tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post4697038843248578222..comments2024-02-29T03:34:23.190-05:00Comments on Who Were the Sea Peoples?: Nut Bansgcallahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-1114661251354274262009-02-23T01:30:00.000-05:002009-02-23T01:30:00.000-05:00TTom,Thanks for the ref. As to the J lg correspond...TTom,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the ref. As to the J lg correspondence, if you can't figure it I sure can't. There are bound to be spurious correspondences between anything in the real world (unless the corpora are small, unlike languages). But I'm not entirely sceptical...Sumacs...Are those the infamous poison sumacs?Wabulonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16838347174718251102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-51383741844966986342009-02-20T21:40:00.000-05:002009-02-20T21:40:00.000-05:00Urushiol? I hadn`t realized that`s what they call...Urushiol? I hadn`t realized that`s what they call the sap, but urushi is the Japanese word for the lacquer they and Chinese have traditionally used for coating and preserving wooden implements. Urushi is derived from the sap of certain sumacs.<BR/><BR/>But anonymous, our reaction to poison ivy is precisely an allergic one: http://www.wonderquest.com/ivy-octopus.htmTokyoTomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09588387872596983852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-70486177020020650012009-02-20T20:55:00.000-05:002009-02-20T20:55:00.000-05:00Oh, well, quite right, Anonymous. My college roomm...Oh, well, quite right, Anonymous. My college roommate worked with urushiol, which is so toxic that it was not possible to handle it in pure form in a normally equipped laboratory without methylating it.Wabulonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16838347174718251102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-44185034271722683162009-02-19T21:35:00.000-05:002009-02-19T21:35:00.000-05:00There's a school of thought that some of the aller...There's a school of thought that some of the allergies of modern children are triggered by vaccinations. Vaccines work by sensitizing the immune system, and allergies are the result of an overly sensitive immune system.<BR/><BR/>This is unrelated to the claim that vaccines promote autism, which is so far unsupported.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-16454595532737532032009-02-18T03:11:00.000-05:002009-02-18T03:11:00.000-05:00Hey Wabulon, actually most people are NOT violen...Hey Wabulon,<BR/> actually most people are NOT violently allergic to poison ivy. Poison ivy has naturally caustic oils that most people get a nasty rash from (contact dermatitis) which is not the same at all as an allergic reaction to it. I on the other hand AM violently allergic to poison ivy; so along with the nasty rash I also swell to horrific proportions and stop breathing within about fifteen minutes (severe anaphylaxis). <BR/> I blame this on the fact that as a child, I used to get into poison ivy all the time, and then one day my teen-aged body said, "Enough is enough, stay away from that shit or I'm gonna kill you." :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-30510213989793396372009-02-17T22:40:00.000-05:002009-02-17T22:40:00.000-05:00Oh, as for Silas I meant no presumption; that was ...Oh, as for Silas I meant no presumption; that was obviously a way to convey my own opinion.TokyoTomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09588387872596983852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-50816275645664763912009-02-17T22:38:00.000-05:002009-02-17T22:38:00.000-05:00While you're at it, can you explain why I'm afraid...<I>While you're at it, can you explain why I'm afraid of heights?</I><BR/><BR/>Sure: "Thou shalt not put the Lord thy God to the test."<BR/><BR/>You prefer not to test God, or your luck, any more.<BR/><BR/>Alternatively, God sensibly endowed us (via evolution, of course) with an intinctive sense that certain things are risky. That sense is manifested in fear and caution. Good things, no?TokyoTomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09588387872596983852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-32365658367602613522009-02-17T21:26:00.001-05:002009-02-17T21:26:00.001-05:00Tokyo Tom wrote:[Silas is] disruptive only because...Tokyo Tom wrote:<BR/><BR/><I>[Silas is] disruptive only because people can't stand his laser focus, long memory and perceived not-picking, and because other's don't like to admit when they're wrong.</I><BR/><BR/>Cool. While you're at it, can you explain why I'm afraid of heights?Bob Murphyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04001108408649311528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-88584465198543027432009-02-17T21:26:00.000-05:002009-02-17T21:26:00.000-05:00Sometimes exceptions prove the rule, Wabulon.Sometimes exceptions prove the rule, Wabulon.TokyoTomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09588387872596983852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-22278696630606639112009-02-17T21:23:00.000-05:002009-02-17T21:23:00.000-05:00our policy of not blocking Silas BartaYou did that...<I>our policy of not blocking Silas Barta</I><BR/><BR/>You did that because you realized it would do you no credit to do so and you realized he's not really a nut. He's disruptive only because people can't stand his laser focus, long memory and perceived not-picking, and because other's don't like to admit when they're wrong.TokyoTomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09588387872596983852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-18617216935567310592009-02-17T20:47:00.000-05:002009-02-17T20:47:00.000-05:00Most people are violently allergic to poison ivy. ...Most people are violently allergic to poison ivy. The reason: How much poison ivy did they eat as children? I know I ate very little.Wabulonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16838347174718251102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-88925383478118037752009-02-13T11:29:00.000-05:002009-02-13T11:29:00.000-05:00I am trying to come up with a pun relating the tit...I am trying to come up with a pun relating the title of this post to our policy of not blocking Silas Barta from posting on the blog. But nothing sufficiently clever comes to mind.Bob Murphyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04001108408649311528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-62825904435963752852009-02-12T23:21:00.000-05:002009-02-12T23:21:00.000-05:00Interesting, Gene.The same is also true of our exp...Interesting, Gene.<BR/><BR/>The same is also true of our exposure to bacteria, fungus, pollen and the like. The less we are exposed to dirt and nature as kids, the more vulnerable we are to it we grow up.TokyoTomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09588387872596983852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-57870835150171673802009-02-12T21:25:00.000-05:002009-02-12T21:25:00.000-05:00"Hypochondriac" isn't really the word I want. I'm..."Hypochondriac" isn't really the word I want. I'm saying, there are parents I meet who have a laundry list of all the things their kid is allergic to; it's more stuff than I would be able to keep track of. <BR/><BR/>And I think that's why my son isn't allergic to all that stuff.Bob Murphyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04001108408649311528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-77018251495404614202009-02-12T21:22:00.000-05:002009-02-12T21:22:00.000-05:00Yep. I realize it is unfair to generalize, and it...Yep. I realize it is unfair to generalize, and it sounds like blaming the victim, but I swear that if you tell me a certain kid has all kinds of allergies, his parent(s) are hypochondriacs. The allergies are real, mind you, but I'm saying I don't think they just randomly strike certain kids.<BR/><BR/>(And yes, my personality is affecting my own kid in certain undesirable ways, but I don't think I'm inculcating allergies to foods.)Bob Murphyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04001108408649311528noreply@blogger.com