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The Egyptian goddess Isis was celebrated as the ideal wife and mother. The blogger known as Dr. Isis has some fancy-sounding degrees and is a physiologist at a major research university working on some terribly impressive stuff. She blogs about balancing her research career with the demands of raising small children, how to succeed as a woman in academia, and anything else she finds interesting. Also, she blogs about shoes. In fact, she blogs a lot about shoes.

...And behold, he raised the motherfucking Jameson on high as Isis bedecked her feet in glory, and the masses were sated. -- The Holy Gospel According to PhysioProf

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Late Night Change of Plans...

Posted on: November 26, 2008 10:22 PM, by Isis the Scientist

Dr. Isis was planning to snuggle up after dinner and blog about something sciencey. Then she clicked over to CNN and saw the events in India. So tonight, rather than snark about science, she's just going to cuddle with the Isis children and keep the people of Mumbai in her prayers.

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Me too. :(

Posted by: Pipette Monkey | November 26, 2008 11:40 PM

thank you isis. thankfully my family is in a different region of India, but I have friends whom have loved ones there.

Posted by: ScientistMother | November 27, 2008 12:11 AM

To whom are you praying and why?

Posted by: S. Rivlin | November 27, 2008 10:19 AM

Those events are horrifying. As income inequality around the globe increases during the global economic depression we are entering, such events are, unfortunately, likely to become more frequent.

Posted by: Comrade PhysioProf | November 27, 2008 11:17 AM

her prayers.

To herself?

Posted by: David Marjanović | November 27, 2008 6:34 PM

Although some of you don't believe in a higher power, Dr.Isis does and is keeping the thoughts of those that are suffering b/c of cruel act in those prayers. This isn't the post for sarcasm or discussions on the validity of those prayers. If you have no empathy do display for innocent people. Shut the fuck up.

Posted by: ScientistMother | November 28, 2008 12:21 AM

Although some of you don't believe in a higher power, Dr.Isis does and is keeping the thoughts of those that are suffering b/c of cruel act in those prayers. This isn't the post for sarcasm or discussions on the validity of those prayers. If you have no empathy do display for innocent people. Shut the fuck up.

Thank you, ScientistMother. Well said.

Posted by: Isis the Scientist | November 28, 2008 12:23 AM

ScientistMother,

The monsters who commit such atrocities are praying and believing that they are fulfilling this very higher power's wishes. Questioning unfounded beliefs has nothing to do with a lack of empathy or sarcasm.

Posted by: S. Rivlin | November 28, 2008 8:55 AM

"The monsters who commit such atrocities are praying and believing that they are fulfilling this very higher power's wishes."

Actually, you don't really know what the monsteres are thinking, believing (praying or otherwise) - even if they have made one of those terrorist-type announcements, now do you?

Posted by: Silver Fox | November 28, 2008 10:51 AM

Woops! Actually, that would be "monsters." And how do you do those indented quotes?

Posted by: Silver Fox | November 28, 2008 10:56 AM

And how do you do those indented quotes?

Use the "blockquote" tag.

Posted by: Isis the Scientist | November 28, 2008 11:04 AM

Use the "blockquote" tag.

Thanks! :)

Posted by: Silver Fox | November 28, 2008 11:18 AM

Silver Fox,`

Where I come from, although you don't necessarily know what these monsters are thinking (or what anyone else does), you hear and see what they are preaching, to whom they are praying and who are the "infidles" they attempt to kill in the name of their Allah.

It seems to me that you are the one who don't really know much about religious terrorism and terrorists who always plotting to kill you because of your ethnicity.

Posted by: S. Rivlin | November 28, 2008 12:45 PM

S. Rivlin, please. There's plenty other blogs where the argument you seem to want happens several times a day. This thread is not for that argument, it's for concern about these horrible events and sympathy for those affected.

Posted by: MissPrism | November 28, 2008 1:08 PM

MissPrism, with all due respect, allow me to disagree.

Posted by: S. Rivlin | November 28, 2008 1:17 PM