I spent today singing space songs to children and pontificating about Mars and it was AWESOME. Really and truly awesome. And then I showed them videos of astronauts dropping things, and we talked about space disasters, and I got to pretend to be a robot while they gave me programming instructions, and one little girl kept bringing me plants to ( Read more... )

I'm so conflicted right now.

Half of me is glad I'm not working today. I've been watching Bill Nye and other luminaries talking about 2012da14 and the Chelyabinsk meteor strike all day and it's been awesome.

The other half of me wishes I were at work, so that I could be teaching this.

Learn all I can now. Teach it tomorrow. Life is good.

For Christmas I got the Other One a record player ( Read more... )

Oooh, haven't done one of these for a while!

Circleville: Tonight we're going to go see the marching bands at the Circleville Pumpkin Show. WHEEEEEEE. Also the pumpkins.

The Hidden Goddess: Been reading The Hidden Goddess by M. K. Hobson. It's the sequel to The Native Star, set in AU 19th century America. It is extremely Deadlandsy. So ( Read more... )

If yesterday was "Talk Like a Pirate" day, does that mean today is "Maraud Like a Rhetorician" day? I am really looking forward to that...

Yesterday's xkcd made its point extraordinarily well ( Read more... )

Today has been completely awesome in every way.

* We both slept in and had a leisurely morning
* Went to work and had free (and delicious!) lunch - with two Dr. Peppers
* Learned about plants. Saw a Monarch Butterfly!
* Cleared the accumulated muck of ages, and it felt awesome
* HOT SHOWER FTW
* Fancied all up in my sexy dress and extremely sexy ( Read more... )

is get yourself a Dirty Job ( Read more... )

Why, why do I always do yardwork just before going back to work? Do I like being sore while climbing all the stairs ever? Do I? I cleared a bit more of the Screaming Jungle - about two thirds of the patch to the right of the path. Some of the weeds are five feet tall. Which is better than the area around the stump, where they're up to seven. ( Read more... )

Today was pretty durned awesome - except for the bit where I had to be out of the house by 7...ugh...that kinda sucked. But I actually made it, so even that is an accomplishment ( Read more... )

* made liquid CO2
* put 300,000 volts through a small child
* set money on fire
* hammered in a nail with a banana
* rejoiced in my shared victory
* played Diablo II
* watched fireflies

MY LIFE IS AWESOME