Re: From _Science News_: Mathematical references abound on The Simpsons

2006-06-11 Thread Dave Land
On Jun 10, 2006, at 5:31 PM, Julia Thompson wrote: Ronn!Blankenship wrote: http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20060610/bob8.asp Linguists have a fun time, as well: http://heideas.blogspot.com/2005/03/beyond-embiggens-and- cromulent.html Including the term snowclone! Yay! And links to

What is this flower?

2006-06-11 Thread Gary Nunn
Has anyone seen anything like this flower before? I did a Google search, but didn't come up with anything. I probably wasn't using the right terminology. http://www.europastation.com/gary/flower/ Gary ___

Re: What is this flower?

2006-06-11 Thread Charlie Bell
On 11/06/2006, at 10:42 PM, Gary Nunn wrote: Has anyone seen anything like this flower before? I did a Google search, but didn't come up with anything. I probably wasn't using the right terminology. http://www.europastation.com/gary/flower/ It's an arum.

SCOUTED: Garrison Keillor on San Franciscophobia

2006-06-11 Thread Dave Land
Folks, Salon is running a great piece by the inimitable Garrison Kiellor on the ridiculous tact that the Republican party is taking in its attempt to unseat Nancy Pelosi: that she is from San Francisco, where there are known g-a-y people! Horrors! Here's the full text of the story, in

Re: What is this flower?

2006-06-11 Thread David Hobby
Gary Nunn wrote: Has anyone seen anything like this flower before? I did a Google search, but didn't come up with anything. I probably wasn't using the right terminology. http://www.europastation.com/gary/flower/ Gary-- Ha-ha, good one! Those are CGIs made by Georgia O'Keefe. You can't

Re: What is this flower?

2006-06-11 Thread Kanandarqu
It's an arum. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Araceae I'm actually a zoologist. I feel dirty now. Charlie Who would have figured something that such an outstanding flower was related to skunk weed (skunk cabbage) that we use to find during summer vacations although those plants had