October, 2005 Posts of the Month

Thanks. Hope it catches on.Just to let you know, I am pretty certain Phat has also expressed this before. In fact I believe he was hinting at it within the post I nominated above.

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holmes
"...what a fool believes he sees, no wise man has the power to reason away.."(D. Bros)

Disclaimer: I often express ideas that I do not understand.

In Message 99 RAZD very elegantly describes the problem that each of us faces when we peer out of the window of our mind.Especially the last paragraph is a gem of wisdom.

gosh -- two noms in one month. my bed is made of laurels (where I get a hardy sleep)even if I did mod the last paragraph per comments from ben ...

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we are limited in our ability to understand
by our ability to understand

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RebelAAmerican.Zen[Deist
... to learn ... to think ... to live ... to laugh ...
to share.

Wow, Mike not only covers a lot of bases in the just right number of words but the choice of words is excellent writing.I guess it helps that I agree with him too . Message 185This message has been edited by NosyNed, 10-15-2005 02:39 PM

I concur!Eloquent and succinct, this post is miles away from Mike's posts on similar threads this time last year.and I'd still say that even if I didn't agree with the content

Oh thanks, I've only just noticed this nomination.We all have our moments.

Name: IrishRockHound
Forum: Biological Evolution
Thread: where was the transition within fossil record?? [Stalled: randman]
Post #: 190This thread has produced a lot of posts that I've been tempted to nominate POTM; I like this one particularly

Well, this is unexpected...Thank you Modulous

Name: mark24
Forum: Biological Evolution
Thread: where was the transition within fossil record?? [Stalled: randman]
Post #: 237*Sigh* Whereas I'm reduced to taunting and insulting randman, mark24 manages to write a well-composed post explaining the fallacies of randman's "missing fossil argument". I'm glad someone is keeping a cool head (although it can't be all that much fun).

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"Intellectually, scientifically, even artistically, fundamentalism -- biblical literalism -- is a road to nowhere, because it insists on fidelity to revealed truths that are not true." -- Katha Pollitt

Message 7Good quality example of predictions and verifications of theory.Thoroughly well written besides.

Showing no disrespect CaveDiver takes someone at face value.I don't get it but I love it!
Message 3and Message 5Sometimes you just have to do the math. If you want to do big bang cosmology you do.

Chiroptera,Well that was both unexpected & much appreciated. Thank you!Mark

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There are 10 kinds of people in this world; those that understand binary, & those that don't

Message 135This is such a fine post
I must raise a toast
While It's not on topic
from it I get a kick
From now on I demand rhyme
to make our posts sublime
and piling on will slow
to crash such a blow
'cause this is hard
since I am no bardThis message has been edited by NosyNed, 10-25-2005 10:29 AM

The secrets of a poem
have many writers vexed, but
for those of us who know 'em
a poem is just text.

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"Just text?", I hear you ask,
"But what say you of rhyming?"
Well, rhyming is a tricky task,
but even trickier is timing.

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So I appreciate your toast,
and I thank you, Mr. Nose,
But I think that in a normal post,
I will kindly stick to prose. {To my horror and dismay I found that "surly" doesn't mean what I thought I means and that I also made a very stupid spelling error ("appricate"). I hope the poem looks better now.}This message has been edited by Parasomnium, 28-Oct-2005 07:27 PM