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Way too many books. Way, WAY too much yarn.

Name:Anne
Location:Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Sunday, October 24, 2004

The Geometry of Cake

Those of you who keep up with the exciting comment life of this blog have seen my brother Carl Andy's link to his latest paper. Those of you who haven't, well, you missed out. This is too bad. So, let's blog it, shall we?

Carl Andy's regular web life can be viewed here. Do go there. No, really, do. When you get there, scroll down a bit till you see the revolving -- thing -- in the middle of the page. Notice that there are buttons on the top and right side of the revolving -- thing. Click on those buttons. Nah, it doesn't really matter which ones. Click on some of them. Then do some more.

Yep. Fun, huh?

That is my entire understanding of everything Carl Andy has written. He makes glass objects, too, which I understand better.

But, back to the paper.

Sometimes Carl Andy sends us -- his family members -- his recent papers. That is because he loves us. He loves us with a mighty love, and therefore he forgets, I guess, that several of us have No Idea what he is saying. We think our Dad might understand what he is saying, but me and "The Real Jim" Jim -- Carl Andy's siblings -- we're clueless. With a mighty cluelessness.

Jim, however, ever resourceful, has figured out how we can read Carl Andy's works. What you do is, every time you come to a word you don't know, you substitute the word "cake."

Turns out, it's all about baking!

So, you can read his latest paper, as he advertised in the comments, "The Geometry of Fermions," or, as I think of it, "The Geometry of Cake," and you, too can keep up with Carl Andy's latest exploits.

Or, if that's too difficult, you can read "The Science of Cake," only every time you see the word "cake," you can substitute the word "fermion."

Thus:

Fermion batters are precise combinations of ingredients; in fact, a scratch fermion recipe can be considered a scientific formula. The ingredients are combined in a certain way to form the structure of the fermion. Scratch fermion formulas include shortened fermions (including pound fermion), foam fermion, and a one-bowl method, which uses either solid shortening or oil. Fermions made with mixes can be just as good as scratch fermions, especially if ingredients like finely chopped chocolate or sour cream are added to the mix.

Now, we're cooking with gas!

(Because I, too love my siblings with a mighty love, and especially Carl Andy, who is so kind as to share with me his deep fermionate thoughts, I reciprocated by sending Carl Andy one of my favorite poems in the whole world. It's nice to share.)