I’ll be offline anywhere from 48-72 hours. The reason?
My lovely wife has another GA surgery scheduled for tomorrow at Stanford, hopefully the last one, and while I’ll have some sporadic Internet access, I don’t plan on focusing on anything but her. We are leaving today and I’m in transit while you read this as this is an automatically scheduled posting.
Guest authors and moderators may fill the void if you wish. If not, no worries.
Please, keep it civil.
Anthony,
You give us a window into your private life that most would not do. I hope everything goes stupendously, because I’m very selfish. I want you back doing your amazing stuff on this blog without you needing to worry about your family. However, family matters come first–as always.
Jim
Thank you, Anthony. Very best wishes for your wife, you and your kids and family during all of this.
Don’t worry about WUWT, we have evolved into a self-aware cyber-organism & will look after things while you take care of your wife. Best always.
Anthony, I hope and pray everything goes well for your wife. And that she has a speedy recovery. We will miss you, for sure, but we all understand that family comes first. Take care and God Bless.
Anthony, may the surgery accomplish all its goals, and Mrs Watts’ recovery be complete and as pain and stress free as possible. I appreciate all you do for the promotion of science and the scientific method.
Best wishes for your wife
Prayers for you and your wife, Anthony! You are an inspiration for freedom and truth!
I met a woman tonight who works for a major, brand name corporation. She knows that global warming is b.s., she understands the manipulation of media, we discussed it. Yet she still refers to all solid polution as a “carbon footprint.” I didn’t correct her as it was a friendly, family gathering where it would be inappropriate. But to me, it demonstrates how pervasive the language of the new global warming culture is now.
Anthony, we’re praying for a good outcome and a quick recovery.
>I met a woman tonight who works for a major, brand name corporation. She knows >that global warming is b.s, she understands the manipulation of media
And we all know that the best source of trustworthy unbiased information, scientific rigor, lack of media manipulation, and complete selflessness comes from corporations! I can think of many great examples……TEPCO, BP, Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers, Countrywide, Enron, etc…
Our thoughts are with you – good wishes all round.
All The best mate. Our prayers are with you.
Wishing your wife well for a successful operation and a speedy recovery. These are harrowing times in any family and always first priority.
Some of the comment I read up-thread about some of the vitriol which is dogging the climate debate somehow brought the Elephant nursery rhyme to mind…
“It was six men of Indostan
To learning much inclined,
Who went to see the Elephant
(Though all of them were blind),
That each by observation
Might satisfy his mind
The First approached the Elephant,
And happening to fall
Against his broad and sturdy side,
At once began to bawl:
“God bless me! but the Elephant
Is very like a wall!”
The Second, feeling of the tusk,
Cried, “Ho! what have we here
So very round and smooth and sharp?
To me ’tis mighty clear
This wonder of an Elephant
Is very like a spear!”
The Third approached the animal,
And happening to take
The squirming trunk within his hands,
Thus boldly up and spake:
“I see,” quoth he, “the Elephant
Is very like a snake!”
The Fourth reached out an eager hand,
And felt about the knee.
“What most this wondrous beast is like
Is mighty plain,” quoth he;
“ ‘Tis clear enough the Elephant
Is very like a tree!”
The Fifth, who chanced to touch the ear,
Said: “E’en the blindest man
Can tell what this resembles most;
Deny the fact who can
This marvel of an Elephant
Is very like a fan!”
The Sixth no sooner had begun
About the beast to grope,
Than, seizing on the swinging tail
That fell within his scope,
“I see,” quoth he, “the Elephant
Is very like a rope!”
And so these men of Indostan
Disputed loud and long,
Each in his own opinion
Exceeding stiff and strong,
Though each was partly in the right,
And all were in the wrong!
The Moral of the Elephant Rhyme:
So oft in theologic wars,
The disputants, I ween,
Rail on in utter ignorance
Of what each other mean,
And prate about an Elephant
Not one of them has seen!!”
Seems to sum up the current state of climate science and is an ‘elephant in the room’ which can’t be ignored.
All the best for you and your wife. Family is everything.
All the best to you and your wife, Anthony.
Best wishes to your wife for a speedy recovery and all strength to you.
We’ll be thinking of you both
A man’s gotta do what a man’s gotta do.
I add to all of the above my own best wishes for a good outcome for your wife. At such a time the real values in our lives come forward.
This is also an opportunity for me to say how much I personally appreciate the tremendous effort you put into maintaining such breadth of view and continuing high standard on WUWT. Under the circumstances it becomes even more admirable.
All the best, take your time, family comes first.
Cheers
Norman
Sincerely hope all goes well. My thoughts & prayers are with you both. Come back v soon!
Good luck with the op.
Just when you get used to living in 1984 it’s 1982 all over again.
Return of the Commodore 64
A 1980s computer which was the best seller of its time and introduced users to games such as Donkey Kong and Lemmings is being relaunched as a retro classic.
The new Commodore 64 comes complete with the original chunky beige casing, clunky keyboard and rainbow logo.
But as well as allowing owners to play the original games, this version is also capable of running the latest software packages.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1374554/Return-Commodore-64-Classic-80s-home-given-new-lease-life-Windows-PC.html
Prayers, and best wishes for your lovely wife, for yourself and your family.
Don’t rush back – your wife and family come first! we’ll be on our best behaviour in the meantime.
Anthony, you are a hero to a lot of non-groupthinking ordinary people.
May the road rise to meet you & your family.
Tenuc @ur momisugly 11:28pm
Brilliant!
My best wishes to you and your wife Anthony.
All the very best of wishes to you both for a successful outcome.
Very best wishes to you both.
May everything go smoothly and well.