stuff and climate change, again.

Well i have had a good week of rest, writing and a lot of reading. I also, finally, got me an e-reader. I am most pleased. I spent all last night putting my favourite stuff on it. Then reading it for ten minutes in bed before falling asleep. It was great except for the crick neck i had when i woke up. That’s nothing really. Slept in worse places and gotten worse cricks.

Just watching Erin (2) try to entice the cat to play dollies with her. I think she is facing a losing battle there. I got distracted into building some Bratz doll stage thing when i walked through the lounge. She kept telling me i was doing it wrong. She is like 2 and couldn’t get any of it to work herself so i do think it was fair criticism. I have escaped now and so can write my blog.

I would like to say that i have been really busy this week and didn’t have time but that would be a lie. I just didn’t have anything to say. No, i take that back, i always have something to say. In this case my hands were so tired from writing i just couldn’t do it anymore. my fingers hurt!

Oh GOD...hang on...apparently the Kitty Cat is being a little recalcitrant. I will have to mount a rescue op.

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I had a god writing week this week but nothing i can really share cause it wasn’t that kind of writing time. I was also inspired by an article this week in New Scientists (i like the mag, i like that it covers many fields, but even i will admit it is for the populace). It was about some islands NOT getting swamped by rising sea levels. I am NOT going to talk about that article as i know zero about islands and how they function. What i do have an opinion of is he misuse of the term “climate change”.

Now the climate changes all the time. It is what it does. The thing is that it mostly happens so slowly that it doesn’t really impact our daily lives on a scale we would recognise. I am not talking about the people who say “it use to rain more when i was a kid” etc. Human observation is not the best measuring device *grin*. You need data (which you have to explain in detail how you got) and an analysis methodology (which is even trickier to explain, most times). You also need a period of time great enough to remove natural variation so you can see any trends.

I am not a science educator. So i try never to explain my work unless i have to. I am just not that good at it. I am however a firm believer in the pursuit of science. I don’t like it when people get mean about the theories of other people though. Healthy debate is good. I just loath arguing for the sake of it. so i am not the best person sit through nor explain any science arguments!
Just remember that all theories are true for their creator. They might turn out to be mostly crap later but it all helps in acquiring a bigger picture. I had a prof who once said it was a pity that we didn’t have journals for publishing work that didn’t go anywhere, were a bit dodgy or proved something didn’t work. It would help others to not make the same mistakes or make suggest for improvement.

Anyway a cup of tea, a chocolate bickie and my e-reader await. *wave*