The most recent 20 comments posted to Making Light by Sigrid Ellis:

Arg. Air traffic controllers are still taught that Bernoulli explains flight. I was deeply offended to learn, quite recently, that this is incorrect. I cannot recall the exact true mechanism; it is complicated enough to not be a strong competitor with Bernoulli.

YES! Thank you, Teresa, for saying this so well. And thank you, Patrick, for putting it on the front page for easy finding.

Personally, I’m convinced that the legends of the Holy Grail are fanfic about the Eucharist.

Possibly enough, yes. Something I noticed as a young'n.

I am most struck by the photos of agricultural endeavors. It puts me in mind of the old, and I think misguided, belief that there is "Nature" and there is "Man." That Nature is unspoilt and pure, and Man is essentially a contaminate on her face. These photos demonstrate that people are of the natural world just as much as termites, bless 'em.

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