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Breeder Public Enemy #1
Yesterday, after his Robotics class, I told Beekman we were going to pick up some nuts before we went home. He was VERY invested in going home for screentime, either TV or gaming on the tablet, so he did not want to go. He was gretzing and whining, but I said, it will be quick, and then we'll go right home ( Read more... ) -
Medieval Kitchen review
The Medieval Kitchen: A Social History with Recipes
by Hannele Klemettila There are some really good features of this book. The best is the illustrations. I'm not sure how they got permission (assuming they did get permission) to reproduce all those period depictions of cooking and eating, but the book is worth it just for those gorgeous color ( Read more... ) -
Interesting article in The Christian Century
Miles, Margaret R. 2008. "God's love, mother's milk." Christian Century 125, no. 2: 22-25EBSCO abstract: "The article presents an exploration into the use of nursing as a theological metaphor in Western medieval and Renaissance Christian art. An overview of several uses of the nursing Virgin Mary within church history is given, along with its ( Read more... ) -
Some things never change
Cut for dated, racist language:
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Being your own science experiment
I am listening to "My Stroke of Insight," by a neuroanatomist who had a severe stroke (but who recovered apparently fully). Luckily, because of where the stroke hit, part of her experience was a feeling of vast peace, probably because of the intermittent failure of 'brain chatter,' but she was able in her clear moments to realize and take steps to ( Read more... ) -
Google images is distracting
While looking for suitable images of squirrels for an online info.lit. project, I came across pictures of the Patagonian Mara:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patagonian_mara
A relative of the guinea pig:
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More articles
Haifeng Liu, Jianli Chen, Jianjun Mei, Jinbiao Jia, Lei Shi, A view of iron and steel making technology in the Yan region during the Warring States period and the Han dynasty: scientific study of iron objects excavated from Dongheishan site, Hebei province, China, Journal of Archaeological Science, Volume 47, July 2014, Pages 53-63, ISSN 0305-4403 ( Read more... )
