Why do most women give birth (in the United States, anyway) while lying on their backs? Is it the most comfortable way to do it? Nope. It goes back to Louis the XIVth and his thing about watching his mistresses…
Challenger anniversary
39 years ago today, the crew of the Challenger died in a fiery explosion 73 seconds after liftoff. I was in the warehouse at work when a field engineer told me the shuttle had exploded. I thought it was a…
Katie’s Fall Report Card
We got Katie’s report card in, and she did in fact get all As! She’s well into the next semester now. Because everybody else was registered for this year last spring, the advanced physics course was full and she’s in…
Good Homeschooling Day
Katarina went out with me and we drove around, taking pictures of things. OK, that sounds vague, but really, Katarina enjoys taking pictures of things, and these things are highly random yet they all have certain qualities: They’re frequently old,…
Giggles
Linguists boycott Kansas hearings on intelligent design of English The state board of education in Kansas plans to hold hearings in May on the “intelligent design” theory of the origin of English, which claims that the language was constructed in…
Hobbits?
Scientists uncover possible new species of human Dwarf skeleton is 18,000 years old Wednesday, October 27, 2004 Posted: 7:09 PM EDT (2309 GMT) (AP) — In a breathtaking discovery, scientists working on a remote Indonesian island say they have uncovered…
About the 2000 Election
I still run into people who believe that Bush won the 2000 election fair and square. Katie and I did some math today, using figures from that election. These do NOT consider the number of people who were intimidated by…
Booklet That Upset Mrs. Cheney Is History
The Department of Education destroyed 300,000 parent guides on “How to Help Your Child Learn History” because Mrs. Cheney didn’t like a reference to one of her pet peeves. Big Sister, anyone? Published on Friday, October 8, 2004 by the…
Medical Information Related to the Salem Witch Trials
Edit: I meant to post this to nonfluffypagans but I might as well leave it here now. The following post was on the Net-Gold mailing list today—a great source for finding reference materials for any subject. In any case, I…
A Little History for ShadowKatt:
The White Mouse: World War II’s most decorated woman