tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post5275845706743476225..comments2024-03-28T21:28:18.664-05:00Comments on Althouse: The fisheye view of the Museum of Natural History.Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-15296220927029259112008-02-27T10:51:00.000-06:002008-02-27T10:51:00.000-06:00T. rex (and Velociraptor too) were feathered.T. rex (and Velociraptor too) were <A HREF="http://impearls.blogspot.com/2007_06_17_archive.html" REL="nofollow">feathered</A>.Michael McNeilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08007336342718478839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-70120183577349528732008-02-26T17:55:00.000-06:002008-02-26T17:55:00.000-06:00T REX IS IN UR MUSEEMSTALKIN UR HOMNIDS[Credit goe...<B>T REX IS IN UR MUSEEM<BR/><BR/><BR/>STALKIN UR HOMNIDS</B><BR/><BR/>[Credit goes to Blake.]<BR/><BR/><I>nom nom nom nom!!!!</I>Bissagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04439910009646381418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-72161472055603877232008-02-26T16:59:00.000-06:002008-02-26T16:59:00.000-06:00Who makes the rules? Someone else!Who makes the rules? Someone else!Revenanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11374515200055384226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-59177972571382264382008-02-26T16:22:00.000-06:002008-02-26T16:22:00.000-06:00Adam and Eve were cast out of paradise when Eve di...Adam and Eve were cast out of paradise when Eve discovered she could get more stuff by putting flowers in her hair.rhhardinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06901742898653890646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-73901718109537333802008-02-26T15:39:00.000-06:002008-02-26T15:39:00.000-06:00Pogo said... It is important to honor the dead.Acc...Pogo said... <BR/>It is important to honor the dead.<BR/>Accordingly, I vote for my long-passed Great-Grandfather.<BR/><BR/>And dang it but the Bull Moose party never seems to get enough oomph behind it. Great Grandma of course didn't have the vote for awhile, so I only cast her vote every other year.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>I live in Chicago. It is a grand tradition that every election day, the dead rise from the grave and vote in large numbers. It has gotten so bad that the cemeteries are complaining about candidates campaigning there.Peter V. Bellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04209902525167395224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-32681557194889494362008-02-26T15:13:00.000-06:002008-02-26T15:13:00.000-06:00It’s heartening to see primitive man and primitive...<I>It’s heartening to see primitive man and primitive woman out on a date, strolling along the esplanade, acknowledging the warm smiles of well-wishers so happy to see the blossom of young love!</I><BR/><BR/>...and fleeing from skeletonous T Rex....blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05430444326700437630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-36853614486951114902008-02-26T13:59:00.000-06:002008-02-26T13:59:00.000-06:00It is important to honor the dead.Accordingly, I v...It is important to honor the dead.<BR/>Accordingly, I vote for my long-passed Great-Grandfather.<BR/><BR/>And dang it but the Bull Moose party never seems to get enough oomph behind it. Great Grandma of course didn't have the vote for awhile, so I only cast her vote every other year.KCFleminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00124201866124646626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-58333423591171130012008-02-26T13:46:00.000-06:002008-02-26T13:46:00.000-06:00One of my favorite ancedotal examples for voter ID...One of my favorite ancedotal examples for voter ID is the woman in Washington state who voted for her dead husband. "But I know how he would have voted" she argued.Original Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01714345479248980398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-47150884481230733102008-02-26T13:36:00.000-06:002008-02-26T13:36:00.000-06:00In Chicago they can.Early and often.In Chicago they can.<BR/>Early and often.KCFleminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00124201866124646626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-34986726816710741922008-02-26T13:33:00.000-06:002008-02-26T13:33:00.000-06:00They canceled each other's votes out.The dead can'...<I>They canceled each other's votes out.</I><BR/><BR/>The dead can't vote. (Can they?)Original Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01714345479248980398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-52661018517442245082008-02-26T13:27:00.000-06:002008-02-26T13:27:00.000-06:00The monkey-boy looks to his right: he's a McCain k...The monkey-boy looks to his right: he's a McCain kind of guy.<BR/><BR/>The monkey-girl looks to her left: she's <I>stirred</I> by the deeply affecting rhetoric of Barack Obama.<BR/><BR/>Well, great. They canceled each other's votes out.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11402651457453813639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-57550912704096133832008-02-26T12:56:00.000-06:002008-02-26T12:56:00.000-06:00That's not so much what we are as what "we" were a...That's not so much what we <I>are</I> as what "we" <I>were</I> an exceedingly long time ago.<BR/><BR/>Not quite the same thing.Sigivaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16152366541957466049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-41377865845237826152008-02-26T12:29:00.000-06:002008-02-26T12:29:00.000-06:00paul a'barge said...Good grief, don't you Humans =...<I>paul a'barge said...Good grief, don't you Humans == Bad types ever take a vacation from this relentless pessimism?</I><BR/><BR/>Four legs good, two legs bad.<BR/><BR/><I>if you want to go back to walking the savannas wearing a loin cloth</I><BR/><BR/>They should definitely put a loin cloth on Mr. Australopithecus in that museum.<BR/><BR/><I>The rest of us are doing just fine with humanity's progress.</I><BR/><BR/>No, we are going backward and downward. We need Obama to help us to recapture our progress and reclaim our souls.<BR/><BR/>Saint Obama save us.JackDRipperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14362920581900333503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-70220167871202640322008-02-26T11:30:00.000-06:002008-02-26T11:30:00.000-06:00Well that's nice and all but I can't wait to see t...Well that's nice and all but I can't wait to see the exhibit in the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown which is going to feature Mrs. Roger Clemins and Mrs. Jose Canseco's comparing their breast implants. I bet it will be a lot less hairy. At least I hope so.Trooper Yorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978703998566102194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-37625368523583723542008-02-26T11:25:00.000-06:002008-02-26T11:25:00.000-06:00It's definitely true that those 2 li'l hominids do...<I>It's definitely true that those 2 li'l hominids do not know they are naked.</I><BR/><BR/>Of course not, they're in <I>love</I>.Bissagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04439910009646381418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-84466721922985253342008-02-26T11:20:00.000-06:002008-02-26T11:20:00.000-06:00BTW, are we ever going to get a fisheye view of th...BTW, are we ever going to get a fisheye view of the New York Aquarium or did I miss it?Bissagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04439910009646381418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1427461164047494452008-02-26T11:18:00.000-06:002008-02-26T11:18:00.000-06:00Most disconcerting is this confrontation with ours...<I>Most disconcerting is this confrontation with ourselves . . . </I><BR/><BR/>Here’s a <A HREF="http://www.collider.com/uploads/imageGallery/Stanley_Kubrick/2001_a_space_odyssey_movie_image__3_.jpg" REL="nofollow">confron</A><A HREF="http://blog.afi.com/100movies/user-uploads/post3072.jpg" REL="nofollow">tation</A> you’ll never have in a museum of natural history!<BR/><BR/>Well . . . someday . . . who knows?Bissagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04439910009646381418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-9668951845207550792008-02-26T10:58:00.000-06:002008-02-26T10:58:00.000-06:00It's definitely true that those 2 li'l hominids do...It's definitely true that those 2 li'l hominids do not know they are naked.Ann Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-39196958107420417352008-02-26T10:57:00.000-06:002008-02-26T10:57:00.000-06:00Some things we have figured out:* Less body hair =...Some things we <I>have</I> figured out:<BR/>* Less body hair = more attractive. <BR/>* Nice clothing covers alot of sins, like Mr Hominid's paunch.<BR/>* Think <I>bra</I> Ms. Hominid. On sale now at Lake Victoria's Secret.<BR/>* Sit ups for rock hard abs.<BR/>* Ditch the savannah for Savannah.<BR/>* Coffee, from a mug. Not those stupid paper things. Much better than drinking lukewarm sludge from the local watering hole that contains hippo poo and blood from the last big cat's kill. Plus hair. Eeeew; I mean <I>really</I>.<BR/>* Books are fine things.<BR/>* The serpent at least served one purpose: genitals are best left covered.<BR/>* Speech with actual words is better than oook oook ook all the time.KCFleminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00124201866124646626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-81101866620299095122008-02-26T10:42:00.000-06:002008-02-26T10:42:00.000-06:00Adam and Eve ate from the tree of knowledge and be...<I>Adam and Eve ate from the tree of knowledge and became aware of their nakedness and tried to cover themselves and were consequently evicted from the Garden of Eden.</I><BR/><BR/>OK, so maybe we haven't figured it out yet.<BR/><BR/>(Sorry DBQ. Couldn't resist.)Original Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01714345479248980398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-88832375258263709712008-02-26T10:35:00.000-06:002008-02-26T10:35:00.000-06:00I'm not sure what it is that we have figured out. ...I'm not sure what it is that we have figured out. <BR/><BR/>Self awareness? Do animals possess self awareness? I think that some do. <BR/><BR/>Adam and Eve ate from the tree of knowledge and became aware of their nakedness and tried to cover themselves and were consequently evicted from the Garden of Eden. So is it the moment that we have reached self awareness that we have become human? Is that also when we have lost contact with nature and the rest of the living beings on the Earth with us?<BR/><BR/>Deep thoughts.Dust Bunny Queenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13341429444562280127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-10011013655655230642008-02-26T10:23:00.000-06:002008-02-26T10:23:00.000-06:00No ma'am. Not me. My original blue eyed fair hai...No ma'am. Not me. <BR/><BR/>My original blue eyed fair haired ancestors spontaneously generated somewhere in southern coastal Norway. <BR/><BR/>Primitive grandfather designed the original AC Cobra and Primitive grandmother was a mermaid.Meadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03316388500723034455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-47924194916953317582008-02-26T10:14:00.000-06:002008-02-26T10:14:00.000-06:00So obvious, a cave man could figure it out.So obvious, a cave man could figure it out.Original Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01714345479248980398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-42503800863436338502008-02-26T10:10:00.000-06:002008-02-26T10:10:00.000-06:00It is wonderful that we figured it out. It would b...<I>It is wonderful that we figured it out. It would be more wonderful if we could stop screwing it up.</I><BR/><BR/>I'm curious about what part we keep screwing up? Seems every decade brings yet more innovation, better quality of life, technological advances which benefit humanity; I think we're doing pretty darn good. I figure if we'd kept screwing up, we'd never have gotten past the wheel and making a campfire.Hoosier Daddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12872965118921894534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-40136915708244239652008-02-26T10:00:00.000-06:002008-02-26T10:00:00.000-06:00It’s heartening to see primitive man and primitive...It’s heartening to see primitive man and primitive woman out on a date, strolling along the esplanade, acknowledging the warm smiles of well-wishers so happy to see the blossom of young love!Bissagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04439910009646381418noreply@blogger.com