tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post113080355491036473..comments2023-12-17T19:35:07.459-08:00Comments on Bouphonia: Bless This MessPhilahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15849261651028725772noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post-1130870492143659762005-11-01T10:41:00.000-08:002005-11-01T10:41:00.000-08:00Cervantes,Well, I do tend to remember the vague ou...Cervantes,<BR/><BR/>Well, I do tend to remember the vague outlines of my earlier posts. From there, it's just a matter of going into the list of posts, and searching for some keyword ("organophosphate," in this case).<BR/><BR/>I used to be able to find old posts via the search function at the top of the site, but Blogger "improved" them and it doesn't work anymore. So searching within posts, while signed in, is the only way I can manage it.<BR/><BR/>Typepad lets you group posts by subject...kind of an attractive idea, especially when you jump around from topic to topic as much as I do. But I'm too lazy to switch.Philahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15849261651028725772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post-1130869664358619922005-11-01T10:27:00.000-08:002005-11-01T10:27:00.000-08:00Gee Phila, how can you find your year-old posts so...Gee Phila, how can you find your year-old posts so quickly? Does blogger have some easy indexing function, or do you keep track somehow? (We should have a blogging forum, there are so many things I don't know how to do. . .)Cervanteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11302076828795198187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post-1130864926080843852005-11-01T09:08:00.000-08:002005-11-01T09:08:00.000-08:00Oh, the irony!Oh, the irony!Agihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16778381024099306149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post-1130861149648384412005-11-01T08:05:00.000-08:002005-11-01T08:05:00.000-08:00Cervantes,You're right, of course. That's a whole ...Cervantes,<BR/><BR/>You're right, of course. That's a whole other issue.<BR/><BR/>I wrote <A HREF="http://bouphonia.blogspot.com/2004/11/discovering-obvious_07.html" REL="nofollow">another post</A> on this issue, if you're interested.Philahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15849261651028725772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post-1130858343278636032005-11-01T07:19:00.000-08:002005-11-01T07:19:00.000-08:00Yes indeedy. These chemicals are related to the o...Yes indeedy. These chemicals are related to the organophosphate insecticides, which are "useful" (at least in some people's view) precisely because they are far more toxic to insects than they are to humans. They are also just as toxic to annelids and all the other creatures that lack the cytochrome p-450 oxygenase systems in the vertebrate liver, such as mollusks including your own favorite critters. <BR/><BR/>However, even concerning us crowns of creation, there is plenty of good evidence that chronic sub-clinical exposure causes long-term neurological damage in humans. This is nasty shit that shouldn't exist. We may be getting rid of the nerve gas, but we're still manufacturing the insecticide versions and spraying them around.Cervanteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11302076828795198187noreply@blogger.com