Happy new year

It is midnight on January 1 here in Australia. There's a loud party next door (young folks, heh). So I hope you all have a good year and thanks for reading me in 2007.

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As a strict adherent of the natural astronomical calendar my New Year started on the 22nd of December so I'm way ahead of you but Happy New Year all the same and keep up the good blogging. Remember you have a hungry audience out there waiting to be educated, enlightened and entertained by your Evolving Thoughts!

Go bang on the neighbor's door and tell them to quiet down! If you do it right and you're lucky, they'll invite you in!

Happy New Year!

Don't worry, Bob. We're still on the leading edge of the Atlantic.

By Lassi Hippeläinen (not verified) on 31 Dec 2007 #permalink

Well a couple of hours to go till New Year arrives here.

John, look forward to reading your musings in 2008.

Have a happy year

By Chris' Wills (not verified) on 31 Dec 2007 #permalink

So, if I understand you correctly, I am currently living in two years simultaneously, thanks to you and some kind of quantum weirdo unreality thing. My favorite movie line _is_ "I'm a quantum mechanic".

A hundred quatloos to anyone who knows what that's from (no looking it up).

By Susan Silberstein (not verified) on 31 Dec 2007 #permalink

"I'm a quantum mechanic".

A hundred quatloos to anyone who knows what that's from (no looking it up).

At first I thought it was Heisenberg now I'm not certain. Was it maybe Schrödinger's cat?

Happy New Year John. We'll have a celebratory coffee when we get back to work.

Cheers

Okay, my offer is now 200 quatloos, to be awarded Tuesday morning (for various values of Tuesday).

By Susan Silberstein (not verified) on 31 Dec 2007 #permalink

My favorite movie line _is_ "I'm a quantum mechanic".

GRIMY PERSON (looking under hood of ageing starship) "Sorry, guv'nor, but yer Singularity Drive is totally knackered. It's leakin' 'Awking radiation all over the bleedin' shop. I can't be certain without strippin' it down but yer 'Eisenberg Compensator looks like it's on its last legs. As for that Schrodinger Catalytic Converter, there's no way of tellin' if it's still 'olding superposed states without openin' it up and yer lookin' at a good 'alf days work just for that. Other thing is they 'aven't made quanta of that size since they went metric so I'll 'ave to see what I can get from scrap. All in all, I'd say you're lookin' at a good five 'undred quatloos for the whole job and that's assumin' I can get the parts."

By Ian H Spedding FCD (not verified) on 31 Dec 2007 #permalink

Oh, and Apple Nude Ear!

By Ian H Spedding FCD (not verified) on 31 Dec 2007 #permalink

Virtual fake disappointed look, science fiction movie fans. "I'm a quantum mechanic" is from _Forbidden Planet_.

By Susan Silberstein (not verified) on 01 Jan 2008 #permalink

Feliz año nuevo Señor Wilkins.

By Brian English (not verified) on 01 Jan 2008 #permalink

Yes indeed, happy new year to Wilkins and all his admirers (I am of course one myself).

I look forward to many more fascinating posts from our favourite biological philosopher (philosophical biologist?)

Goodbye 2007 - you did one good thing at least - you got rid of John Howard.

By John Monfries (not verified) on 01 Jan 2008 #permalink

"As for that Schrodinger Catalytic Converter, there's no way of tellin' if it's still 'olding superposed states without openin' it up and yer lookin' at a good 'alf days work just for that."

Open it up? Surely you jest!
You open up one of those babies and look inside, and it collapses.

Happy (belated) new year, John. I'm a new reader in 2007, but I sure am enjoying the heck out of your blog. Looking forward to the coming year.