Riding the Waves
chaoticutopia | June 14, 2006A number of bloggers have been posting about YearlyKos, including many who were there, and even some who were not. I wrote on Friday evening about some of the science discussions, but didn't really get into my impressions of the political atmosphere. This shouldn't surprise any of my old readers--I typically avoid the subject like the plague. Something about this weekend changed that, whether it was being encouraged by speakers such as Howard Dean or Harry "Give 'em Hell" Reid, or just encountering hundreds of intelligent individuals willing to discuss politics AND think for themselves.
Since…
chaoticutopia | June 12, 2006Along with everyone else here, I've been tagged with the new Pi meme. Since I'm still a bit shy, you'll have to click here to find my answers:
3 reasons you blog about science:
I love questions, and science has answers that lead to more questions.
I like information that has been tested, or at least can be.
Science is just plain cool.
Point at which you would stop blogging:
When I disappear into the woods.
1 thing you frequently blog besides science:
Poetry and prose (is that two things?)
4 words that describe your blogging style:
Tangential
Eclectic
Visual
Lyrical
1 aspect of blogging you…
chaoticutopia | June 12, 2006What a trip! We arrived home from Las Vegas late last night, exhausted and overwhelmed. We were only gone four days, but those four days had an incredible impact on me. Between the convention and some intriguing sights along the way, it will take me a few posts to share all that I've learned.
Also, I've been thinking about my first "Ask a Science Blogger" response, which I'm eager to get to. On top of all of that, there is a meme floating about. Whew... I have plenty of writing to look forward to.
First, however, I need to pick up my son from his grandparents' house in Colorado Springs. I…
chaoticutopia | June 9, 2006When I first decided to go to Las Vegas for YearlyKos, I thought I would just tag along with my husband, who was representing Progress Now. I figured I'd do some shopping, maybe some sightseeing, and definitely some rockhounding along the drive there and back. When I saw a number of science related discussions popping up on the YearlyKos schedule, I changed my mind, and registered. (Ok, so, I still plan to do a bit of the tourist bit, too.) Now, I'm so glad that I did.
So far, this has been an incredible experience. Most of the people I've talked to have been bright and enthusiastic, thinking…
sb admin | June 9, 2006With a click of your mouse, you find yourself in a chaotic utopia.
That click sent an electrical signal inside your computer,
passing through circuits, joined by a contact made of gold.
The gold, you may find, was mined from a mafic vein,
deep within the Rocky Mountains, surrounded by Precambrian gneiss.
The gneiss, disguised by the mountains for billions of years,
lays exposed to the north in a shaded canyon.
The canyon, still being carved by the creek below,
crumbles with age, loosening a piece of milky quartz.
The quartz, lured by gravity, tumbles from the canyon wall,
and lands with a…
chaoticutopia | June 9, 2006With a click of your mouse, you find yourself in a chaotic utopia.
That click sent an electrical signal inside your computer,
passing through circuits, joined by a contact made of gold.
The gold, you may find, was mined from a mafic vein,
deep within the Rocky Mountains, surrounded by Precambrian gneiss.
The gneiss, disguised by the mountains for billions of years,
lays exposed to the north in a shaded canyon.
The canyon, still being carved by the creek below,
crumbles with age, loosening a piece of milky quartz.
The quartz, lured by gravity, tumbles from the canyon wall,
and lands with a…