Archive for November, 2008
Protected: M’s First Beach Day
Enter your password to view comments Published by randye April 24th, 2008 in Family, Nature, Parenting, RecreationThere is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
Have you ever looked at the moon or pictures of other planets to see hundreds of impact craters and wondered why Earth doesn’t look like that? Well, it sort of does. That’s right, Planet Earth is full of 170 crater holes and meteor blast sites, and counting!
An interesting article about Earth’s craters on Space.com explains [...]
Protected: M’s first Passover
Enter your password to view comments Published by paul April 21st, 2008 in Family, ReligionThere is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
Fox answers the geeky call of Sci-Fi fans
0 Comments Published by paul April 19th, 2008 in Recreation, TelevisionIn its upcoming fall lineup, Fox Network is answering the nasal, nerdy call for good science fiction. We hope.
New shows from recent science fiction heavyweights are slated to air. Here’s a rundown of the list, courtesy of Wired.com.
Virtuality: Written by Battlestar Galactica creator Ronald D. Moore, this show revolves around the plight of a [...]
Random Friday video: Angel (David Boreanaz) dances
0 Comments Published by paul April 18th, 2008 in Recreation, TelevisionJoss Whedon fans will remember the TV show Angel, a spinoff series from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Angel, is about a Vampire, played by David Boreanaz, who has regained his soul and fights the good fight while struggling with inner demons from his past.
David’s character is a bit of an aloof, brooding type. He likes [...]
Piracy is rapidly being suppressed on the high seas–or is it?
0 Comments Published by paul April 17th, 2008 in Military/Veterans, NewsThe governments of France, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Singapore have something in common. They don’t fool around when it comes to piracy.
Mike Nizza reports from The Lede: Notes on the News on NYTimes.com that in 2005, the Malacca Straight, one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world, was considered a war zone because there [...]
14-year-old creates chemistry trading card game Elementeo
2 Comments Published by paul April 14th, 2008 in News, RecreationKids are always making up games. I sure did. I vaguely remember a variant of board game baseball that I came up with in second grade.
But this one sure has me beat. Anshul Samar, a 14-year-old boy from California has created a science-based fantasy card game called Elementeo. According to the blog Geek Dad on [...]
Protected: M makes a delicious discovery
Enter your password to view comments Published by randye April 11th, 2008 in FamilyThere is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
Random Friday video: The Daily Show remembers Britain’s fallen veterans
0 Comments Published by paul April 11th, 2008 in Recreation, TelevisionIn a hilarious clip from the Daily Show, correspondent John Oliver “reminds NATO allies of the meaningful sacrifices made by comically-named British soldiers.”
“It’s time to install a cat door,” Randye sighed. “I’m sick of people coming to the house and looking into our messy laundry room.”
“I’m sure they don’ t mind,” I replied, thinking it wasn’t a big deal.
“Well, whether they do or not isn’t really the main point,” she responded. “I don’t want our son crawling [...]
