This is so cool! Pictures of NASA’s Spirit Rover’s landing on Mars! (From apod) For equal time, epod_feed featured this fence eating tree today. And another neat thing: A History of Science (from Project Gutenberg)
2003 Review
I did this last year, and it was interesting to go back and read it today. I think one of the things I like most about keeping a journal is the ability to review the past without quite as much…
Resolutions Revisited
virginiapostrel made mention of the Banished Words List. I’ve just finished reading the 2003 and 2004 lists and I did indeed laugh out loud.
Miscellany
Looky! CYLearning.org CyLearning.Org is a website dedicated to gathering in one place all the materials, links, and references that can be used to home school students using Palm handhelds with a cybernetic theory of learning approach. We watched X-2, which…
DNA Explorer Kit
This is the COOLEST “toy” I’ve seen this season: Discovery DNA Explorer Kit Explore one of the newest frontiers in science – DNA mapping. From science labs to courtrooms, few discoveries are as exciting as the world of DNA. With…
School BS
I have another migraine. I called the school to cancel the counseling appointment I was supposed to have at 9 am, and was told that the counselor is out sick with the flu anyway. No, they weren’t going to call…
Naps & School
I’ve never been good at napping. Somehow, the idea of going to sleep in the middle of the day just seems too hedonistic for words. Yet I did promise sambear that I would rest some today, so I tried. Apparently,…
School Stuff/Reward of Good Housekeeping
Well, I’d best give myself a break on that procrastination thing—I haven’t been able to log in to WebCT, where all the assignment info is. I’ve contacted the support people to no avail. Hopefully, I will EVENTUALLY hear from them.…
Competition Cancer
Someone just sent a message to the TAGMAX list that really hit me—I started to write a reply and found that I couldn’t find much that’s positive to say. His son is obsessed with being “better than.” Instead of being…
Martial Arts Again
shadowkatt tried another martial arts studio tonight. It’s at the Choi Kwang Do International Headquarters, founded by Grandmaster Choi himself. One plus was that there were other students, including other teens with whom she might strike up friendships. Another is…