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Musings on my day to day life, with forays into science, food, infertility, environmental issues, librarianship, parenting, zombies or whatever else happens to catch my attention.
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the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physics
In honor of today’s announcement of the Nobel Prize for Physics, which went to Charles Kao for his work with fiber optics, and Willard Boyle and George Smith for their invention of the CCD technology (the technology that makes digital cameras w...
update on the Children’s Eye Foundation calendar contest
Ok, first thing - you all are awesome! Thank you for all the votes for Zoe in the photo contest. I’ve had a bunch of requests for updates and questions, so here goes: Zoe is in 8th place currently. The top 12 go in the calendar, so we̵...
voting page is back up
The Children’s Eye Foundation voting page is back up. Thank you to everyone that has voted so far, and yes, I’m happy to shamelessly beg the rest of you to vote. There’s another super-cute picture of a boy in glasses, and I̵...
early spring in Minnesota
Early spring in Minnesota is not the prettiest time of year. Even though it’s warm (nearly 60 degrees out today when I took these pictures on my walk), it’s still grey and frozen, there’s no green yet, the trees are still bare. ...
just because
So apparently, it’s International Internet Reveal Your Horrid Teenage Years Picture Day. And apparently, anyone can declare any day to be International whatever-you-want day. Will have to file that away for future use. I’d been goi...
Whoa
Just looked at my dashboard and saw that I’m at 200 posts. Crazy. Seems like I should post something momentous for the 200th post, but nothing’s coming to mind - at least, nothing that seems fitting. So I’ll just regale you all wit...
