My dad would occasionally bring home bubble wrap when I was a kid - just for me. It was always a real treat. The fun of popping bubble wrap – the challenge on hard bubbles, the dissapointment on pfft bubbles…simple good fun. It was always painful when the sheet was all popped – no more fun.
Solvi loves bubble [...]
Archive for October, 2009
Pop, Pop, pfft, pfft – Stress Relief
Posted in Cool stuff, Kid stuff, Silly Stuff, tagged fun on October 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I KNEW I liked VWs…
Posted in Glass Status Report on October 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
A stuffy work-related education e-mail list recently had a link to a video on UTube – touted as a reminder to use ”effective educational methods.” I see a lot of these posts and almost passed this one by. But folks on the list seemed to really enjoy it – so I stopped to check it out.
It had me in [...]
“Scenes of chaos and joy in public places”
Posted in Cool stuff, Silly Stuff, Video Coolness, tagged smiles on October 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
By now you’ve likely heard of the large scale “flash mob” type improv performances at places like Grand central station (where folks break into song/sound or just freeze). Turns out, this was likely organized by the group Improv Everywhere.
Today someone introduced me to their web site. And I got sucked in for over 30 minutes.
And [...]
Work-related techno-geek gripe #23
Posted in Tech Thoughts, Things I hate on October 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
To my work colleagues:
Aaargh! Why do educated people LOSE their minds when it comes to working with the internet?
And I’m talking about HIGHLY educated people. I’ve been handed a document to upload into an online course. It contains an annotated list of recommended web sites for folks to visit on this topic. THREE college graduates – [...]
Shifting the parental brain
Posted in Glass Status Report, Kid stuff, tagged parenting, shoes, Solvi on October 20, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Solvi threw a fit about going to school (daycare) today. Nothing new, she simply prefers things to go her way, and while school is fine and all, she’d rather be playing in the huge cardboard box in her room.
What was new was how I dealt with it. I gave her several warnings, got her socks on with [...]
Birthday update – 2 yrs old 2009
Posted in Family stuff, Kid stuff, tagged birthday, doctor, Solvi on October 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We’re all mostly better (I think Solvi has gotten a new low-grade someting, I’m STILL recovering from Bronchitis, but almost back to normal and Ed has allergy related crud he is treating with prednizone – but really this is pretty normal for us.) Thanks to all who wished us well – it must have worked!
Solvi [...]
