Comments for Life as an Extreme Sport

Comment on A Shift in Expectation of Self by Jan Henderson

Jan Henderson — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 03:32:35 +0000

Congratulations, Kelly, on your insights and your engagement. Both appear to be of superior quality.

(I get here from an RSS feed, BTW, so this was news to me.)

Comment on Lies, Damned Lies, and Mehdi Hasan on Abortion by Lessons in Language | CMF BLOG

Lessons in Language | CMF BLOG — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 12:34:20 +0000

[...] the womb is sometimes referred to as a ‘product of conception’, or a clump of cells and tissue. Here a writer talks about a ‘mass of splitting and differentiating cells’. Yet how often do we say [...]

Comment on Broken Buddhas by Ebby

Ebby — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 23:50:08 +0000

We have a lot in common and I really enjoyed this post, it’s my first time here.

Comment on The Problem with Highlighting Beauty Along with Brains by Women And Science | Lynley Stace

Women And Science | Lynley Stace — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 07:22:16 +0000

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Comment on The Problem with Highlighting Beauty Along with Brains by Kelly

Kelly — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 14:42:09 +0000

Well, to be fair, this did include 25 men. But I do think that it has a different effect on them than it does on women. I’d be interested in hearing male voices on this, though!

Comment on The Problem with Highlighting Beauty Along with Brains by Katherine

Katherine — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 14:31:38 +0000

It’s also funny how no one ever thinks to do this about men, either. And by “funny” I mean “not at all surprising.” =/

Comment on The Problem with Highlighting Beauty Along with Brains by Meta Brown

Meta Brown — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 19:55:57 +0000

Funny how nobody ever seems to put out lists of Ten Brainiest Super Models.

Comment on The Problem with Highlighting Beauty Along with Brains by Sarah Boon (@SnowHydro)

Sarah Boon (@SnowHydro) — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 16:30:58 +0000

The list creator says they wanted to show that scientists can be ‘sexy’ and not just ‘scary’. Which is in itself an interesting dichotomy…

I was always the weird kid with the glasses who knew ‘more than she should’. Reading the 50 sexy scis list brought me back to that feeling of *not* being sexy but feeling like you *should* be or you’re failing somehow.

I did notice though that a lot of the ppl on the list were also really creative – musicians, fashion designers, poets…Maybe they could have had a list of sci/art crossovers and left the sexy out altogether.

Comment on The Problem with Highlighting Beauty Along with Brains by missmse

missmse — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 15:36:27 +0000

There’s already projects to show scientists can be all kinds of people, that do a better job. My favorite is http://lookslikescience.tumblr.com/ . Which, as a side benefit, often shows how cool science is, especially field work.

Comment on Power Broker Bioethicists by Kelly

Kelly — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 10:26:12 +0000

No more so than usual. I have a reputation to live up to!

Comment on Power Broker Bioethicists by Christine Cavalier

Christine Cavalier — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 03:33:22 +0000

Stirring things up, I see.

Comment on Beginner’s Mind, Writing, and Time to Fail by Kelly

Kelly — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 18:52:24 +0000

Thanks Sarah, I appreciate it! I’ve been attempting to figure out some of the reasons I’m blocked on moving forward on a more freelancer path, and I think that this (aside from the huge issue of impostor syndrome) is definitely one of them. I’m trying to figure out just when it became not okay to fail…

Comment on Beginner’s Mind, Writing, and Time to Fail by Sarah Boon (@SnowHydro)

Sarah Boon (@SnowHydro) — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 17:58:45 +0000

Kelly – I saw your tweet this morning about carving out time to fail and it instantly resonated with me. That’s exactly what we all need – in order to grow and move forward, whether it’s in a career or just life in general. It stuck in my head – and I like how you fleshed it out in >140 chars.

Comment on A is for Audi, Advertising Assault by Pirate Jeni

Pirate Jeni — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 20:59:29 +0000

Thank you for this.. I was horribly appalled by this commercial and I was in the minority.. I thought it was just me.

Comment on A is for Audi, Advertising Assault by cromartie

cromartie — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 21:19:10 +0000

@MikeH Let’s assume that the ad buy worked this way: The first commercial is the one shown above. The second commercial features the girl going after the Prom King, leaving the prom in the same state.

Is that acceptable? Do two wrongs make a right?