Comments on: On the Microbial Road http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2008/05/17/on-the-microbial-road/ A blog about life, past and future. Written by DISCOVER contributing editor and columnist Carl Zimmer. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:00:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Blake Stacey http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2008/05/17/on-the-microbial-road/comment-page-1/#comment-513 Blake Stacey Mon, 19 May 2008 22:14:35 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2008/05/17/on-the-microbial-road/#comment-513 By the way, thanks for signing my copy of <i>Soul Made Flesh.</i> I was the goofy guy in Cambridge who mentioned <a href="http://jilawww.colorado.edu/perkinsgroup/Purcell_life_at_low_reynolds_number.pdf" rel="nofollow">Life at Low Reynolds Number</a> and asked how you found the people you interview. By the way, thanks for signing my copy of Soul Made Flesh. I was the goofy guy in Cambridge who mentioned Life at Low Reynolds Number and asked how you found the people you interview.

]]> By: Blake Stacey http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2008/05/17/on-the-microbial-road/comment-page-1/#comment-512 Blake Stacey Mon, 19 May 2008 22:10:50 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2008/05/17/on-the-microbial-road/#comment-512 <blockquote>Oh common-- Everyone has articles of clothing with microbes printed on them, and plush versions of their favorite pathogen...</blockquote> Believe me, my constrained finances are the <i>only</i> reason I don't have an entire roomful of <a href="http://www.giantmicrobes.com/" rel="nofollow">plush pathogens</a>!

Oh common– Everyone has articles of clothing with microbes printed on them, and plush versions of their favorite pathogen…

Believe me, my constrained finances are the only reason I don’t have an entire roomful of plush pathogens!

]]> By: Brett http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2008/05/17/on-the-microbial-road/comment-page-1/#comment-511 Brett Mon, 19 May 2008 05:51:48 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2008/05/17/on-the-microbial-road/#comment-511 Following your talk, my son and I also wandered the museum and stopped to soak in that incredible video. We were only in Chicago for the afternoon, but we both agreed that we could have easily spent all day in the "Evolving Planet" exhibit. (Oh, I enjoyed your talk, too ;-) Following your talk, my son and I also wandered the museum and stopped to soak in that incredible video. We were only in Chicago for the afternoon, but we both agreed that we could have easily spent all day in the “Evolving Planet” exhibit.

(Oh, I enjoyed your talk, too ;-)

]]> By: Ian Berger http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2008/05/17/on-the-microbial-road/comment-page-1/#comment-510 Ian Berger Mon, 19 May 2008 02:37:26 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2008/05/17/on-the-microbial-road/#comment-510 Hey Carl, This is your friend Ian from the days at Walt Disney publishing. Nice blog. I really enjoyed that link to the movie on Cambrian animals. I was always fascinated by the strange shapes and movements of those creatures. Glad to see you're doing well. Hope to hear from you. -Ian Berger Hey Carl,
This is your friend Ian from the days at Walt Disney publishing. Nice blog. I really enjoyed that link to the movie on Cambrian animals. I was always fascinated by the strange shapes and movements of those creatures.

Glad to see you’re doing well. Hope to hear from you.

-Ian Berger

]]> By: Michael Balter http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2008/05/17/on-the-microbial-road/comment-page-1/#comment-509 Michael Balter Sun, 18 May 2008 12:48:24 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2008/05/17/on-the-microbial-road/#comment-509 I'm very proud to say that the Science Metropolis blog, which covered your talk in Boston, was developed by Joseph Caputo under my supervision as his Boston University professor. Sorry to have missed the talk myself, I had just returned to Paris for the summer. I’m very proud to say that the Science Metropolis blog, which covered your talk in Boston, was developed by Joseph Caputo under my supervision as his Boston University professor. Sorry to have missed the talk myself, I had just returned to Paris for the summer.

]]> By: ERV http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2008/05/17/on-the-microbial-road/comment-page-1/#comment-508 ERV Sun, 18 May 2008 01:49:56 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2008/05/17/on-the-microbial-road/#comment-508 <blockquote>...prepare for a picture of a serious geek.</blockquote> Oh common-- Everyone has articles of clothing with microbes printed on them, and plush versions of their favorite pathogen... ... Right? ...... <i>Right???</i> hehehehehe!

…prepare for a picture of a serious geek.

Oh common– Everyone has articles of clothing with microbes printed on them, and plush versions of their favorite pathogen…

… Right?

…… Right???

hehehehehe!

]]> By: Helenmary http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2008/05/17/on-the-microbial-road/comment-page-1/#comment-507 Helenmary Sun, 18 May 2008 01:43:17 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2008/05/17/on-the-microbial-road/#comment-507 Hi Carl, I'm glad to hear your talk was a hit -- thanks so much for the invitation, and I'm sorry that I couldn't get back to you in time to make it up to the museum. Since you were in my other fair city yesterday, I hope to have another chance to meet you soon! Helenmary Sheridan Hi Carl,

I’m glad to hear your talk was a hit — thanks so much for the invitation, and I’m sorry that I couldn’t get back to you in time to make it up to the museum. Since you were in my other fair city yesterday, I hope to have another chance to meet you soon!

Helenmary Sheridan

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