March 2010
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Teaching Science
There are issues all over the country when it comes to teaching modern scientific theory in science classrooms. Instead of it getting better it may actually be getting worse.
Check out this New York Times article. (Which I got pointed to by a friend through twitter)
I bet these were all the same type of people that railed against Galileo, Newton, and anyone else who has tried to advance science...
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Gaming meets Knitting
So, most of you now realize that I like to knit… a lot. Many of you may not realize I also like to play games. (Ok, and by many I mean any strangers that happen upon my blog since my friends and family all know I like to play games… often with them!) I like board games, card games, and even video games. (I am especially bad at video games… even worse when there are 2 analog...
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life gives you lemons
Well, actually life game me 1 lemon. A lemon from my fantastic organic dwarf Meyer Lemon Tree my sister gave me for my birthday last year. My first lemon is finally ripe and I am super excited to do something with it over the weekend! (No, not take it on a date, at least I don’t think so.)
Fanfare please! (do do do dooo)
As my sister said, now I can make the world’s smallest glass...
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Time Addict
So I love wearing watches. I find them comfortable, convenient and aesthetically pleasing. The first watch I really remember wearing was a Swatch watch with a pink edge and an neat pattern in the face and on the original strap. (Holey crap I found it!) I wore it for many, many years. One of the times I needed to get a new strap I stored it somewhere in my room for safe keeping, and then by the...
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Oh well
My goal was to complete a pair of cabled mittens between February 12th and 28th. I figured with about a week for each one how could I go wrong.
Well, I went wrong. It turns out I just didn’t push all that hard and often opted for not knitting instead of tired knitting. (Which is more of a problem with a complicated pattern on little needles with little yarn. Tinking sucks. I avoided it.) I...