I am the kind of person who always has to know why things are the way they are so my interests range from genetics and biology to politics and what makes people tick.
For fun I play online mmorpgs, read, listen to a music, dance when I get the chance and landscape my rather large block.
Work is writing. When a story I am working on is going well I'm on cloud nine. On bad days I go out and dig big holes...
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Trust me, Pam, what I know about physics or math could fit on the head of a pin! But some of this stuff…it makes me wish I could start over and learn. 😀
Yes, me too. I thought I had no aptitude for it when a girl (probably because we girls were taught it was a “boy” thing. Then I began to read Madeleine L’Engle’s journals and books and realized that we can combine physics and spirituality and the “humanness” of our characters in amazing ways. [Madeleine L’Engle was an American writer of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and young adult fiction, including A Wrinkle in Time and its sequels: A Wind in the Door, A Swiftly Tilting Planet, Many Waters, and An Acceptable Time. Her works reflect both her Christian faith and her strong interest in modern science. Wikipedia ]
-sigh- I think we were conditioned the same way. Biology was ‘acceptable’ but I refused to get interested in physics and math. Then as a mature age student [late 20’s] I started a behavioural psychology course and discovered that I rather liked statistics…and I was good at it. Who knew? Now I can’t help wondering what might have happened if nice girls did math?
Good news: My daughter majored in science in college and teaches 6th grade science. The girl students are enthralled!! And my granddaughter is in honors math. THERE IS HOPE!! 🙂
How cool was this? I love how a curious mind takes something ordinary and investigates…..and ends up with a pinball maze, as well as, I am sure, lots of other applications.
No idea, Widds, but a fascinating question. I suspect though that you’d spend more energy heating the necessary surfaces than you’d spend on a conventional pump. Unless it were all solar driven or something…
Wow. That was so cool, Andrea Yes, I’ve seen the simple example of this in the kitchen, but who knew that water would speed uphill?? Science is amazing. This world is amazing. Thanks for sharing that.
June 15th, 2022 at 5:23 am
Huh! I am such not a science or math or biology wizard. But I envy those who are!
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June 15th, 2022 at 8:17 am
Trust me, Pam, what I know about physics or math could fit on the head of a pin! But some of this stuff…it makes me wish I could start over and learn. 😀
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June 16th, 2022 at 9:56 pm
Yes, me too. I thought I had no aptitude for it when a girl (probably because we girls were taught it was a “boy” thing. Then I began to read Madeleine L’Engle’s journals and books and realized that we can combine physics and spirituality and the “humanness” of our characters in amazing ways. [Madeleine L’Engle was an American writer of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and young adult fiction, including A Wrinkle in Time and its sequels: A Wind in the Door, A Swiftly Tilting Planet, Many Waters, and An Acceptable Time. Her works reflect both her Christian faith and her strong interest in modern science. Wikipedia ]
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June 17th, 2022 at 9:31 am
-sigh- I think we were conditioned the same way. Biology was ‘acceptable’ but I refused to get interested in physics and math. Then as a mature age student [late 20’s] I started a behavioural psychology course and discovered that I rather liked statistics…and I was good at it. Who knew? Now I can’t help wondering what might have happened if nice girls did math?
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June 17th, 2022 at 9:21 pm
Good news: My daughter majored in science in college and teaches 6th grade science. The girl students are enthralled!! And my granddaughter is in honors math. THERE IS HOPE!! 🙂
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June 18th, 2022 at 8:05 am
Oh my god…that is fantastic news! Congratulations to both your daughter and your granddaughter!!!!! Hope indeed. 😀
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June 13th, 2022 at 9:48 am
How cool was this? I love how a curious mind takes something ordinary and investigates…..and ends up with a pinball maze, as well as, I am sure, lots of other applications.
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June 13th, 2022 at 11:13 am
Totally agree. 😀 I wish I had a mind like those grad students, but at least I can enjoy /their/ achievements.
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June 13th, 2022 at 8:45 am
I wonder how big you could scale it up? Could large quantities of water be moved without a pump mechanism of some sort? Hmm … must think thoughts. 🙂
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June 13th, 2022 at 11:20 am
No idea, Widds, but a fascinating question. I suspect though that you’d spend more energy heating the necessary surfaces than you’d spend on a conventional pump. Unless it were all solar driven or something…
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June 13th, 2022 at 12:08 pm
Might work on the Venus colonies. 😀
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June 14th, 2022 at 12:27 pm
lmao – so true! All that free heat. 😉
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June 13th, 2022 at 6:15 am
Wow. That was so cool, Andrea Yes, I’ve seen the simple example of this in the kitchen, but who knew that water would speed uphill?? Science is amazing. This world is amazing. Thanks for sharing that.
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June 13th, 2022 at 8:45 am
-grin- something good in all the doom and gloom. 😀
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June 13th, 2022 at 9:32 am
Fun at the very least. 🙂
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June 13th, 2022 at 11:17 am
Definitely. 🙂
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June 13th, 2022 at 3:31 am
HI Meeks, it is very interesting to hear this phenomena discussed in this way.
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June 13th, 2022 at 8:48 am
You can almost feel their excitement. 🙂
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June 13th, 2022 at 3:23 am
LOVE IT! Especially the Hall of the Mountain King music. Very well done.
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June 13th, 2022 at 8:49 am
Thank you! I was wracking my brains trying to remember where the music came from. Of course, Peer Gynt!
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June 12th, 2022 at 6:07 pm
Amazing!
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June 12th, 2022 at 8:42 pm
Isn’t it just? 😀 😀
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June 12th, 2022 at 1:50 pm
Cool! Or maybe hot! Especially the maze.
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June 12th, 2022 at 8:53 pm
-grin- very hot! How like grad students to come up with a scientific way of playing pinball. 😀
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June 12th, 2022 at 12:09 pm
Nice ❤️
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June 12th, 2022 at 12:17 pm
😀 😀
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