Thursday, March 18, 2010

A loaf of bread...

I have such clear memories of watching Sesame Street. Remember this one?

Thursday, March 4, 2010

This is bothering me.


In my Introduction to Political Methodology class we talk about optical illusions. When we use the scientific method we rely on empirical observation and replicability, so with optical illusions as a jumping off point, we talk about what it means to observe something, the importance of replicating methods, and how our biases and brains can sometimes get in the way of what it is we think we know. After many semesters of looking at optical illusions I have gotten very good at seeing the illusions. However, I ran across this one today and it is just puzzling the shit out of me. I can't make my brain see it at all. Can you? I'm losing sleep over this.








Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Tonight's Facebook Conversation...

Carol L Silva Its spring. Bonzo the Wondercat just killed a gopher on the living rm floor. Yep, freaking out. It was mostly dead when I took it outside.

2 hours ago · ·
Claudia Ortega Mcilhenny
Claudia Ortega Mcilhenny
i would have been totally freaking out! you are way braver than i am for even trying.....i would have covered it with a box for hubby to get! lol
2 hours ago ·
Carol L Silva
Carol L Silva
Hubby's not home!!...Sometimes a girl does what a girl's gotta do! I did yell/screeech the whole time I was trying to scoop it up and get it in a target grocery bag!!!!!!
2 hours ago ·
Leslie McDonald
Leslie McDonald
That's some cat, Carol!
2 hours ago ·
Emily Hammond Meazell
Emily Hammond Meazell
Oh YES! BTWC rocks!
2 hours ago ·
Robert Garcia
Robert Garcia
you should have scooped it up with that beautiful blue bowl on your coffee table... Oooohh wait I broke it!!!
about an hour ago ·
Carlie Lawson
Carlie Lawson
Eew... That has to be icky to clean up. Worst I've had to deal with ever was a mouse.
about an hour ago ·
Carol L Silva
Carol L Silva
Wasn't too bad in terms of blood and guts. He had sucked out most of the guck by the time I could get to it. Now he is making those weird gacky cat noises. No doubt he will puke on my head while I sleep.
about an hour ago ·
Sheri Mastin Miller
Sheri Mastin Miller
eeeeeeewwwwww
about an hour ago ·
Daphne Wright
Daphne Wright
LOL! My dog, Bogie, once was chewing on a toy on the living room floor. It was a REAL mouse that he caught & brought inside...Yep...go get the shovel! YUCK!
about an hour ago ·
Heather Nelson Basara
Heather Nelson Basara
that happened with our old man dog & a RAT he somehow caught (old deaf dog wouldn't drop his rat prize / unresponsive to my shrieking / tried to bring prize in the door) - I called Jeff about it and he asked if I could please call back when he could understand what I was trying to say! hooray for pets!
about an hour ago ·
CarolJean Obray Metcalf
CarolJean Obray Metcalf
Congrats on having (1) a fabulous hunter cat, and (2) the gopher being dead enough that you could actually catch it and put it back outside. :-)
59 minutes ago ·
Carol L Silva
Carol L Silva
You got it CJ! I am grateful it was mostly dead/dying and l was not chasing a wounded, only partly dead gopher around the house. Once he brought in two live birds. Not even wounded. Took me all afternoon to get them out.
53 minutes ago ·
Carol L Silva
Carol L Silva
Y'all crack me up!! G'night peeps. :)
51 minutes ago ·
Ellen Roberts Sommers
Ellen Roberts Sommers
Can't believe you were able to get the gopher outside. I imagine I'd be so freaked out that I wouldn't be able to do anything except run out of the house screaming.
51 minutes ago ·