Archive for 2008
What I’ve noticed (2 week edition)
In order to avoid doing something about pollutants, the White House simply refused to open the email from the EPA. (via The Scientific Activist) I really hope we don’t invade Iran. (via pebkac thoughts) You know how US soldiers were tortured by the Chinese during the Korean War? Well, we’re using the same techniques on […]
Math won’t help you find god
From The Life of the Cosmos by Lee Smolin. [T]here is no mystery or symmetry needed to explain why the air is spread uniformly in a room. Each atom moves randomly, it is just the statistics of enormous numbers. Perhaps the greatest nightmare of the Platonist is that, in the end, all of our laws […]
Another blog carnival
I’m too busy to write anything substantial, so I’m just linking to another carnival today. Festival of the Trees is longer than the latest Berry Go Round, but obviously not as good since it doesn’t include me! FotT links to the 12 most magnificent trees in the world. That made me think of the sycamore […]
Berry Go Round 6
The 6th edition of Berry Go Round is being hosted this month at Seeds Aside. Check out these fantastic orchids featured in the carnival.
All around the mulberry bush…
Just outside of my classroom here at KBS is a large mulberry bush. The mulberries are just beginning to ripen. I had a small, but very tasty, handful today. I’ve never really eaten anything made with mulberries before. I was thinking they’d be good with pancakes. Any suggestions?
The Good and the Bad (but No Ugly)
Kung Fu Panda – The main character is a fat panda. Some of the ways fat is portrayed are good, some are really awful. But I did laugh a lot. I felt like the movie was over in 30 minutes. Perhaps that’s because it’s a kid movie and I’m really a kid. The Notorious Bettie […]
What I’ve noticed (too busy to keep up with reading edition)
American wars are organized by how we remember them over at The Edge of the American West. When that makes you feel terrible, go calm down by looking at Emily’s fantastic fern pictures. They almost make me want to brave the poison ivy to find my own.