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Month: March 2008

  • Well, one can't say the universe isn't into novelty

    I read the Bad Astronomy Blog and watch Phil Plait’s films, and sometimes read parts of the posts to H.o.p., like today’s which was on the age of the universe and how it was formed and the birth of hydrogen. “That is so cool,” H.o.p. said. Hydrogen means something to us as we’ve purchased a…

  • Put a sock in it (and does one really need yoga pants to do yoga)

    Yes, I’m back to trying yoga after a year’s hiatus (or should we say a false start a year ago). I have been digging around and finding yoga instruction that was much better than what I had before. Not like a drill sargent. Have only been at it a few days but Monday night, with…

  • New Echota Trees

    New Echota Trees

    New Echota Trees, 2006 Enlargement Was going through some old files and decided to finish working on this photo I took at New Echota in 2006. The photo was bad, bad. The camera I had then was starting to go on me (I loved the lens on that camera), but I always liked the tree…

  • I was on my way to sleep, listening to the radiator, when…

    I was lying there late last night listening to how the radiator goes click click gumph gumph gurgle gurgle as it starts up. As far as I knew I was still awake, meditating on the click click gumph gumph gurgle gurgle, playing with it in my head, when I was suddenly, something to do with…

  • Bushland, Texas

    Bushland, Texas

    Views from the Road, 2005 – Bushland, Texas View On White Larger “Run away! Run away!”

  • Tuzigoot Visitor Center, 2005

    Tuzigoot Visitor Center, 2005

    Tuzigoot Visitor Center, 2005 View On White I’d been holding onto this one since 2005 and finally worked on it in January. The visitor center for Tuzigoot was built in the mid 30s courtesy of the Works Project Administration.

  • The Quandry

    The Quandry

    H.o.p.: Mom, there’s something I want to talk to you about. I have this problem that freaks me out sometimes. It’s about life. Sometimes when I think about life it’s like something I can’t escape. It’s hard to describe. How can I forget about it, mom? Bad mom softly laughs. H.o.p.: And I sometimes get…

  • It Worked for Us – BBC Typing School (Ages 7 – 11)

    BBC has an online typing program for kids ages 7 to 11, Dance Mat Typing. I thought I’d go ahead and give it a plug as it worked for us. H.o.p. began the lessons last year but his interest collapsed. He started them again this year back in November or December and finished them, this…

  • Cosmeo No Longer Has Maths Mansion (durn)

    We use Cosmeo quite a bit and H.o.p. really enjoys it. He really enjoyed the Brit show Maths Mansion which he discovered via Cosmeo, which was filmed about 2001 and is a math adventure game geared for 9 to 11 year olds (not to be confused with the Ms. Infinity’s Math Mansion). Then suddenly the…

  • Rosetta Stone Doesn't Like Libraries

    I discovered what’s going on with Rosetta Stone and libraries. They’ve decided to not license them any longer. So I was reading that a library, patrons being hooked, had ordered CDs to lend out. But the new Rosetta Stone license is for one computer alone. The librarian had felt that Rosetta Stone had used them…