Comments for The Finch and Pea http://thefinchandpea.com The Public House for Science... Wed, 22 May 2013 11:56:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on The Art of Science: Caleb Charland Experiments with Photography by Peripatos http://thefinchandpea.com/2013/02/06/the-art-of-science-caleb-charland-experiments-with-photography/#comment-11179 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:56:46 +0000 http://thefinchandpea.com/?p=8594#comment-11179 […] (via The Finch and Pea) […]

]]> Comment on Let’s talk about books… by Happy Birthday, Mary! | The Finch and Pea http://thefinchandpea.com/2012/12/21/lets-talk-about-books/#comment-11160 Tue, 21 May 2013 16:26:37 +0000 http://thefinchandpea.com/?p=7957#comment-11160 […] is Mary Anning’s birthday. This is a repost of an announcement (21 Dec 2012) of a book recommendation I did for Skeptically Speaking about reading to my daughter about Mary […]

]]> Comment on Spider Silk by Happy Birthday, Mary! | The Finch and Pea http://thefinchandpea.com/2012/02/12/spider-silk/#comment-11159 Tue, 21 May 2013 16:23:08 +0000 http://thefinchandpea.wordpress.com/?p=3158#comment-11159 […] strongly recommend listening to the other reviews, which I hear will include Bug Girl reviewing Spider Silk by Leslie Brunetta & Catherine L. Craig even though spiders aren’t […]

]]> Comment on This is not a Prisoner’s Dilemma, or is it? by Essays - The Prisoner's Dating Game - Kittysneezes http://thefinchandpea.com/2013/04/12/this-is-not-a-prisoners-dilemma-or-is-it/#comment-11127 Tue, 21 May 2013 02:02:02 +0000 http://thefinchandpea.com/?p=9551#comment-11127 […] This is not a Prisoner’s Dilemma, or is it? […]

]]> Comment on Collective Nouns by Murder of One | The Finch and Pea http://thefinchandpea.com/2013/05/11/collective-nouns/#comment-11118 Mon, 20 May 2013 15:01:28 +0000 http://thefinchandpea.com/?p=9844#comment-11118 […] all collective nouns are as cool as a murder of […]

]]> Comment on Science Tourist: Algonquin Park, Ontario by Mangle Smith http://thefinchandpea.com/2013/02/19/science-tourist-algonquin-park-ontario/#comment-11091 Sun, 19 May 2013 12:20:01 +0000 http://thefinchandpea.com/?p=8789#comment-11091 Great post! The pics are nice. I would say Algonquin park is one of the best tourist spots in Canada that is worth visiting. You should never miss it. I had visited there with my wife and it came the most memorable trip ever. It has amazing flora and fauna. Not to mention anything. You should go and experience it!

]]> Comment on Some light reading for fellow science fiction junkies by What’s your favorite massive object in space? | Musings of a Mild Mannered Man http://thefinchandpea.com/2013/04/10/some-light-reading-for-fellow-science-fiction-junkies/#comment-11064 Sat, 18 May 2013 03:04:07 +0000 http://thefinchandpea.com/?p=9532#comment-11064 […] Some light reading for fellow science fiction junkies (thefinchandpea.com) […]

]]> Comment on The Dubiosity Scale by Insurance Industry: 4 on Dubiosity Scale | The Finch and Pea http://thefinchandpea.com/2010/06/24/the-dubiosity-scale/#comment-11059 Fri, 17 May 2013 20:49:51 +0000 http://thefinchandpea.wordpress.com/?p=16#comment-11059 […] change, but prefer using market forces to address the problem. These individuals rate a 4 on my Dubiosity Scale (1 is the most […]

]]> Comment on Old Maps, Ingenuity, and the Internet by Joachim Boaz http://thefinchandpea.com/2013/05/16/old-maps-ingenuity-and-the-internet/#comment-11038 Fri, 17 May 2013 00:32:48 +0000 http://thefinchandpea.com/?p=9880#comment-11038 me too! my undergrad institution had a map room in the library!

My personal favorite map I own (and I own a variety of them) is a 1855 Italian (well, Kingdom of Piedmont/Sardinia) map of Crimea — they were allies of the French in the Crimean War because they wanted the French to help them unify Italy — which, of course, didn’t exactly happen that way. Regardless, VERY few Italian soldiers (if any) actually made it to Crimea. So, most likely what I have is one of the general’s maps (it folds and is backed with canvas — perhaps 2 1/2 feet by 2 1/2 feet) as is probably a copy of a French one.

]]> Comment on Collective Nouns by David Estes http://thefinchandpea.com/2013/05/11/collective-nouns/#comment-10961 Sat, 11 May 2013 20:25:02 +0000 http://thefinchandpea.com/?p=9844#comment-10961 Hilarious post, Josh! Allow me to suggest a few:

An obfuscation of politicians.
– An ineptitude of Democrats.
– A teratoma of House Republicans. (too much of a stretch?)
A malignancy of bankers.
A procrastination of writers.
An inscrutability of social scientists.
A fallacy of economists.

…the possibilities are endless! I regret not having read your blog or spoken with you more during the SF writing workshop, but it was a pleasure to make your acquaintance all the same. This site is great!

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