tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5517424975759894320.post8479241398049998625..comments2023-05-15T08:17:21.208-07:00Comments on The Mossy Nest: In Which I Am ThisClose to Geniuspatrysiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02897304738113798551noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5517424975759894320.post-12438942368262180682010-10-25T11:45:52.270-07:002010-10-25T11:45:52.270-07:00Aw, thank you. Teaching distance learning classes ...Aw, thank you. Teaching distance learning classes (I'm a scientist, and I play one on TV!) with student heads from hundreds of miles away that are just a few inches tall on a gigantic TV monitor makes it very hard to judge whether I'm being effective or totally incoherent.patrysiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02897304738113798551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5517424975759894320.post-7372989357551664732010-10-25T11:21:03.831-07:002010-10-25T11:21:03.831-07:00I'm quite sure, confident and positive, that y...I'm quite sure, confident and positive, that you present your lectures in a "fun and educational" manner. <br /><br />Picture this, gentle readers... <br /><br />I was lucky enough to travel to Mexico with your blog hostess, the book-loving, tea-drinking, cat-and-dog-loving nerdy scientist. We were standing at the top of El Castillo at Chichen Itza and she began telling me the history of the site, explaining what we were looking at, pointing out some topographical highlights, other buildings at the site we were visiting... I looked around a moment or two later, and ALL.THE.VISITORS.ON.OUR.SIDE.OF.EL.CASTILLO.WERE.LISTENING. ENTHRALLED.<br />Trust me, you are a wonderful instructor and an awesome writer, too!Krys72599https://www.blogger.com/profile/13794562208024400426noreply@blogger.com