Last week we had the pleasure of attending the Sixth Grade Science Fair at Marshall Elementary. As you might think, we had a vested interest in one exhibit. Looking for the answer to “What kinds of soap make better bubbles?”, here’s Clare and her Bubbleology display. The local boy Scout troop was outside launching 2-liter • Read More »
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Great time-waster
April 25, 2008 | By Patrick | No Comments | Filed in: Geek, HKS.Proving, once again, that you can find anything on the Internet, here’s a link to something for bubble wrap fans the among us. (I knew Hannah would like it, so I had to post it.) (click on the picture) Be sure to try Manic Mode! This is one way to make sure you’ll never run • Read More »
Final volleyball tournament (this year)
April 22, 2008 | By Patrick | No Comments | Filed in: HKS, Volleyball.Just when we thought Hannah’s club season was done, the Midwest Juniors 14s Black traveling team asked her to fill in. Some girls had to drop out for the extended season, and Hannah was happy to fill in. The only tournament that fit her schedule was last weekend in Wisconsin Dells at the Chula Vista • Read More »
Quote of the day
April 18, 2008 | By Patrick | No Comments | Filed in: Geek.Heard at our house over the weekend… “What the heck is that?” Yes, the quote was uttered from someone too young to remember life before a computer in every room. They had fun playing with it even though some of the letters didn’t work all the time.
Jerome Norman Doll
April 15, 2008 | By Patrick | No Comments | Filed in: Uncategorized.Recently, I stumbled across footnote.com. It’s a site that urges its visitors to help them “Make History Together.” The site contains images of millions of original historical documents. From what I gather, our job is to footnote (hence the name of the site) the images/documents with whatever information we might have. They’re looking for things • Read More »