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  • A Precarious Perch at Twilight

    A Precarious Perch at Twilight

    A Precarious Perch at Twilight Sept 2008 Enlargement Brave man on a ladder at a Midtown intersection at twilight. This evening on our walk H.o.p. entertained himself making movies of Yoshi, a little toy figure of his. Yoshi was tossed up and down and thrown across the sidewalk and walked fences and cavorted in trees.…

  • Animals of the Arctic Puppetry Booth, Fernbank Museum of Natural History

    Animals of the Arctic Puppetry Booth, Fernbank Museum of Natural History

    Animals of the Arctic Puppetry Booth, Fernbank Museum of Natural History Sept 2008 “Ends of the Earth, From Polar Bears to Penguins” program. View On White Spent the afternoon at the exhibit, which had a lot to it, too much for one visit. H.o.p. really enjoyed it and is asking already to go again.

  • The political mood

    The political mood

  • Pen preferences

    I was going to just comment then thought I’d write a post pointing back over to Quasifictional who today talks about her affection for fountain pens. H.o.p. will only use Sanford Uniball fine pens. I actually settled on the Uniball many years ago, before H.o.p. was born, when I sometimes still wrote with a pen,…

  • Yes, there's bullying in the homeschooling world, too

    So…the Zoo Atlanta program, part 2. It wasn’t all fun and games. The dim spot was H.o.p. said several of the boys bullied him in the bathroom over his long hair, they kept pushing him out, saying, “You’ve got long hair, you’re a girl, you can’t come in here”, and didn’t stop until an older…

  • Programs for homeschoolers at Zoo Atlanta

    Programs for homeschoolers at Zoo Atlanta

    Tuesday was Homeschool day at Zoo Atlanta and they have a brand new program called Homeschool Academy. Join Zoo Atlanta for an afternoon of learning and discovery designed specifically for home school students. The HomeSchool Academy is a unique program allowing students to explore animal and science concepts in a fun, interactive environment. Programs are…

  • The child has (yes, thank god) half a brain!

    The Bad Homeschooler is what we ought to call this blog except for the fact that I don’t write much about homeschooling here (relatively speaking) and it’s not like we want to draw attention to ourselves and have people gathering about going, “Look, they’re bad homeschoolers!” It’s that time of year in which books I’ve…

  • Have you ever seen a UFO? Interview #11

    Have you ever seen a UFO? Interview #11

    “I have.” The interview concerns a sighting in Augusta, Georgia in the 1970s. Idyllopus Press: OK, we’re recording now. Have you ever seen a UFO? Software Developer: I have. Idyllopus Press: You have? Really? Tell me about it. Software Developer: I don’t remember too much other than it was at high school, during the day…

  • The new header image

    My thanks to Ed Wiancko for letting me use a great family photo of his for my new header image. This site has nothing to do with rowboats but of course the majority of Google searches I get have to do with rowboats…and banana popsicles. I wrote about banana popsicles once or twice and now…

  • Has Internet Technology (i.e. Googlemaps Streetview) Destroyed a Perfectly Good Sort-of Vacation?

    So, Marty is going to play at the CD release party for a record he produced (nice guy, I’ve met him and his wife, had dinner at his place once) and it’s going to be in New York. This started in June, his talking about it and planning for me and H.o.p. to go with…

  • Have you ever seen a UFO? Interview #9

    Have you ever seen a UFO? Interview #9

    “Yes. On two separate occasions. Once as a child and once as an adult.” The below is an interview, via a chat client, with Brother Arvin Hill. The sightings are two which occurred in Texas, outside of Dallas and in Denton county. Idyllopus Press: Soooo…you want to jump right into it? Brother Arvin: Ready. Idyllopus…

  • "Have you ever seen a UFO?" #7

    "Have you ever seen a UFO?" #7

    “Not that I know of.” Ken is a studio owner/engineer/producer. H.o.p. (Hums an intro): This is “Mom’s Questions”. Cast, mom and me. Mom is the questioner, I am the sound man. I didn’t realize this was “Mom’s Questions”. But it is, of course, to H.o.p. And when he’s an adult and sharing with friends his…