botany, shoes, books, and justice
Natt Nightly wrote about handwriting and gender the other day. I don’t think my gender would be identified by someone just from my handwriting (though two choices does give anyone pretty good odds). I do associate both neater and more rounded handwriting with feminine and messy or almost childish handwriting with masculine. I’m not sure why and I’m not really sure it’s valid.
So, what do you think about my handwriting?
Santogold – Santogold
Deb Talan – A Bird Flies Out
Deb Talan – Something Burning
Deb Talan – Sincerely
The Flaming Lips – The Soft Bulletin
From what I observed growing up in the South, I’d say this has a lot more to do with racism than class.
Sarah Palin charged rape victims for their own rape kits. As Majikthise puts it
Do fraud victims have to pay for forensic audits? Do banks have to pay the police to watch the security video after they’ve been robbed? Of course not. There is absolutely no way in good conscience that a mayor could force victims to pay for the own rape examinations.
A great analogy to the creationist argument [via Pharyngula]
The theory of childhood, also known as child origin, is a damnable, loathsome and indefensible lie. How can any thinking person suppose all humans used to be babies once? Just consider these arguments:
There is no development path from babies to adults, no transitional forms between these two species. Show me even one baby with the head of a grown man on his body. Can you? No? Not even a bearded toddler? No adults with unfused skullbones, outside unfortunate disorders? Not even a tiny little newborn girl suddenly sprouting a respectable bosom? You can’t find them, because they don’t exist. There isn’t a single transitional form between children and adults, and you will never find one because the theory simply is an unscientific lie.
A fantastic new blog-find: LundBlog.
Warmongering
What I’m actually reading vs. what I’d like to be reading. 
I’m hosting the next Berry Go Round at the end of the month. You can submit posts to me at enchantressofnumbers (at) gmail (dot) com. And if you haven’t already, check out the August Berry Go Round over at Not Exactly Rocket Science.
When I’m writing and don’t know what to say, I often type “fuck” over and over. I’m very concerned that I’m going to turn in a paper or, worse, give a presentation with a line of “fuck fuck fuck fuck.”
Example:
Carbon dioxide is clearly having an effect on piñon growth. The first 100 years of growth from the comparison sites span four centuries of climate and none display the growth trends apparent at Red Mountain. CO2 levels also appear as a significant explanatory variable fuck fuck fuck fuck in the models of growth for both trees that have survived the drought and trees that have succumbed to the drought.
