I’ve decided to step away from WUWT this weekend. Both my wife and I are sick with a cold. I’m very tired, and I need to do something else for awhile besides moderate squabbles; like work on my paper which keeps getting time taken away from it by the attention this blog requires.
If you have something worth posting on the front page, flag a moderator. Those that want to do guest posts are welcome to do so also. Again, flag a moderator for attention. Those that have author permission already, go for it.
I’ll resume posting if I feel up to it Sunday night.
In the meantime, talk quietly and politely amongst yourselves. Don’t make me come back here.
– Anthony
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I decided to weigh in on the silliness abounding over the methane out gassing discovered in Siberia
http://strata-sphere.com/blog/index.php/archives/12945
For some reason Freakzoid complaining of ‘poo gas’ just keeps echoing in my mind
Daylight Saving Time. Dinosaur from the days of the turn of the 20th Century.
Watch as accidents and other phenomena increase for the next 2 weeks following the change as biological rythms are thown for a loop.
A prediction: Here in Minnesota, it will warm sufficiently enough for the garden centers and flower marts to open their doors in April and offer green plants for sale.
Anthony: Silly question but……………….how does one flag a moderator?
Johnnny
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Anthony:
As others have said, deserved break. (And you and the wife DO need to be idle and fight the dreaded modern “plauge”, a bad head cold. CAN lead to more nasty things. Keep it under control.)
But our poster just before me says:
Warren in Minnesota (07:31:51) :
A prediction: Here in Minnesota, it will warm sufficiently enough for the garden centers and flower marts to open their doors in April and offer green plants for sale.
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Having just done 45 minutes of “hard labor” getting rid of a troublesome ice dam on my roof (axe and 10 lbm sledge..roof is redone this summer, that’s been scheduled!) I’m giving Warren and “Oh Yeah!”. But he is right. Even when it SNOWS ON APRIL 10th (every third year), the garden centers do open up. They don’t open up any LATER than historically recorded, nor do they open up earlier! Gosh, they depend on the OVERALL AVERAGE BEHAVIOR of the weather. Heck, what a concept.
Warren: At least one other contributor (me) gets the MN humor. Say hello to Garrison for me would you?
Anthony,
Chicken soup! All those Jewish mothers are right!
1 chicken (5-7 lbs)
12-15 cups water
10 cloves garlic minced.
Skin the chicken.
in a large stockpot put in some olive or peanut oil with the garlic.
heat enough to just brown the garlic. Add a chopped onion then the chicken. Add the water and 2 tsp salt and as much fresh cracked pepper as you want along with 5 bullion cubes.
cook for 1 to 1 1/2 hours.
Remove chicken and debone it.
put the chicken meat back in the soup along with 3 cups of brown rice another chopped onion 2 chopped carrots and 4 chopped ribs of celery.
Add 1/2 pkg of frozen mixed vegetables and plenty of chopped sage rosemary and thyme or 2 tbsp of poultry seasoning.
Cook for 45 minutes to 1 hour.
Good for what ails you. You can add more or less water depending on how soupy you want it. Most excellent fresh but it does freeze very well.
This should be enough to last you through the cold.
Regards
Sometimes a good laugh helps. This is my favorite picture of Gore:
http://www.weeklystandard.com/
Get better soon, Mr. Watts!
http://www.weeklystandard.com/issue/422521?from%5Bvalue%5D%5Byear%5D=&from%5Bvalue%5D%5Bmonth%5D=&to%5Bvalue%5D%5Byear%5D=&to%5Bvalue%5D%5Bmonth%5D=
Now that is a laugh and a half!
Great article by Steven Hayward. Funny picture of Algore.
http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/denial
Cure for the common cold:
1- Stickout little finger and 4th finger [like hook um horns] next to glass
2-Pour two fingers of whiskey in glass [no ice]
3- Do same for poor long suffering wife.
4- Soak in hot tub [as hot as you can stand] while drinking whisky
5- Dy off and get in bed with pile of blankets [or an electric blanket]
6- Sweat it out
Anthony, I also have a cold. Fortunately, mine is fairly mild. I know stress makes colds worse, so take your time and relax.
Once again, thanks for the great website. It gives me something to relax and enjoy while I’m recovering. The best medicine I could get!
Possible topic re Alternative energy
The EPA have scaled back the mandated the cellulosic Ethanol production from 100mg/y to 6.5 since the development of cellulosic ethanol is seriously delayed. There are no commercial operating plants although the government is betting our future on this type of technology.
See
http://blogs.forbes.com/energysource/2010/02/25/diminishing-expectations-from-range-fuels/
“So taxpayers funded a 40 MGY wood-based ethanol plant and they are instead getting a 4 MGY wood-based methanol plant. The technology to produce methanol from synthesis gas (the output of Range’s gasifier) was invented in 1923, and is widely used in the petrochemical industry today. It appears that the wheel has been reinvented at taxpayer expense. This is a rather remarkable fall for Range Fuels, who burst onto the scene a few short years ago with grandiose claims of producing massive volumes of cellulosic ethanol at a lower price than corn ethanol. They put out a steady stream of press releases, made of number of big claims, and more importantly they took a lot of taxpayer money.”
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You only have to work March 11-12.
Dont think phil jones is feeling too good either!
Have a good rest Anthony. It seems you get the meteorologist embodied as your flu forecastes springtime 🙂
In recognition of the fact of AGW surely its time the head ‘cold’ should now be renamed a ‘tepid’ or even a ‘warm’ in more severe cases. Speedy recovery from your ‘tepid’ Anthony
IPCC gray report
http://nofrakkingconsensus.blogspot.com/2010/03/great-peer-review-fairy-tale.html
Interesting Ad by Google appearing on this site today – “Rajendra Pachauri (Nobel Peace Prize winner) at the London Speaker Bureau.” Thought he had enough to do…
chicken soup
Steve in SC (08:04:56)
“…as much cracked pepper as you want along with five bullion cubes.”
In the interests of culinary-disaster prevention, I take it as read you imply the American/worlwide bullion (10>9) and not the British bullion (10>12) ?
Okay, I’ll get my coat…..
Anthony
I’d just like to add my thanks to those who already have here.
Sometimes it’s important for us to remember who is doing all the hard yards – you are!
Just remember we are appreciative of what you and your team do. Get a good break – gosh a weekend ain’t a good break in my book. And forget those bl—y nitpickers!!
cheers
Doug
Anthony
I don’t know if anyone might read this
Recover! Thank you SO much for this forum. I ‘backed into’ it as a result of my involvement in the USA Tea Party phenomena. Citizens and scientists alike sooner or later ‘wake up’ and realize that they might be being used.
I am a scientist myself, and respect what you are doing!
Garlic …… one garlic pill a day will keep your colds away.
But since you already have one let me give you a 100% sure fire way to get rid of it. A cup of hot tea, no milk or sugar, add a jigger of whiskey, add lemon juice from 1/2 lemon, drink each night at 9:00 P.M. In 10-14 days your cold will be gone.
Ref – Steve in SC (08:04:56) :
“Anthony,
“Chicken soup!…”
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Campbells’ is Quicker! (and less “Garlic”;-(
Also… Saltine Crackers (preferabley Nabisco)
and… Ginger Ale (Store Brand is fine), ‘Night’ or ‘Nite’ Time Cold Medicine(Store Brand is fine), & Vit. C.(Store Brand is fine)
and… staying in bed for 3-4 days has been known to add to recovery.
When you’re saturated with these and caught up on sleep, you’ll feel so much better and you’ll actually want to eat and drink real food and do something;-)