6th Pennsylvania Regiment Revolutionary War Reenactors

http://www.6thpa.org/calendar-of-events.html

The 6th Pennsylvania Regiment - presenting a 

living history of the American Revolutionary War

Interesting sweater pattern

At the Maryland Sheep and Wool festival, I saw an Aran sweater with an interesting cable pattern.

First, a bit of history (From Wikipedia):

"Aran sweaters take their name from the Aran Islands of the coast of Ireland. They feature "cable knitting", which creates a 3-D textured pattern in the sweater. Think of a cable pattern as a set of serpentine or wave-like cables, each one meandering around its own center line. Aran sweaters often feature a variety of cable patterns arranged in vertical bars.

Some stitch patterns have a traditional interpretation often of religious significance. The honeycomb is a symbol of the hard-working bee. The cable, an integral part of the fisherman's daily life, is said to be a wish for safety and good luck when fishing. The diamond is a wish of success wealth and treasure. The basket stitch represents the fisherman's basket, a hope for a plentiful catch."

But there's always room for a new pattern...

Terry Pratchett Quotes

Terry Pratchett is a British writer of fantasy novels, full of parody.

Here are a few of his quotes comparing Science with Magic:

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With magic, you can turn a frog into a prince. With science, you can turn a frog into a Ph.D and you still have the frog you started with.

Scientists have calculated that the chance of anything so patently absurd actually existing are millions to one. But magicians have calculated that million-to-one chances crop up nine times out of ten.

Magicians and scientists are, on the face of it, poles apart. Certainly, a group of people who often dress strangely, live in a world of their own, speak a specialized language and frequently make statements that appear to be in flagrant breach of common sense have nothing in common with a group of people who often dress strangely, speak a specialized language, live in ... er ...

This day in English History

This day in English History: Apr 9, 1731:

Robert Jenkins's ear was cut off, sparking the War of Jenkins's Ear between Spain and England.

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The British certainly have more interestingly named wars than the Americans. We've got names like The War of 1812, The Civil War, and of course , [Insert foreign country name Here] War. Yawn.

Not nearly as interesting as The War of Devolution, The War of the Roses, or The War of Jenkin's Ear.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_military_history