tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-949421001644904537.post430235606049022058..comments2024-01-24T18:56:58.635-08:00Comments on EXPLORING CULTURES: A Global Blog (all languages): "Laureling" - a new word to honor Laurel Kornfeld who has a keen intereest in all things PlutoUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-949421001644904537.post-47905488410478529312010-01-27T21:09:44.730-08:002010-01-27T21:09:44.730-08:00Are you sure we're in the same time zone? I...Are you sure we're in the same time zone? I'm in EST.<br /><br />Could be just luck; I usually subscribe to responses on my comments.<br /><br />Let's see how long it takes me to write a 300-page book. My goal is to get it done by mid-September.Laurel Kornfeldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02387883186244337619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-949421001644904537.post-38550968442924667632010-01-27T20:26:00.990-08:002010-01-27T20:26:00.990-08:008 minutes? Tell me that's not fanaticism.8 minutes? Tell me that's not fanaticism.Discombobulatednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-949421001644904537.post-14158955074309866102010-01-26T21:00:42.830-08:002010-01-26T21:00:42.830-08:00Fanaticism? Support for Pluto's planet status ...Fanaticism? Support for Pluto's planet status is a legitimate scientific viewpoint.<br /><br />The IAU is just unhappy to have someone this persistent actually make progress in bringing down their terrible definition. :)Laurel Kornfeldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02387883186244337619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-949421001644904537.post-91245424788341849682010-01-26T20:52:15.175-08:002010-01-26T20:52:15.175-08:00This is funny, but there's already a word for ...This is funny, but there's already a word for this:<br /><br />http://catb.org/jargon/html/K/kiboze.html<br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kibo_%28Usenet%29<br /><br />It predated Laurel's pet obsession by a number of years, so I would argue prior art. And it doesn't give legitimacy to fanaticism over minutiae.Discombobulatednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-949421001644904537.post-57617547666465092392009-12-24T08:59:06.884-08:002009-12-24T08:59:06.884-08:00Bravo Laurel! Your crusade we all support for trut...Bravo Laurel! Your crusade we all support for truth well deserves this honour :DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-949421001644904537.post-71602271118218765632009-12-09T18:58:48.387-08:002009-12-09T18:58:48.387-08:00Bravo! I approve! I was 'laureled' once bu...Bravo! I approve! I was 'laureled' once but I have mended my ways!Lunar Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05748030951536447210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-949421001644904537.post-50235128599394182382009-10-29T19:55:14.258-07:002009-10-29T19:55:14.258-07:00Danny,
Thank you so much for taking the time to f...Danny,<br /><br />Thank you so much for taking the time to find and contact me and for<br />informing me about this. Do you have the link to the original blog<br />post where this comment was made? [DANNY SAYS: "I WILL TRY TO FIND IT AGAIN. IREAD IT SOMEWHERE ONLINE LAST NIGHT HERE IN TAIWAN."] I cannot find it. All I found was<br />another blog that quoted it while praising my efforts. Please send me<br />the original link if you have it.<br /><br />I agree that so-called "obsessions" are interesting. Our culture seems<br />to have a bias against anything viewed as an "obsession," associating<br />it with stalkers, terrorists, etc. This is a value judgment that fails<br />to acknowledge that some of the greatest advances in science and some<br />of our greatest works of art were done by those "obsessed" or to<br />better put it, single-minded about their subjects.<br /><br />I did check out your blog and will read more once I am done with a<br />10-12 page project for my astronomy class. "<br /><br />-- Laurel KornfeldAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-949421001644904537.post-67189985100647402992009-10-29T19:53:00.660-07:002009-10-29T19:53:00.660-07:00Dear Laurel,
Yes, your name has now entered the b...Dear Laurel,<br /><br />Yes, your name has now entered the books, the history books, the Internet lanes, the information superhighway side streets. BRAVO. More people should go <br />''laureling" to find out the truth about things, pro and con. Yes yes yes.<br /><br />-- DANNYDANIELBLOOMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05130493903696077379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-949421001644904537.post-42113626930420358532009-10-29T10:40:25.331-07:002009-10-29T10:40:25.331-07:00Well, what can I say, but thank you! I'm a wri...Well, what can I say, but thank you! I'm a writer whose name is now a verb! Who is the original blogger that made this proposal? I'd like to thank him or her personally. Most people comment anonymously on Internet forums, but I use my name whenever writing about something about which I have strong convictions. After all, if a person really believes in his or her convictions, why hide behind anonymity? Why not put one's name behind those convictions?<br /><br />Here's a sentence using the two new verbs "to pluto" and "to laurel."<br /><br />"Arrogant authority figures who pluto people or ideas for no logical reason can expect to be laureled on the Internet for many years." :)Laurel Kornfeldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02387883186244337619noreply@blogger.com