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“I’m a sound designer for the biggest names in the experimental industrial folk scene. Honestly I hate that title because it does a huge disservice to the depths of my artistry. I mostly specialize in foley, field recordings, and really short songs. Next month I’m finally releasing my first solo record called ‘My Favorite 15-Second Songs.’ I’m especially excited about disc two, which features ‘Squished An Adorable Hovercraft’, ‘Stepped On An Antenna’, ‘Tackled An Insect With A Mallet’, ‘Turning Lead Pencils Into Wires With A Melon Baller’, ‘Demonstrating The Futility Of The Ampersand’, and ‘Dropping A Brilliant Astronomer Onto A Giant’s Stomping Ground (Aftermath)’.”
All tell a similar story: a slow-witted New York farmer is outfoxed by his (presumed urban) boarders; after they complain about the poor food being served, the farmer discounts the complaint by claiming he "kin eat anything", and the boarders wonder if he can eat a crow. "I kin eat a crow!" the farmer says. The boarders take him up on the challenge but also secretly spike the crow with Scotch snuff. The story ends with the farmer saying: "I kin eat a crow, but I be darned if I hanker after it." Although the humor might produce only a weak smile today, it was probably a knee slapper by 19th-century standards, guaranteeing the story would be often retold in print and word of mouth, thus explaining, in part, the idiom's origin.
Once, when the secrets of science were the jealously guarded property of a small priesthood, the common man had no hope of mastering their arcane complexities. Years of study in musty classrooms were prerequisite to obtaining even a dim, incoherent knowledge of science.
Today, all that has changed: a dim, incoherent knowledge of science is available to anyone. Popular science books, magazines and computer programs - with their simple, fatuous and misleading prose, their garish illustrations, their flimsy modern production values - have brought science within the reach of anyone who can afford their inflated prices or who can mooch off someone else.
Indeed, today a myriad of sources are available to explain science facts that science itself has never dreamed of.
This web site is one of them.