i was disturbed by a clearly disturbed young man while at central park in schenectady. the kids were playing in the little kid fenced in area and i was sitting on a bench when i heard a kid crying on a swing. it took me a bit to figure out what was going on but eventually i observed that the kid did not want to be on the swing. the boy was ( Read more... )

Today I learned that my cell phone can handle being left in freezing weather for at least 14 hours. It got down to 3 last night and the phone was covered with frost when I found it on the grass next to the car this morning but after thawing out in my pocket it turned on right away and I successfully made a call ( Read more... )

top 10 signs that you need to clean your room more often ( Read more... )

i'm in michigan with all three kids. we are visiting my parents. we always come out here in the beginning of august so that the kids can go with their grandparents to their local scottish highland games. my parents are in a scottish dance group and do a demonstration at the games. it is a small enough venue that the kids can run pretty wild and ( Read more... )

we went to the east greenbush library on thursday. the girls picked out a few books and so did my parents. they grabbed two titles that were in the little kid section (picture books, not young adult chapter book section) by david macaulay. the one book is about a pigeon carrying a message to some guy in rome. it has cool illustrations of the ( Read more... )

so i always go crazy trying to clean up the whole house bevor i on trips go. it is this weird "must not return to a dirty house" instinct. overall i think it is a good idea and ideal. however it is usually quite stressful for me and my mit-travelers ( Read more... )