Body Worlds

Wow.





My birthday present this year was a trip cross-state to see Body Worlds before it closes in Milwaukee. So I drove 3-1/2 hours each way to wander the exhibit for 3 hours.

Wow. Very, very cool.

The audio is mostly meant for laypeople, and so was pretty elementary to me, but the parts which were interviews with Dr von Hagens, the inventor of plastination, were worth the $5 cost of the audio. The couple of words the narrator mispronounced repeatedly made me a little annoyed, but ah, well.

If you get a chance to see this exhibit somewhere, GO.

The Stupidity of Dignity

Why, oh why, has America gone off the deep end with religion? Countries with actual national religions are not this insane.

http://scienceblogs.com/evolutionblog/2008/05/the_stupidity_of_dignity.php?utm_source=mostactive&utm_medium=link
Industrial grade insanium, my friends.

Stupid is as stupid spells.

stupid sign, originally uploaded by iron knitter.

Oh. My. God. What a fabulously ironic sign. Enjoy.

Stop the world, I want to get off!

Aiee! Work, parenting, dirty house, work, work....where's the knitting?

So anyway, I was SICK for 2 weeks, including over my board exam and vacation. Miss Maddy was sick for 2 days (during which I got next to no studying done) and then I cam down with the Dreaded Cold and coughed my guts out for 2 weeks. Couldn't sleep due to cold medicine overload or coughing, take my pick. Great timing. Bleah.

Spring seems to finally have arrived in La Crosse. Damned snowstorm on April 28th. Now, to yard work! Another time suck, thanks.

Started knitting Rainbow Socks (check 'em on ) with Austermann Step (ooh, jojoba oil and aloe, yum).

Pics to follow.

Went to a patient's funeral yesterday...yep, that means a baby. Two actually, but I can't say more. I'm glad I don't have to do that very often. I really liked these parents, and I hope they stick together. I really hate funerals though, because I find all the religious pablum mouthed by the clergy to be horrible. Didn't help that the stupid priest got the babies' father's name wrong. Came home and hugged the heck out of Miss Maddy.