Comments for Tick Tales of Misery and Occasional Ecstasy

Comment on A Week With My Eldest by jjackso15

jjackso15 — Mon, 11 May 2009 19:10:10 +0000

Dude, I know that you’re not terribly happy up there right now, but that is why being up in that part of the country is so great. You can do all of that in a weekend. Awesome!

Comment on A Week With My Eldest by S

Mon, 11 May 2009 15:55:51 +0000

It sounds like you had a wonderful visit. I’m hoping to visit NY in the fall….again.

Comment on It’s Official by Joe B

Joe B — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 18:59:47 +0000

Get your ass back to Houston!

Comment on It’s Official by bonafide

bonafide — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 23:18:08 +0000

Heatlamps, Emelda Marcos garage sale, Stinky Seeds…no problems.

Comment on It’s Official by jjackso15

jjackso15 — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 20:20:19 +0000

What are you talking about? I love my matched set of Aloe Vera in Doc Martens!

Comment on It’s Official by Adam Drake

Adam Drake — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 20:21:59 +0000

Be patient. Recreate your life as you want it to be, and as part of that process change your geographical location to the place you feel best suits you.

It’s a process.

Comment on Discussions on Climate Change by bonafide

bonafide — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 19:25:52 +0000

I will say it again. They are not serious about any of this until they get serious about nuclear energy.
Also, this is your best post in a while.

Comment on Discussions on Climate Change by jjackso15

jjackso15 — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 23:40:49 +0000

Firstly, you are dead on about the ice core samples. I saw a British documentary that says that Al got it wrong in his movie. The scientist in that movie says that the ice core samples show that CO2 levels went up only after global temperatures went up. So while there is correlation between the two the causation appears to be the opposite of Al’s theory. Once again though, there’s no way to prove causation; only correlation.

Secondly, let me urge you not to give the scientists a pass quite so quickly. Let me lay down a scenario. I’m a research scientist working for a research university (Harvard, Yale, MIT wherever). I spent at least 7-9 years in school and now have a job that is interesting, the pay is good enough that I live a comfortable life but by no means am I wealthy. I have a family, a mortgage and three kids getting close to college age. My employment at the university depends on my publishing papers and getting grants for research. Now, what will get me more grant money and allow me to publish more research papers? The earth might be seeing a warming trend but this trend is consistent with the way the earth has worked for millennia? Or the earth is warming catastrophically due to man’s evil ways?

It’s always good to remember that self interest is a powerful motivation for most people.

Comment on Mathematical Improbability by bonafide

bonafide — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:05:24 +0000

whores.

Comment on Mathematical Improbability by jjackso15

jjackso15 — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:59:04 +0000

That’s not what you said last night.