tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18502205.post114246273970178626..comments2023-10-17T08:33:49.608-05:00Comments on Desperate Irish Housewife: Science!Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11424788718174976797noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18502205.post-1142881915359909422006-03-20T13:11:00.000-06:002006-03-20T13:11:00.000-06:00As a scientist I often am asked to judge science f...As a scientist I often am asked to judge science fairs...we see a fair range of projects...though I have to say we look for a majority of the contribution from the student. I would rather see a student do a good project at their level (one student tried to determine from household ingredients what nutrients were present in the little packet they give you at flower shops...interesting) than the parents create a project beyond the level of the students.<BR/><BR/>As for the potato cannon at least the students were honest about their objectives---more than we can say for most in academia!bullborehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03381301042448251386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18502205.post-1142709922946678152006-03-18T13:25:00.000-06:002006-03-18T13:25:00.000-06:00I am going to have to look up the potato cannon fo...I am going to have to look up the potato cannon for my seven year old daughter. She LOVES to shoot stuff and watch things explode. Sounds right up her alley!Christine the Soccer Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01270550419011368834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18502205.post-1142577199559231522006-03-17T00:33:00.000-06:002006-03-17T00:33:00.000-06:00After first reading postings on a site called 'pud...After first reading postings on a site called 'pudgetummies', which has since moved to a blog format, I knew I should look for somebody who actually represented what I believed in to read online. The women who post on pudgetummies are around my age, but a strict 180 degrees from my viewpoint. The hate the president and apparently most conservative viewpoints. I love coming to this site and reading generally intellectually stimulating viewpoints and replies from Sue and her readers. If this were a liberal site, we'd likely be reading about the need for a potato-gunners safety course. "...You'll shoot your eye out..." Maybe there is a video link to potato gun experiments somewhere? :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18502205.post-1142514490834457082006-03-16T07:08:00.000-06:002006-03-16T07:08:00.000-06:00That emperor wasn't interested in modernism. He wa...That emperor wasn't interested in modernism. He was interested in making everyone equally under his boot or dead. He didn't just kill scholars; he tried to eradicate every trace of religion and philosophy in China, replacing it all with his own "unique" ideas.<BR/><BR/>Unfortunately, thanks to our happy buddies over in Communist China deciding to rehabilitate his reputation, it's harder to find good information on the horror of his reign. (You can't just go to Wikipedia.) But just as you can't really praise Hitler for the Autobahn without remembering he killed millions, you can't remember the unifier of China without remembering that he was a deadly loon, and the Great Wall of China a mass grave created to his glory.Bansheehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12594214770417497135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18502205.post-1142468121421915992006-03-15T18:15:00.000-06:002006-03-15T18:15:00.000-06:00"We like to shoot stuff and watch things explode."..."We like to shoot stuff and watch things explode."<BR/><BR/>Well...who doesn't? ;-)Des_Moines_Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16566428252837843668noreply@blogger.com