What goes up, must come down…
Every story has its physics. These are easy to think of in terms of fantasy or science fiction stories (or even CSI-style stories which, according to real experts in the field, sacrifice accuracy for story), [...]
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Worldbuilding Wednesday: Story Physics
Tagged with: Athena Grayson, Geekdom, Science, Scribbling, story physics, storytelling, truth in fiction, worldbuilding wednesday, Worldbuilding Wednesdays
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Friday Free-For-All
I have this thing for alliteration, can you tell?
This Space Is Occupied
From the comfort of my rural exercise ball, I have been avidly watching livestream and youtube coverage of the Occupy Wall Street movement. As a GenXer, I’m amazed that [...]
Tagged with: Athena Grayson, Geekdom, History, making things, moms made of WIN, Science, science, values, Yer Mama Wears Combat Boots
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(Hopefully Not) The End of an Era
Last week, our Space Shuttle Atlantis completed its final mission, having taken to the skies and left our Mother Earth’s gravitational embrace 33 times. The landing of Atlantis ended an era of manned space flight that’s punctuated our history and [...]
Heat: It’s Nothing New
So I was sauteing chicken on the driveway yesterday when one of my kids comes around the corner from the deck where he’s smacking wasp nests out of the grill and he says to me, “Mom, I think it’s the [...]
Tagged with: 1930's, Athena Grayson, Dust Bowl, environment, environmentalism, heat wave, History, Science, science
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Airships Again
I have this thing for Airships. I know, it was a technological dead-end, and the feasibility of modern commercial air travel via airship is the equivalent of the slow boat to China, but I’ve never stopped thinking that something with [...]
Tagged with: airships, Athena Grayson, inventing, Making Things, making things, Retrotech, Science, science
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My Kitchen, My Science Lab
People think of kitchens as warm, comforting places where loving arms lead to full bellies, and contentment and togetherness are the order of the day.
Not in my house.
Most houses aren’t built or outfitted with a full-on, working chemistry lab (for [...]
Tagged with: Athena Grayson, chemistry, cooking, experiments, Geekdom, Making Things, making things, moms made of WIN, Science, science!, Yer Mama Wears Combat Boots
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Food Fight: The Victory Garden
It’s easy to draw parallels between today and the 1930′s, given the Great Depression/Recession, and the fact that much of our infrastructure–built as part of an effort during the big Depression-Era push to get Americans working–is now reaching the end [...]
Tagged with: 1930's, 1940's, Athena Grayson, environmentalism, gardening, History, Making Things, Science, values, victory gardens
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Use It Or Lose It
Over the past week and then some, I’ve been actively involved (read: getting on my hands and knees and doing the heavy work) in landscaping a very large chunk of my side yard. In case you’re thinking my posts from [...]
Tagged with: Athena Grayson, DIY, Geekdom, makers, Making Things, making things, Radio Shack, Science, technology, Yer Mama Wears Combat Boots
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Me and Murphy: A Tale of Solar Ovens
I admit it. It is I who is responsible for all the severe weather most of the country’s been experiencing. I’m sure of it. See, the kids and I have been working on making a solar oven.
Solar ovens are not [...]
Tagged with: Athena Grayson, creativity, DIY, environmentalism, Geekdom, green solutions, Making Things, moms made of WIN, murphy, Retrotech, Science, solar cooking, Yer Mama Wears Combat Boots
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When the Levee Breaks
Yep, it’s Zep. But it’s also much older than those particular gods themselves. The song originally referred to the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and was written by Blues duo Kansas Joe McCoy and Memphis Minnie (the only female blues [...]
Tagged with: 1920's, Athena Grayson, environment, Great Mississippi Flood of 1927, History, Science
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