I don't know why this post is one of the most popular of all times here, but I just discovered a relevant illustration to go with it: Bosco wrote a post in which he links to a whole bunch of pictures of a popular mascot (almost as popular as Professor Steve Steve).
More like this
(I'm posting things from my old blog while I'm on a much-needed vacation)
This originally appeared December 21, 2007
Popularity is a fickle thing.
My high school experience, like that of nearly eve
In a list of the most overrated things, we're the Churchills of popular science:
Popular science: ScienceBlogs. Politics gets more hits than science, so ScienceBlogs recruits screamers rather than interesting popularizers or important scientists.
Hey Bora,
Thanks for the link.
Had a really fun time meeting all your friends, real and virtual, in Berkeley. Thanks for explaining Plos One to me, I think I get it. And it is the future.
p.s. I took all the photos in my last trip to Europe.
I actually used to have one of the little figurines when I was a kid (not as bottle-openers, though, but Classic style).
Speaking of 'threading'...
In the fantasy Astra and Flondrix the author reveals that elves have two, while dwarfs' are threaded. Gor a dwarf sexual compatibility involves handedness, and sex most often includes pulleys and ropes. It can be a dizzying experience for the male.