Science Made Stoopid
I was scolded recently for not writing about my knitting enough. I have been writing too much about science, apparently. Well, foo on you. I just had to post this link to a funny website explaining why we do it.
In short:
Really, go to the website. Read all about science for dummies. Then come back and ask me some salient questions.
In other news, I have taken up spinning yarn as my latest, greatest hobby. Seriously, somebody give me another hole in my head. I obviously need more of them. Nevertheless, I am spinning some roving that I bought at the New Hampshire Sheep and Wool Festival a couple of months ago. I am spinning this on Skeintilly Clad's workhorse wheel. (I was there when she bought her new, swanky one, but it has not been delivered yet.) I bought the roving which is a cross between two kinds of sheeps whose breeds I don't recall. But let me tell you, this wool is a dream. Dream. I had been practicing spinning on some of SC's undyed natural wool from some other sheepy, and I found the technique to require concentration and diligence. Not what I was looking for in another hobby. But then, after sufficient practice, I started in on my roving and Holy Sheep was it different!?! And easier! I am hoping to get in weekly spinning until the 2 lbs(!) is yarn. Still cruising for the perfect pattern to knit. I guess I need the yarn first, anyway.
For next time:
pictures and breed names of wools. Let's see if I can remember that...
Ciao
In short:
What is Science?
Put most simply, science is a way of dealing with the world around us. It is a way of baffling the uninitiated with incomprehensible jargon. It is a way of obtaining fat government grants. It is a way of achieving mastery over the physical world by threatening it with destruction.
Science represents mankind's deepest aspirations - aspirations to power, to wealth, to the satisfaction of sheer animal lusts.
The cornerstone of modern science is the scientific method. Scientists first formulate hypotheses, or predictions, about nature. Then they perform experiments to test their hypotheses.
Really, go to the website. Read all about science for dummies. Then come back and ask me some salient questions.
In other news, I have taken up spinning yarn as my latest, greatest hobby. Seriously, somebody give me another hole in my head. I obviously need more of them. Nevertheless, I am spinning some roving that I bought at the New Hampshire Sheep and Wool Festival a couple of months ago. I am spinning this on Skeintilly Clad's workhorse wheel. (I was there when she bought her new, swanky one, but it has not been delivered yet.) I bought the roving which is a cross between two kinds of sheeps whose breeds I don't recall. But let me tell you, this wool is a dream. Dream. I had been practicing spinning on some of SC's undyed natural wool from some other sheepy, and I found the technique to require concentration and diligence. Not what I was looking for in another hobby. But then, after sufficient practice, I started in on my roving and Holy Sheep was it different!?! And easier! I am hoping to get in weekly spinning until the 2 lbs(!) is yarn. Still cruising for the perfect pattern to knit. I guess I need the yarn first, anyway.
For next time:
pictures and breed names of wools. Let's see if I can remember that...
Ciao
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