Double Helix

gift tagged

2008-12-25T22:00:44-05:00

The Seven Meme: a yuletide rendering [one] Being the oldest of five, closely-spaced children, Christmas was a blast when I was young. The day was replete with toys, games and chocolate, and we played...

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out of the blue

2008-11-10T06:31:35-05:00

Last spring, I published some papers. Just before the election, Danielle and Mafia sent me a beautiful package to mark the occasion: Made by Danielle, no less! Six skeins of Shakespeare by Artful...

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birthday ...

2008-11-09T14:40:10-05:00

... and time on the planet in terms of US presidents: infancy, preschool two brothers born preschool, grade school two more siblings born grade school started chasing boys middle school continued...

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vote!

2008-11-04T08:53:07-05:00

on the way to the polls things I never see in the dark a local community organizer an unusually long line a ballot finally cast exit polling exposure to civics starts early adorable neighbors on the...

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deadly sins

2008-09-11T10:35:14-04:00

We started losing our country to the anger of extremism in the late nineties, when ugly partisan politics drew energy away from national defense. The Republicans used a lurid blue dress to prosecute...

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travelogue, Niagara

2008-08-26T21:28:44-04:00

All of these were taken inside the Butterfly Conservatory. Not shown: a moth the size of your head, but if you are feeling courageous, I can send you the picture.

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rhymes with snark

2008-08-19T08:48:30-04:00

While brunching and knitting last Saturday, I heard that a particular LYS was holding a 20% sale. I popped over in search of very dark colorways for my current Kureyon dalliance. The LYS in question...

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travelogue, sturbridge

2008-08-04T18:12:29-04:00

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trifecta

2008-06-25T07:52:26-04:00

The "Quotes of the Day" gadget is installed on my iGoogle page. Typically, I find one quote that resonates. Today, I enjoyed all three, especially as a set: An intellectual is a person who has...

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back to back

2008-06-20T06:25:07-04:00

This year, I've been knitting up the mountain of Sheep One I picked up last summer on deep discount, seduced by the price and the colors. After much hand-wringing, I concluded that the colors best...

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makeshift

2008-06-08T08:35:40-04:00

Anyone who's been here knows that, in the classic battle of steps versus weather, our steps had been getting trounced. The spring came, and brought the carpenter. Our porch held the mailbox, as...

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trading down

2008-06-04T21:43:20-04:00

Sunday, I was poking around web sites looking for suppliers of Kertzer Super 10, and discovered that one local yarn store is running a pattern contest this summer: Design - must call for yarn carried...

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the new eye

2008-05-28T22:21:32-04:00

I am fond of technology, especially in theory. Wanna whisper sweet nothings in my ear about nanotubes? I'm yours. But give me a lovely little camera for my birthday in the fall, and I will gain a...

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triplicate

2008-05-15T22:33:06-04:00

In wild dreams, I get through whole experiments without snags. In waking life, not so much. Like many academic labs, ours lacks a manager to ensure smooth sailing. The result is pretty much what you...

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reproduced

2008-04-23T08:04:06-04:00

As the AntiToast points out, results are only valid if an experiment can be repeated. Here's the scoop. A couple of months ago, I was test-driving BlackTabi's scarf. When collecting PeachPit at...

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thoughts while walking

2008-04-10T07:59:25-04:00

Wouldn't monkeys be good at picking peaches? How could you get them to bring them down instead of eating them? Why won't these people wait for the WALK sign? Too bad that astronomical thingie is...

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trompe l'oeil

2008-04-05T14:38:02-04:00

Here are those odds and ends I was telling you about: Seed stitch knitting with contrasting colors in every row gives the woven look, which I love. Knitting in the long direction gives one something...

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rescued

2008-03-30T21:02:44-04:00

Two posts back, I implied that I would be mixing two oddly matched colors of Noro Kureyon, namely 164 and 102. As Dave surmised, stripes it is. This is clearly another riff on Jared Flood's brain...

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fever

2008-03-12T09:51:56-04:00

If you donate to the Obama campaign, you are invited to send this email around to a bunch of friends: I don't usually send these emails, but I just made a donation to Barack Obama's campaign and I...

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rescue

2008-03-11T06:18:14-04:00

On the web, I stop at Diana's frequently. Recently, she described a particular colorway of Noro Kureyon sock yarn as "the butt-ugliest color of Kureyon sock yarn ever seen." Hmm, didn't I drop a...

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