tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-978531190643365040.post8759518286272457245..comments2023-10-04T11:47:45.212-04:00Comments on The Flying Trilobite: Gordo Romps at R.O.M.Glendon Mellowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03582347493421110738noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-978531190643365040.post-34074911357526940972008-01-01T21:49:00.000-05:002008-01-01T21:49:00.000-05:00Thanks, Free Range!It is amazing how strongly peop...Thanks, Free Range!<BR/><BR/>It is amazing how strongly people reinforce that dichotomy between art and science. I myself am somewhat guilty, since I divide my blogroll along those lines. And then sites like Eloquent Atheist and James Gurney and Fresh Brainz go and blur the lines all the time. <BR/><BR/>Art and science are certainly two different overlapping categories, and I think that is fair to say. I don't think they ae necessarily opposites though. <BR/><BR/>I'm enjoying your blog. No, I odn't know Professor Desser, but that gives me some hope too. The larger my niche audience, and potential colleagues, the better!Glendon Mellowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03582347493421110738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-978531190643365040.post-83308944404449966992007-12-31T09:53:00.000-05:002007-12-31T09:53:00.000-05:00Oh, I agree with you, it is a brilliant gallery. (...Oh, I agree with you, it is a brilliant gallery. (Was a great storm too!) Lots of well-laid-out information and very accessible bones. Thanks for the kind comment (and thanks to Leslie for sending me over here!) I enjoy your art - I had a wonderful professor of parasitology at U of T (Professor Desser, not making that up, you may know him) who is also a painter, and his office was full of these amazing abstracted shimmering snails and fish and nematodes. It was a liberating moment - I had just switched from an arts to a science major and was struggling with my preconceived notions that I had to (for some reason) choose between my fascinations - Art and Science. I was delighted to find the Trilobite, and another person refusing to get caught in that mind trap. Cheers!Humblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17610926938207923913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-978531190643365040.post-46537912054327372672007-12-28T19:22:00.000-05:002007-12-28T19:22:00.000-05:00http://freerangeacademy.blogspot.com/2007/12/fores...http://freerangeacademy.blogspot.com/2007/12/forest-of-bones.html<BR/>Good pictures here from the ROM dino exhibit.<BR/>Because both of you are linked to my blog, I really feel as if I was there!<BR/>You may have bumped into one another... :)Leslie Haweshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17933649274394414938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-978531190643365040.post-45128999299646050262007-12-27T20:09:00.000-05:002007-12-27T20:09:00.000-05:00That's the one thing I don't miss about Canada, sn...That's the one thing I don't miss about Canada, snow! Though we still get a little bit on coastal New Zealand (the interior gets it, but not right now as we're in the middle of summer! In your faces North Americans ;p)<BR/><BR/>Yeah those sauropods have a bad habit of being to big for their own good! I'd say it's the fact they don't photograph well that keeps them from overshadowing us T-Rexs in popularity LOLtraumadorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00387315561167115253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-978531190643365040.post-61731681294642730132007-12-26T06:50:00.000-05:002007-12-26T06:50:00.000-05:00Yeah, dirty snow is the downside of the pretty whi...Yeah, dirty snow is the downside of the pretty white stuff, isn't it Leslie? The part they seldom show in movies. Snow in Tucson? Weird. Must've been fun though. <BR/><BR/>Hi Lim; yes, Gordo is on permanent display. How warm is it where you are? I could send you some snow in a cardboard box by purolator!Glendon Mellowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03582347493421110738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-978531190643365040.post-18772973119712828032007-12-25T00:00:00.000-05:002007-12-25T00:00:00.000-05:00Great post. Looking at your photos reminds me of h...Great post. Looking at your photos reminds me of how much I miss dinosaurs. And snow.<BR/><BR/>Will Gordo be on permanent display?The Key Questionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05426898630563791849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-978531190643365040.post-20698077594992371532007-12-23T18:54:00.000-05:002007-12-23T18:54:00.000-05:00I grew up with snow in New Jersey, so I know about...I grew up with snow in New Jersey, so I know about how it gets yucky quickly from cars. We actually had a very freakish 6" snow in the Tucson valley last January. Probably won't see another one for 20 years.<BR/>I miss having the fresh snow, but after that, it's just a mess.<BR/>I could happily be accidently locked into the Museum of Natural History in New York, or the Smithsonian in Washington. Just leave food in the same place for me every night, and I would happily go museum feral...Leslie Haweshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17933649274394414938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-978531190643365040.post-45711837836818835612007-12-22T09:20:00.000-05:002007-12-22T09:20:00.000-05:00Thanks Leslie!I believe Gordo was placed in crates...Thanks Leslie!<BR/><BR/>I believe Gordo was placed in crates and drawers and sort of scattered all over. The ROM is pretty old, and this type of thing used to happen. Part of the reason for its expansion is they have much more in the back in boxes than they have on display. <BR/><BR/>Thanks for the kind words about the post. Do you even get snow where you live? <BR/><BR/>We don't usually have much snow until late January, so it was kind of exciting this year. Of course now it is mostly melted and all brown from car exhaust...Glendon Mellowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03582347493421110738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-978531190643365040.post-4072321057695332512007-12-21T22:54:00.000-05:002007-12-21T22:54:00.000-05:00How, pray tell, does one have a dinosaur in the ba...How, pray tell, does one have a dinosaur in the basement, and not notice?<BR/>What a great post. I tromped through the snow with you, and had the time of my life in the museum.Leslie Haweshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17933649274394414938noreply@blogger.com