I warn you. I refuse to start it because I have too much going on right now, but even as I read the webpage it calls to me…
March 14, 2007
I read a page that relates the “Top 5 Things That Should Be Taught In Every School.”
I love the list. I work in a school, and these things are taught in some areas, but I’d love to see these exact courses taught, all of them.
Of course, I’d like to see what PSSA standards they meet for the state testing that our kids must take.
I’d love to see what part of the federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) act these courses address.
I love how the bureaucracy puts acts and tests and standards together that shortsightedly negate and inhibit real education that my kids could be getting.
No bitterness here, just annoyance at human nature in committees.
March 14, 2007
So I found this page incredibly funny.
One of my favorites:
[Reported Problem]: Evidence of leak on right main landing gear.
[Resolution]: Evidence removed.
March 10, 2007
An animated stereogram. I used to be pretty good at the static ones, but six seconds? I’m sure it says something about my brain to eye focus…
March 6, 2007
Can You Name All 50 States Off the Top of Your Head?
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Try it here. It took me almost nine minutes, because I blanked on the last two for 5 minutes! Can’t believe I almost forgot the one that took me the most time.
February 6, 2007
[This is something Alyssa wrote for last Thanksgiving (she’s 9). We’ve just gotten around to transcribing it, so enjoy! –Dave]
The Mystery Turkey
It was Thanksgiving day. Just as everyone sat down to the Thanksgiving table, the turkey became alive! Then the turkey opened the door and ran outside.
We chased after him, but he was too fast. So we didn’t catch him. We all went back inside and instead of turkey we had the dessert and side dishes.
That night I went to sleep. The next day I was on a mystery. I decided to investigate. I saw that the oven didn’t have an oven mitt on the handle. I thought maybe my dad put it in the drawer. I checked. It wasn’t there. I checked in all the other drawers. It wasn’t in any other.
I know that my stove usually is hot for 3 days. It wasn’t. It was as cold as ice. Clue number 2- I was starting to think that the turkey was never cooked. Then I found another clue…the day before the turkey was cooked, my mom cleaned the oven. Then the turkey was cooked but there was no grease? That was clue number 3. I had enough clues to tell that the turkey wasn’t cooked.
Then I had one more clue. My dad baked the turkey but he was on a vacation when we had our dinner. So then I put all the clues together and it all made sense.
Since my dad wasn’t here when the turkey ran away, then he forgot to cook the turkey. He didn’t admit it at Thanksgiving because he was not there. So now it all made sense and the mystery was solved.
By Alyssa
January 28, 2007
At least for a few days. Good flash-based strategy game, although to really score big requires some boring, mind-numbing, tedious strategy from the get-go.
It’s great to teach personal economics too, although I think I’ll fail to maximize my gold points in the game for some of the same reasons I’ll never be a millionaire…
January 28, 2007
I, Cthulhu, by one of my favorite authors.
Fun to read, especially after my friend Kevin sent me a link to a good Lovecraftian script he wrote.
January 1, 2007
As most of my friends will tell you, I’m not good at video games
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So I don’t play them much, unless I’m just tooling around with friends, or playing a puzzle-oriented game.
So for those of you with better hand to eye coordination, and possible more nostalgia regarding classic games, might like the Macintosh Garden site.
Lots o’ free stuff. Even Oregon Trail, or as I like to call it, Let’s All Follow Dan and Anne.
Of course, those of us with Intel Macs will need to find Classic emulators now.