tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051602384535005789.post7370845748055551718..comments2024-01-04T12:40:44.982-05:00Comments on Linda Grimes: Visiting Reality : Quantum weirdness and basket-weaving...Linda G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04576828490765434497noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051602384535005789.post-30029155668960927152010-06-22T15:43:01.520-04:002010-06-22T15:43:01.520-04:00Hi Penelope! Thank you. The baskets were fun to ma...Hi Penelope! Thank you. The baskets were fun to make, though I never felt compelled to continue after making the two of them. <br /><br />Re hitting the "little head": I admit, I was aiming for the belly button. Apparently I was a few inches off. Come to think of it, so was the guy on the target after I was done with him. ;)Linda G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04576828490765434497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051602384535005789.post-70020865137322836462010-06-22T08:24:22.099-04:002010-06-22T08:24:22.099-04:00I'm just giggling about you hitting the little...I'm just giggling about you hitting the little head, I must admit.<br /><br />Lovely skills you've picked up! The baskets are great! I like that idea for us moms seeking sanity :)Penelopehttp://penelopelife.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051602384535005789.post-89924883827678010132010-06-21T16:58:46.155-04:002010-06-21T16:58:46.155-04:00Hi, Elise! Yeah, I've kept the more unsavory p...Hi, Elise! Yeah, I've kept the more unsavory parts of my past (basket-weaving & cross-stitch are unsavory, right?) buried deep within the murky corridors of my personal history. Until now. Remember, you read it here first. ;)Linda G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04576828490765434497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051602384535005789.post-26737575515718664562010-06-21T16:32:33.489-04:002010-06-21T16:32:33.489-04:00Well, I thought I knew you pretty well, but after ...Well, I thought I knew you pretty well, but after all these years the basket weaving and cross stitch caught me off guard. Quantum Physics and the gun thing, seemed right up your alley though.:-)<br />~EliseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051602384535005789.post-38626819957721244862010-06-21T14:29:57.173-04:002010-06-21T14:29:57.173-04:00Jeannie -- Thanks! :) I guess the badge will stick...Jeannie -- Thanks! :) I guess the badge will stick around (on this particular, anyway) post indefinitely.Linda G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04576828490765434497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051602384535005789.post-82424650976608935942010-06-19T14:52:02.494-04:002010-06-19T14:52:02.494-04:00I always talked about basket weaving as a joke. T...I always talked about basket weaving as a joke. There are really classes? I suppose it could be a lot of fun with wine. <br /><br />Congratulations on your award. You are funny. And snarky. And clever... Do you get to put the nifty badge on your blog for all time? Very cool.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849370947985905108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051602384535005789.post-11662932202673013032010-06-18T11:12:42.650-04:002010-06-18T11:12:42.650-04:00Kelly -- You should try quantum physics with wine....Kelly -- You should try quantum physics with wine. THAT really gets interesting. ;) I loved Quantum Leap, too. And not just when Scott Bakula took his shirt off, either. Though that didn't hurt...<br /><br />And don't worry. You'll get into heaven. God likes funny people. :)Linda G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04576828490765434497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051602384535005789.post-1295916329871261352010-06-18T11:08:37.610-04:002010-06-18T11:08:37.610-04:00Caitlin -- You are absolutely right. That's wh...Caitlin -- You are absolutely right. That's why it struck me as the perfect hobby for the whackadoo stage of my life. (Well, that and the fact there was wine involved.)<br /><br />Re glass houses: anyone who has had kids has spent time in the whackadoo house. ;) At least you cook in yours!Linda G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04576828490765434497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051602384535005789.post-59234314611737474552010-06-18T11:06:14.236-04:002010-06-18T11:06:14.236-04:00I have never been interested in Quantum Physics ex...I have never been interested in Quantum Physics except as it pertained to the show Quantum Leap (I was a huge Scott Bakula Fan) Thats about all I know regarding that. <br /><br />Basket weaving could be fun...as long as the wine flows freely. But then again a lot of things become fun once the wine flows freely.<br /><br />I like the idea of learning everything I didn't know once I die and go to heaven. Of course that is I get to heaven. I am sure I am getting into heaven. Well, reasonably sure. Should I be worried?Kelly Breakeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07170230808730463954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051602384535005789.post-36952820469899509072010-06-18T10:51:32.093-04:002010-06-18T10:51:32.093-04:00Aren't whackadoos called basket-weavers? I sw...Aren't whackadoos called basket-weavers? I swear that hobby goes hand in hand with bathrobes, horse tranquilizers and needlework samplers involving losing one's mind.<br /><br />"To the happy home; with trees and flowers and chirping birds and basket weavers who sit and twiddle their thumbs and toes and they're coming to take me away, ha ha!"<br /><br />Ringing any bells? I'm kidding of course. I'm sure your sanity is fully intact; it's just a raging case of ADHD, right?<br /><br />(I adore you regardless-- people who cook in glass houses shouldn't throw stones)Caitlin Whitakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04305557668837593186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051602384535005789.post-29430602546968978302010-06-18T10:42:48.461-04:002010-06-18T10:42:48.461-04:00Elizabeth -- Ooooh, I shiver at the thought of tur...Elizabeth -- Ooooh, I shiver at the thought of turning TG loose on my blog. The stories he could tell about me! Not sure teh interwebz is ready for that. ;)Linda G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04576828490765434497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051602384535005789.post-50365986845002003372010-06-18T02:47:29.518-04:002010-06-18T02:47:29.518-04:00I am saving my impressedness with your night blind...I am saving my impressedness with your night blindness for the guest post by TG.Elizabeth Ryannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12706539983177924875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051602384535005789.post-22302227421836895482010-06-17T20:24:13.451-04:002010-06-17T20:24:13.451-04:00Sue -- Gawd. I'm going to be SOOO disappointed...Sue -- Gawd. I'm going to be SOOO disappointed if I die and see a great big donkey's butt with pins sticking in it. o_0 <br /><br />I do love your death plan, though. I think I'm going to aim for that myself. ;)Linda G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04576828490765434497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051602384535005789.post-26927674043479720442010-06-17T20:04:16.471-04:002010-06-17T20:04:16.471-04:00I think we'll know all the answers when we die...I think we'll know all the answers when we die too. I'm expecting it to be like watching a video of myself playing pin the tail on the donkey kind of... "Oh look! I almost had it that one time!" But hopefully, the answers are more fascinating than a donkey's butt.<br /><br />I also have the "if I'm in my happy place, just keep playing dvd's I like" policy. You know, if the death by misadventure involving, hopefully, sex, chocolate, possibly high speeds, copious amounts of some intoxicant, and being over 120 years old doesn't pan out.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14552074033087804381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051602384535005789.post-28954966338607998452010-06-17T19:09:41.405-04:002010-06-17T19:09:41.405-04:00coffeelvnmom -- I never would've thought of th...coffeelvnmom -- I never would've thought of the basket weaving myself if it hadn't been for a basket-weaving mom in my DD's playgroup. She talked a bunch of us into it. We all thought she was a little bonkers at first, but she really was talented.Linda G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04576828490765434497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051602384535005789.post-87672237418787076632010-06-17T18:51:22.944-04:002010-06-17T18:51:22.944-04:00Wow. Basket weaving. Why didn't I think of th...Wow. Basket weaving. Why didn't I think of that ten years ago when I was losing my mind? Like you, I figured out writing later (later as in, a few years later, and not like "oh my gosh, look! I can write!", but "duh, I should write!"). Great post. I love learning more about my twitter/blogger friends=)Jessica L. Brooks (coffeelvnmom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17524862571932528710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051602384535005789.post-55072957512254922442010-06-17T18:24:53.485-04:002010-06-17T18:24:53.485-04:00Hi, Elizabeth! Thank you. But what about my night ...Hi, Elizabeth! Thank you. But what about my night blindness? Not wrecking the car is pretty impressive too, yes? ;)Linda G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04576828490765434497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051602384535005789.post-15749564055385818332010-06-17T18:21:57.337-04:002010-06-17T18:21:57.337-04:00Sierra -- I kind of like football now, too. As lon...Sierra -- I kind of like football now, too. As long as I can drink beer and eat junk food while I watch, and have a good book close by for the slow times. ;)<br /><br />Cara -- Yay! I'm not the only geek in the room. And, yeah, the books for lay people are the ones I devour. I'm all for dumbing it down.Linda G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04576828490765434497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051602384535005789.post-22072431302775669102010-06-17T18:20:12.651-04:002010-06-17T18:20:12.651-04:00Hello! I am very impressed with your baskets. And...Hello! I am very impressed with your baskets. And your shooting. That's the very definition of multitalented, I think.Elizabeth Ryannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12706539983177924875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051602384535005789.post-3028161679098386162010-06-17T18:17:46.599-04:002010-06-17T18:17:46.599-04:00Oh, I love reading about quantum physics too! Thos...Oh, I love reading about quantum physics too! Those books-by-scientists-for-laypeople that try to explain things with lots of analogies and no math. *g* And magazines like New Scientist and Scientific American, with general sciency stuff in them.<br /><br />I am no good at handicraft, though. No weaving, no cross-stitch. I think I could sew basic stuff if I had to -- I made a decent pair of shorts when I was 7 or 8. But I never kept up with it.Cara Wallacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03842450782012921406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051602384535005789.post-23019697978654610352010-06-17T18:13:55.839-04:002010-06-17T18:13:55.839-04:00I'm so glad you do cool things when researchin...I'm so glad you do cool things when researching too. I tapped into a fierce love of football during research for a story. I love what comes out! <br /><br />Also, I too am strangely drawn to quantum physics, although I have zero clue what they are. (And truth be told, don't honestly want to know.)<br /><br />Coolio facts!Sierra Godfreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00552916038080341870noreply@blogger.com