L.E. Carmichael's Blog, page 63
November 25, 2013
Sci/Why = Awesome
The Week of Mayhem is back for round 2, so for this Mad Scientist Monday, I direct you to Sci/Why, a group blog written by an amazing team of Canadian children’s science writers. There’s a really diverse range of interests […]
November 23, 2013
The One Where Tech Support Watched Friends, and Laughed Hysterically About the Props
So I’ve been re-watching Friends on DVD, which is a thing I do every couple years. I went to high school and university in the 1990s, after all, and I still catch using Chandlerisms like “That is so NOT true,” […]
November 21, 2013
The Week of Mayhem
I’m on the 18th day of a 19th day work week, and there is very little brain left for blogging. Therefore, cute animals! Enjoy.
November 18, 2013
Elephants Get the Point, Too
In Fox Talk, I describe experiments done on wolves and dogs and domestic foxes, to test their ability to understand human pointing gestures. Comparisons showed that dogs and foxes are better at using human body language, even without prior exposure […]
November 16, 2013
The Cutest Mammals in the World
There are a lot of contenders for world’s cutest mammal. My cats, to begin with, who not only know they are cute, but who will periodically do something cute, then glance over at me to see if I’ve noticed, thus […]
November 14, 2013
Fox Talk on TV!
Thanks so much to Crystal Garrett and the Global Morning News for inviting me to talk about foxes on the show! It was a lot of fun and over so quickly I didn’t have time to get nervous, which is […]
November 11, 2013
Remembering Korea
Science stuff will return for next week’s Mad Scientist Monday – today, in honour of Remembrance Day, I want to talk about my grandpa. This is him – Stan Carmichael, who served with the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry during […]
November 9, 2013
They’re Coming to Get Me
As if Sharknado weren’t bad enough, the actual, real life sharks are headed this way. A great white was caught in the Bay of Fundy in 2011, and a white tagged in Florida was just tracked to the coast of […]
November 6, 2013
Om Nom Nom: Homemade Caramel Popcorn
INGREDIENTS: 1/2 cup butter or margarine 1 cup brown sugar 1/2 cup corn syrup dash of vanilla pinch of salt 3/4 tsp baking soda DIRECTIONS: Melt butter in saucepan over medium heat. Add sugar and corn syrup, stir well. Add […]
November 4, 2013
The Moment Jurassic Park Lost Me
Are you old enough to remember when Jurassic Park first came out? I’ll never forget seeing it for the first time. It was the summer after 10th grade, and Kelsey and Julie-Ann and I (three of the four Sisters of […]
