tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131372935448088005.comments2015-07-08T10:05:09.455-05:00News Flask!Allisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15843564034188541173noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131372935448088005.post-60086139611593765252013-06-02T21:09:45.579-05:002013-06-02T21:09:45.579-05:00I'm so unexpectedly moved by this post Allison...I'm so unexpectedly moved by this post Allison! This is my first time reading your blog and if the rest is as meaningful, I can't wait to explore your years of posts! This post makes me think about the meaning that perspective taking brings to our lives. I find my self wondering what the sky look like in his mind? How must 18 months of orbital experience shape your perspective on gun control, human rights or climate change. After watching his guitar floating around the International space station I think about how much we can learn about our own humanity by the instruments we build to appease our own instinct to create art and music. For some time now I have studied what it is about use that makes us human. I think about the evolutionary biology of the prefrontal cortex and wonder if animals ever experience the kind of imaginative processes we go through as people. Imagination that leads to The Handmaid's Tale or the Parthenon. I have been deeply inspired by my current fascination with seeing humans as not the tool maker but the meaning maker - We make sense of our surroundings and ourselves. This video lifts my thinking, I watch Chris Haden, the first Canadian Commander of the ISS, and he shows me that we are not just meaning makers, we are beauty makers. Truly if beauty is in the eye of the beholder then we cannot let this idea slip from our minds - we are not just driven to make meaning of ourselves and our world - we are driven to make ourselves beautiful and to make the world we live in beautiful too. Jeff Steelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10398015423970585512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131372935448088005.post-88802085150586456512012-03-19T14:14:50.769-05:002012-03-19T14:14:50.769-05:00I have received a number of broom pics from other ...I have received a number of broom pics from other people, my mom included. I love that you are all out there trying it for yourselves!Allisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15843564034188541173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131372935448088005.post-39887886238188997792012-03-09T20:47:46.220-06:002012-03-09T20:47:46.220-06:00After my sister and I did this, we started googlin...After my sister and I did this, we started googling and realized it was an old wives tale and you could technically do it any day of the year. But we didn't care, it was still cool to have a broom balancing on it's own :)Niccihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06993660594449274551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131372935448088005.post-4111553233165830822012-01-18T08:55:58.600-06:002012-01-18T08:55:58.600-06:00Wow, I want one of these. On my shirt. Or a baseba...Wow, I want one of these. On my shirt. Or a baseball cap?:)Karen BWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131372935448088005.post-73125047521340126582012-01-09T17:22:11.164-06:002012-01-09T17:22:11.164-06:00I believe you were the one who led me to that quot...I believe you were the one who led me to that quote, Karen.Allisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15843564034188541173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131372935448088005.post-18971116816378112032012-01-09T11:05:33.124-06:002012-01-09T11:05:33.124-06:00Nicely said, Allison! So glad you that you embrac...Nicely said, Allison! So glad you that you embraced the delicious ambiguity and left something that was so toxic for you. Totally agreed about grad school -- it's about tenacity, and if it's not getting you somewhere that you want to go, then the self-doubts and the slams to your self-esteem just aren't worth it. Hope you're liking your new job!Karen BWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131372935448088005.post-68042395535467030112011-12-03T09:33:57.175-06:002011-12-03T09:33:57.175-06:00Apparently there is also a question as to whether ...Apparently there is also a question as to whether or not these are indeed fairy wasps. Any entomologists with the correct answer? Ed Yong has already changed his article.Allisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15843564034188541173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131372935448088005.post-66373266675591912122011-12-02T11:35:11.881-06:002011-12-02T11:35:11.881-06:00Indeed. My mistake.Indeed. My mistake.Allisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15843564034188541173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131372935448088005.post-64092552977815922332011-12-02T11:33:31.973-06:002011-12-02T11:33:31.973-06:00Discover. No Y.Discover. No Y.Amos Zeeberghttp://discovermagazine.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131372935448088005.post-36730282205106647402011-11-30T14:13:24.080-06:002011-11-30T14:13:24.080-06:00wow! :O awesome, and awesome blog too :)wow! :O awesome, and awesome blog too :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131372935448088005.post-68881925751172332572011-11-16T15:05:40.233-06:002011-11-16T15:05:40.233-06:00Cool! :)Cool! :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com