http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/01/21/belated-holiday-symmetree/comment-page-1/#comment-24169 Amara Sun, 21 Jan 2007 16:35:15 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/01/21/belated-holiday-symmetree/#comment-24169 What a nice souvenir holiday tree! It brings the whole world into your living room. I have the same kind of "souvenir" hobby, but with refrigerator magnets.... (and postcard-sized pictures which I vary on my refrigerator every few months depending on my mood) What a nice souvenir holiday tree! It brings the whole world into your living room.
I have the same kind of “souvenir” hobby, but with refrigerator magnets…. (and postcard-sized pictures which I vary on my refrigerator every few months depending on my mood)

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