Granted, it's not a very scientific post. Maybe it'll give Sam a bump...
On my seventh birthday, I wanted a toy fire truck, and I didn't get it, and you were real nice about it, and then the house next door burnt down, and then real firetrucks came, and for years I thought you set the fire for me. And if you did, you can tell me!
Xander ,'Same Time, Same Place'
Natter 69: Practically names itself.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Allyson - Dec 09, 2011 11:46:30 am PST #10774 of 30001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Consuela - Dec 09, 2011 12:01:23 pm PST #10775 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Allyson, that post is great! I have bookmarked for Christmas shopping, since I now have toddler niecephews again.
P.M. Marc - Dec 09, 2011 12:06:52 pm PST #10776 of 30001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Typo Boy - Dec 09, 2011 12:07:10 pm PST #10777 of 30001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
It is very cool Allyson. Is cocktail physics going to be on SciAm from now on?
Typo Boy - Dec 09, 2011 12:09:18 pm PST #10778 of 30001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Stupid typo. I mean of course are you going to be a regular guest columnist.
Burrell - Dec 09, 2011 12:17:50 pm PST #10779 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
What a fun review article, Allyson! Great book recs too.
Allyson - Dec 09, 2011 12:32:22 pm PST #10780 of 30001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Thanks so much! I'm all happy and stuff.
CPP is always xposted to SciAm, I think it's been there for almost a year.
If the book doesn't work out, I'm going to ask if I can post one essay a month or something. I think she'd be ok with that.
Allyson - Dec 09, 2011 12:38:02 pm PST #10781 of 30001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
I can guest whenever I want to on CPP, but I have low self-esteem.
JZ - Dec 09, 2011 12:41:06 pm PST #10782 of 30001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Oooh, Older Than The Stars and Starry Messenger (my love for Peter Sis is *huge*) look especially amazing, but really all of them look good.
Though, living in a multistory building with oldish plumbing, I hesitate to buy my child a book describing experiments that include flushing a bottle down the toilet.
Burrell - Dec 09, 2011 12:43:29 pm PST #10783 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
In all fairness the book seems to suggest that flushing bottles down toilets doesn't end well.