dagblog - Comments for "a Dagblog Lateral Thinking Quiz" http://dagblog.com/reader-blogs/dagblog-lateral-thinking-quiz-9963 Comments for "a Dagblog Lateral Thinking Quiz" en I chose it from a line in http://dagblog.com/comment/116788#comment-116788 <a id="comment-116788"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/comment/116783#comment-116783">stardust, totally OT I know,</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>I chose it from a line in Joni Mitchell's Woodstock tune, "We are stardust, we are golden."  The book sounds great; I had blogged at the Cafe about the Herschel DeepSpace telescpe, though.  It sees with infrared past the dust and bright objects deep into star-forming regions.  The images from the telemetry aren't as gorgeous as the Hubble photos, but are gold to cosmologists.  The nearest star-forming region is in the constellation Orion, I think.  Anyhoo, I have a bit about it on my Posterous site; you might like it.  ;o)</p> <p><a href="http://wendyedavis.posterous.com/?page=3">http://wendyedavis.posterous.com/?page=3</a></p></div></div></div> Tue, 26 Apr 2011 15:55:18 +0000 we are stardust comment 116788 at http://dagblog.com stardust, totally OT I know, http://dagblog.com/comment/116783#comment-116783 <a id="comment-116783"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/reader-blogs/dagblog-lateral-thinking-quiz-9963">a Dagblog Lateral Thinking Quiz</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>stardust, totally OT I know, but I was wondering if you picked your current handle based on anything in particular that you might have read?  These days I'm reading The New Universe and the Human Future, by Nancy Ellen Abrams and Joel Primack.  The descriptive text on some of the latest theories of cosmology are about as clear as any I've seen plus there are really cool computer simulated images and a Q&amp;A for dummies like me.  And it's short.  There is a chapter called "we are stardust" which of course made me think of you and wonder. </p></div></div></div> Tue, 26 Apr 2011 15:40:24 +0000 AmericanDreamer comment 116783 at http://dagblog.com Whaddaya mean, DDay?!? Karen http://dagblog.com/comment/116770#comment-116770 <a id="comment-116770"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/comment/116754#comment-116754">Oh this is silly, everybody</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Whaddaya mean, DDay?!? Karen was a Carpenter!</p><p><a href="http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.carpenterstribute.com/karencoverc.jpg&amp;imgrefurl=http://www.carpenterstribute.com/personal_tribute.htm&amp;usg=__ILSXsRBUoN5lnFZRVNS2scdjas8=&amp;h=274&amp;w=288&amp;sz=36&amp;hl=en&amp;start=0&amp;zoom=1&amp;tbnid=uslzgjp6KiHYEM:&amp;tbnh=130&amp;tbnw=163&amp;ei=Xbu2TYvDJMTx0gHg_ujHCw&amp;prev=/search%3Fq%3Dkaren%2BCarpenter%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dsafari%26sa%3DX%26rls%3Den%26biw%3D1311%26bih%3D609%26tbm%3Disch%26prmd%3Divnsol0%2C9&amp;itbs=1&amp;iact=hc&amp;vpx=672&amp;vpy=301&amp;dur=22403&amp;hovh=219&amp;hovw=230&amp;tx=57&amp;ty=244&amp;page=1&amp;ndsp=25&amp;ved=1t:429,r:21,s:0&amp;biw=1311&amp;bih=609">http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.carpenterstribute.com/kar...</a></p><p> </p></div></div></div> Tue, 26 Apr 2011 12:34:14 +0000 SleepinJeezus comment 116770 at http://dagblog.com Shhhhhhhh!  I wuz one, Dick.  http://dagblog.com/comment/116755#comment-116755 <a id="comment-116755"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/comment/116754#comment-116754">Oh this is silly, everybody</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Shhhhhhhh!  I wuz one, Dick.  I'll show ya my T-square if you'll show me yours....</p></div></div></div> Tue, 26 Apr 2011 03:43:39 +0000 we are stardust comment 116755 at http://dagblog.com Oh this is silly, everybody http://dagblog.com/comment/116754#comment-116754 <a id="comment-116754"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/reader-blogs/dagblog-lateral-thinking-quiz-9963">a Dagblog Lateral Thinking Quiz</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Oh this is silly, everybody knows that women cannot be carpenters!</p></div></div></div> Tue, 26 Apr 2011 03:39:07 +0000 Richard Day comment 116754 at http://dagblog.com p,s. Notice that there are http://dagblog.com/comment/116753#comment-116753 <a id="comment-116753"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/reader-blogs/dagblog-lateral-thinking-quiz-9963">a Dagblog Lateral Thinking Quiz</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>p,s. Notice that there are Hint buttons to the left of the Solution buttons.  (Kinda like a Life-line call...)</p> <p>And crap; I'm stuck on a geometrical puzzle, and failing badly...Illogical Stardust.</p></div></div></div> Tue, 26 Apr 2011 02:23:11 +0000 we are stardust comment 116753 at http://dagblog.com