User:Crookedmouth
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Fortune Plango Vulnera[edit]
He had bought a large map representing the sea,
Without the least vestige of land:
And the crew were much pleased when they found it to be
A map they could all understand.
"What's the good of Mercator's North Poles and Equators,
Tropics, Zones, and Meridian Lines?"
So the Bellman would cry: and the crew would reply
"They are merely conventional signs!
"Other maps are such shapes, with their islands and capes!
But we've got our brave Captain to thank:"
(So the crew would protest) "that he's bought us the best—
A perfect and absolute blank!"
Lewis Carrol
OK, a little bit about me...[edit]
Nationality: Brit
Sex: Male
Age: Fortysomething
Occupation: Engineer/scientist
Family: Sigh...
Intellect: Sufficient to moderate, but declining slowly in the West.
Religious beliefs: Atheist, I suppose, but I'm not looking to fight anyone about it.
Spelling: Sometimes
Places to Go[edit]
http://layperson.rationalblogs.org
http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula