This is no doubt a post about a word guy lashing out, unfairly even, at a bunch of very educated scientists, some of whom grew up speaking a language other than English, but hey, I'm as human (read: shallow) as the next guy, so why not....

What I mean to say is, there was a lot of very impressive research on display Friday night, and it was both a privilege and often highly interesting to speak with one or more of the scientists who devised and have developed the research they were showing.

The two posters pictured were at adjacent tables. I shot the top one because I had no idea what it was talking about, which is not necessarily a good headline strategy. And in the bottom one, I'm fairly sure they were talking about flare, not using natural gas to remove someone's sense of style.