tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8947514984021363360.post3345779245911220075..comments2023-10-26T08:35:15.266-06:00Comments on The Oort Cloud: Curiouser and curiouserClowncarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02219213001049223673noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8947514984021363360.post-5901610902394715572008-06-06T11:37:00.000-06:002008-06-06T11:37:00.000-06:00Mags, nice to see you again. I take odd comfort in...Mags, nice to see you again. I take odd comfort in being a meaningless speck of dust, far off on the sidelines.<BR/><BR/>Gordo, you have an observatory at work? Where do you work again? And why don't they understand how essential a cold frosty malted beverage is to enjoying astronomy?<BR/><BR/>E, if you failed, the eyesight thing, they probably, made you, a publicist. Or an, agent. <BR/><BR/>Meno, glad to hear the "i" backstory. And I'm glad your Dad created such nice sky-gazing memories for you. <BR/><BR/>Hey, Irr. Alice rocks. And you are right, mystery is all.<BR/><BR/>Jo, I would have felt horribly guilty to have you go out and get a scope bigger than you are only to see globs and smudges of light. Go out and spend the money on something useful, like ninja throwing stars.<BR/><BR/>Hey there, Willie Z. Nice of you to stop by. Sounds like a great teacher. My love of astronomy was pretty latent too, til I moved out west from NYC and was able to actually <I>see</I> the stars.Clowncarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02219213001049223673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8947514984021363360.post-46711204471560068682008-06-06T00:42:00.000-06:002008-06-06T00:42:00.000-06:00Fascinating. I have a latent and underdeveloped lo...Fascinating. I have a latent and underdeveloped love for astronomy.<BR/><BR/>In the sixth grade, my Science teacher, prepared for an imminent meteor shower, organized an after-hours teacher-parent-child sky-scanning party at the middle school. Amazing (both the celestial display and my teacher's dedication and love for his job). The show was pleasing enough to the naked eye, but expensive-for-underfunded-schools telescopes were assembled to look at distant points of light.<BR/><BR/>What fun.williezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07328031409348619424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8947514984021363360.post-87126273121309325462008-06-04T16:33:00.000-06:002008-06-04T16:33:00.000-06:00I love that line from Alice. And I'm glad you ment...I love that line from Alice. And I'm glad you mentioned that bit about the Hubble...I was going to run out & buy a telescope just to see all those swirly sparkles...and you know I would have been grumbling, <I>That Clowncar, all I see are these dots! Mfdkljff!</I>Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09638509010212406012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8947514984021363360.post-1641421233004104352008-06-04T06:48:00.000-06:002008-06-04T06:48:00.000-06:00Major kudos over the use of Carroll. Alice's inno...Major kudos over the use of Carroll. Alice's innocent little line is my mantra these days, often said with a small, wondering smile. The day the world stops offering up mysteries for me to pore over is the day I need to be dropped in a hole and have dirt thrown in my face.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8947514984021363360.post-56673579244127845742008-06-02T22:04:00.000-06:002008-06-02T22:04:00.000-06:00This reminded me of when my dad used to take us ou...This reminded me of when my dad used to take us out stargazing. He'd tell us all the mythological stories that went with each constellation. I loved it.<BR/><BR/>Also, because you asked and i am too lazy to retype it all, <A HREF="http://menosblog.blogspot.com/2008/03/aye-i-eye-i.html" REL="nofollow">here</A> is the "i" story.menohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18065283682414369608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8947514984021363360.post-89608537181003233502008-06-02T19:33:00.000-06:002008-06-02T19:33:00.000-06:00I also wonder, why it is, I felt like using so man...I also wonder, why it is, I felt like using so many commas, in that last comment.Eric Shonkwilerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14037998216225336724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8947514984021363360.post-70289866586051302202008-06-02T19:32:00.000-06:002008-06-02T19:32:00.000-06:00That's pretty wild, about the Indians. I wonder, ...That's pretty wild, about the Indians. I wonder, if you couldn't, did they put you in accounting, or something?Eric Shonkwilerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14037998216225336724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8947514984021363360.post-22300700704491744672008-06-02T19:13:00.000-06:002008-06-02T19:13:00.000-06:00I really have to get a decent 'scope. I'm too lazy...I really have to get a decent 'scope. I'm too lazy to drag my ass in to the observatory at work. Much easier to take the scope to the cottage and peek there. Closer to the beer, too. :-)Gordohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07601738885232775770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8947514984021363360.post-1862258465822043512008-06-02T19:11:00.000-06:002008-06-02T19:11:00.000-06:00Well at least we can take comfort knowing we are t...Well at least we can take comfort knowing we are the center of the universe.<BR/><BR/>Right? ;)Lynneahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08255266354171825474noreply@blogger.com