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Roy just discovered the goddess for me!
Sylvia lost 2 boxes of jell-o last week and couldn't find them. He was sitting on the couch today and suddenly thought "I wonder if anyone looked UNDER the couch" and lo - there was the jell-o. He said it was like a god, speaking to him. We decided it was Athena. Just like she gave lots of crazy advice to Odysseus ( Read more... ) -
A quote that I wanted to remember
"I did that," says my memory.
"I could not have done that," says my pride, and remains inexorable.
Eventually - the memory yields.
-Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil -
Conversation with my son
Me: "Ian, why did you feed an entire bag of carrots to the dog."
Ian: "I didn't feed them to him. He STOLE them from me."
Unspoken Addition: "While I was rolling around on the living room floor, giggling, with a bag of carrots." -
Princesses
Sylvia: "I want to be Sleeping Beauty when I grow up."
Me: "Really? What does Sleeping Beauty do?"
Sylvia: "She builds things and experiments. And she teaches people."
Me: "That sounds cool."
Sylvia: "Also she builds robots and turns bad ones into good ones." -
Best Amazon review ever!
From this product: http://www.amazon.com/AudioQuest-K2-terminated-speaker-cable/dp/B000J36XR2
Quoted in full:
We live underground. We speak with our hands. We wear the earplugs all our lives.
PLEASE! You must listen! We cannot maintain the link ( Read more... ) -
Hobbit-fest 2012
I've been talking about doing this but we finally got it together and made it happen: we had a party to watch all three extended versions of Lord of the Rings, back-to-back, while serving ALL of the proper hobbit meals (breakfast, second breakfast, elevenses, luncheon, tea, supper). It took more than 12 hours but we did it! And we consumed a ( Read more... ) -
One Week Before Sylvia's 5th Birthday
Roy: "Sylvia, you're going to be five!"
Sylvia: "I'm going to be five?"
Roy: "Yes, five."
Sylvia: "I won't be Sylvia anymore?" -
The Allen Key
Don't ask about this part but a million years ago when Roy and I were married we rode our bicycles to the courthouse. When I passed through security I dropped an allen-wrench (to adjust the bike) into the bucket ( Read more... ) -
RPG People - I have a question
What system should I use to create an Avatar: The Last Airbender game for my kids? I think it will fit best into a superhero genre game, but one that allows for a lot of customization. Back in the day I really liked the Hero system but it may be too complicated to use with the kids. The new GURPs 4th edition looks interesting but may have the ( Read more... ) -
What's Frozen?
I have new game. I left some groceries in the car last night and brought them in this morning so I can play "What's Frozen?" It was in the teens last night and might be above 20 right now so I'm more surprised by the items that are not frozen solid ( Read more... )