Comments on: …bug farm… http://archaeofacts.com/2008/02/15/%e2%80%a6bug-farm%e2%80%a6/ Combo-land: musings with a snapshot each day… Sat, 19 May 2012 17:28:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Sammy http://archaeofacts.com/2008/02/15/%e2%80%a6bug-farm%e2%80%a6/comment-page-1/#comment-2656 Sammy Sun, 17 Feb 2008 19:36:44 +0000 http://archaeofacts.com/2008/02/15/%e2%80%a6bug-farm%e2%80%a6/#comment-2656 Yes, it's a different life to be out from under the academic whirlwind. Even leaves time for the woodwind, I suppose! [For some of us, the talented ones….] Yes, it’s a different life to be out from under the academic whirlwind. Even leaves time for the woodwind, I suppose! [For some of us, the talented ones….]

]]> By: kayak woman http://archaeofacts.com/2008/02/15/%e2%80%a6bug-farm%e2%80%a6/comment-page-1/#comment-2655 kayak woman Sun, 17 Feb 2008 15:39:34 +0000 http://archaeofacts.com/2008/02/15/%e2%80%a6bug-farm%e2%80%a6/#comment-2655 Haha. Yeah. Inland can definitely have a different climate than beach. And just in case anyone is wondering, I don't know what a "ski jack" is either. I meant "ski jacket" of course. Apropos of nothing, playing around with MarsEdit today. Interesting what you can get up to when your every spare weekend moment isn't taken up with homework. Haha. Yeah. Inland can definitely have a different climate than beach. And just in case anyone is wondering, I don’t know what a “ski jack” is either. I meant “ski jacket” of course.

Apropos of nothing, playing around with MarsEdit today. Interesting what you can get up to when your every spare weekend moment isn’t taken up with homework.

]]> By: Sammy http://archaeofacts.com/2008/02/15/%e2%80%a6bug-farm%e2%80%a6/comment-page-1/#comment-2654 Sammy Sun, 17 Feb 2008 11:59:37 +0000 http://archaeofacts.com/2008/02/15/%e2%80%a6bug-farm%e2%80%a6/#comment-2654 As to Harrison's semitropical assessment, I would go with it (on occasion) <strong>inland</strong>, but guess it's less frequent in June along the shores of Gitchee, that is, KW territory…. As to Harrison’s semitropical assessment, I would go with it (on occasion) inland, but guess it’s less frequent in June along the shores of Gitchee, that is, KW territory….

]]> By: kayak woman http://archaeofacts.com/2008/02/15/%e2%80%a6bug-farm%e2%80%a6/comment-page-1/#comment-2651 kayak woman Sun, 17 Feb 2008 00:22:15 +0000 http://archaeofacts.com/2008/02/15/%e2%80%a6bug-farm%e2%80%a6/#comment-2651 I forgot to say (about the POC trip to Marquette) that I was nervous about the vee-hickle and therefore listening (it was a problem you could hear and my hearing is acute in all ways) and looking at the odometer constantly. Couldda been such a fun trip. But not. Except that I had lunch with Paula, who was still alive then (Mouse visiting her and her daughter). Sigh. I forgot to say (about the POC trip to Marquette) that I was nervous about the vee-hickle and therefore listening (it was a problem you could hear and my hearing is acute in all ways) and looking at the odometer constantly. Couldda been such a fun trip. But not. Except that I had lunch with Paula, who was still alive then (Mouse visiting her and her daughter). Sigh.

]]> By: kayak woman http://archaeofacts.com/2008/02/15/%e2%80%a6bug-farm%e2%80%a6/comment-page-1/#comment-2650 kayak woman Sun, 17 Feb 2008 00:18:07 +0000 http://archaeofacts.com/2008/02/15/%e2%80%a6bug-farm%e2%80%a6/#comment-2650 The Seney is more like 25 (maybe 27) miles. I know this partly because I often look at mileage when I'm driving and specifically because of the day I drove from our beach to Marquette and back (to drop Mouse off to visit a friend) in my old POC when it was semi-broken. It had been given the okay to make that drive while we were waiting for a part. I definitely had a love-hate relationship with that beeyootiful Island Teal beast. And. Although the Yoop can certainly get hot in June, it doesn't always and therefore I wouldn't call it a semi-tropical anything. I remember wearing my ski jack to walk the beach one June back in junior high or so. The Seney is more like 25 (maybe 27) miles. I know this partly because I often look at mileage when I’m driving and specifically because of the day I drove from our beach to Marquette and back (to drop Mouse off to visit a friend) in my old POC when it was semi-broken. It had been given the okay to make that drive while we were waiting for a part. I definitely had a love-hate relationship with that beeyootiful Island Teal beast.

And. Although the Yoop can certainly get hot in June, it doesn’t always and therefore I wouldn’t call it a semi-tropical anything. I remember wearing my ski jack to walk the beach one June back in junior high or so.

]]> By: Pooh http://archaeofacts.com/2008/02/15/%e2%80%a6bug-farm%e2%80%a6/comment-page-1/#comment-2645 Pooh Sat, 16 Feb 2008 15:39:17 +0000 http://archaeofacts.com/2008/02/15/%e2%80%a6bug-farm%e2%80%a6/#comment-2645 "Cleave asunder/Cleave to". That's a good word to remember. Also "forge" which has multiple meanings, some of which are almost opposites. Consider that if you forge a printing press, it's much different than using the printing press to forge money. My favorite mental image right now is one of those motivational posters. In big bold letters at the top it says, "FORGE AHEAD" and there is a picture of a team of people gathered around a table. At the bottom, in tiny letters, it says, "but don't get caught". Seen under the arm of one of the people, is a sheet of dollar bills w/ Smiley Faces instead of George Washington's face. This thought came to mind when I watched some students, 8th graders I think, using an on-line dictionary to look up definitions, instead of reading the article where the words were BOLDed, and the defining phrase followed in close proximity. One of the articles was about peanut allergies and how mast cells are part of the allergic response. The worksheet asked students to use their own words to define several words including "mast". Looking over one student's shoulder, I saw that the dictionary had defined it as a tall post supporting sails on a sailing ship. I almost hope he copied that definition down -- his teacher would have had a good laugh! “Cleave asunder/Cleave to”. That’s a good word to remember. Also “forge” which has multiple meanings, some of which are almost opposites. Consider that if you forge a printing press, it’s much different than using the printing press to forge money.

My favorite mental image right now is one of those motivational posters. In big bold letters at the top it says, “FORGE AHEAD” and there is a picture of a team of people gathered around a table. At the bottom, in tiny letters, it says, “but don’t get caught”. Seen under the arm of one of the people, is a sheet of dollar bills w/ Smiley Faces instead of George Washington’s face.

This thought came to mind when I watched some students, 8th graders I think, using an on-line dictionary to look up definitions, instead of reading the article where the words were BOLDed, and the defining phrase followed in close proximity. One of the articles was about peanut allergies and how mast cells are part of the allergic response. The worksheet asked students to use their own words to define several words including “mast”. Looking over one student’s shoulder, I saw that the dictionary had defined it as a tall post supporting sails on a sailing ship. I almost hope he copied that definition down — his teacher would have had a good laugh!

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