Archive for November, 2007

A better day indeed

Friday, November 30th, 2007

That damned scientific method is no match for little kids. After almost a week of Nicolaus’ stormy moods and Graham whiny naughtiness, today they have been wonderful. Cute. Sweet. Funny. Mellow. There was one little incident involving the portable DVD player but that was my fault for getting on the phone.
Other than that, awesome. They [...]

The next time Kevin has to work late, I’m hiring a sitter and going with him.

Wednesday, November 28th, 2007

7:45
This is how I imagine big-time research science people feel towards the end of a long-term experiment. The pieces are all in place, you controlled for everything you could think of to control, you took your time and did all the steps — and now all you can do is sit back on your heels [...]

Mailcall for the Naturalist Scouts of the Universe

Wednesday, November 28th, 2007

…It is getting really cold here now, any suggestions about scouts projects that we could do indoors? Badges sound neat, I hope to earn a few if I am accepted. Also I do not have a lot of the required things for my desk ie. Microscope. What kind do you have? Maybe it is something [...]

I really need a shirt that says, “Wait. What?”

Monday, November 26th, 2007

I – I don’t remember
D – Didn’t do the things I was supposed to do
I – I just did “I” like what? Ten seconds ago
O – Oh my god
T – Tesus Christ, I really don’t like these things.
So not only did I work on making birds all weekend instead of doing the responsible thing and [...]

Or instead of all that lame stuff… we could talk about birds!

Monday, November 26th, 2007

On PLEXIGLASS.
New ones up at the grand old etsy shop. I’m not posting these to my web site because they are one of a kind and it would suck if by some freak thing two people bought the same one on different sites. I’d have to coordinate some kind of fight to the death, and [...]