On Sat, 1 May 2010 12:44:19 -0400, blake murphy
> wrote:

>On Fri, 30 Apr 2010 08:31:45 -0700, sf wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 11:14:57 -0700, Dan Abel > wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>Color me skeptical. Silicon is not exactly scarce. Most dirt and rocks
>>>are made out of silicon dioxide. Silicon is a nutrient mostly for
>>>plants and lower animals, like diatoms:
>>>
>>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon
>>>
>>>A Google search on "silicon nutrient" turns up references mostly to
>>>plants (as in growing plants, not eating them), with references to
>>>humans from the "health nut" people.
>>
>> Hey, don't rain on my parade! I was getting ready to find a tag line
>> extolling the virtues of beer.
>
>go ahead and have your parade, sf, even if it doesn't march in a straight
>line.
>
Thanks for your blessings, blake.

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Sometimes I even put it in the food.