Happened across this article today. Pretty interesting how much of a difference it makes to use flourescent light bulbs… Here’s a quote:
What that means is that if every one of 110 million American households bought just one ice-cream-cone bulb, took it home, and screwed it in the place of an ordinary 60-watt bulb, the [...]
Funny. The traffic on the Instalinux site will kind of drift along, and I’ll think folks aren’t that interested in it any more. Then all of sudden something like this pops up and there’s insane traffic again. Very fun!
Encouraging too on a day when I can really use it. Things with [...]
So I guess they did reading tests at The Cowboy’s school last week. Today the teacher told Sarah that he did really well. Really well. OK. I’m going to brag a bit…
She said that normally the scores are somewhere in the mid 20’s. He scored an 81. She also [...]
Don’t hassle the Hoff. Seriously. Don’t do it.
Saw this today, which makes me feel strangely hopeless for our chances of ever achieving a utopian society:
That and the fact that we can’t decide if Pluto is a planet or not. I plan to continue to call it a planet, in protest. I [...]
We’re on a bit of a Hasselhoff kick around here. James (Sarah’s cousin, who is working for Jamey over the summer) makes me replay the “Hooked on a Feeling” video several times a day. I’m telling you – its a catchy tune.
There’s a few others out there that are almost as good. [...]
Today is “Castle Day” around here. The kids got crowns when they woke up, and they’re doing a lot of bowing and using a lot of formal titles. Like “Queen Mommy”. There’s a throne in the living room and every time the grandfather clock that my dad made strikes the hour, [...]
Back. And gone again too.
We got back from our crazy, 6 day trip to Anacortes (North of Seattle) yesterday evening around 6:30. This morning at 5 am I was in the car heading for Modesto. I’m kind of sick of driving…
The trip was good. The kids were amazing, all things considered. [...]
Mike has posted a much better summary of our trip than I was able to muster. Nice job. Though I think I should get to be Legolas. Sliding down the trunk of elephants seems really cool.
Jamming through a couple of big house jobs today. Tomorrow will have a bit of work [...]
The backpacking trip was really great, though there were a few unexpected twists. We forgot to bring a camera, so I’ve drawn a few pictures to help you visualize the trip. Here’s the first one.
That’s Dan stabbing Mike with a big knife. It didn’t actually happen. But this next one did.
Its [...]