I'm on the road, tonight in Waco, TX. Tomorrow I drive to El Dorado, AR. I did a little surfing and ran across a couple of interesting tidbits.
You may know that I am married to a scientist who has spent his professional life teaching college students science. My youngest son is biostatistician involved in research. What they study does not necessarily make sense to the average individual but it matters. Learning about things because they are interesting matters because you just never know where research may lead.
If you have read/heard about the folly of research into duck genetalia (apparently a topic in some news circles right now) you ought to also read this short explanation from the lead scientist in the duck genetalia research. Click here.
As it turns out, duck parts are both weird and interesting. See that dangly, pink, corscrew-looking thing? That's the duck's penis! I, for one, am happy that people genetalia is not like a duck's.
And as long as you are reading about stuff most people ignore, check out this review of Gulp. Yet another book I want to find time to read. I still want to read Stiff.
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You were very near my home when you visited Waco. BTW, thanks for sharing the “duck” parts. I was a 4th grade science teacher so this post was neat.
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And to think I started visiting your blog for the quilts, Becky! Please keep up the interesting and intelligent posts (along with the quilts)!
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I love quilts and quilting, but I must say, I find the most fun in your “other” posts. My whole family laughed until they cried with the screaming goats, and now I have ordered the entire collection of Mary Roach books. Please, don’t get me wrong, I have learned a great deal and do so appreciate your quilting posts, but sometimes we all need to branch out from our everyday interests to investigate roads less traveled.
Many thanks for both!
Sheila
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Who knew? Now I’m wondering about chickens???
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