Ooooh, Aaah. That comes first. Then later there’s running and screaming.
Posted in 52 books in 52 weeks, books on Feb 28th, 2008
Book nine in 52 books in 52 weeks
The 2008 winner of the Caldecott medal, The Invention of Hugo Cabret is a children’s book despite being over 500 pages long. It’s a short read, a combination of illustrations and short chapters that I finished in less than two hours.
The story manages to combine a young […]
Posted in asides, interesting links on Feb 28th, 2008
Republican Congressman Jack Kingston took to the airwaves to echo the Republican view that Barack Obama isn’t patriotic because he doesn’t wear a flag lapel pin. See the photo here, notice what Kingston isn’t wearing? Yes, a lapel pin. On a side note, really, lapel pins? That’s how we judge how […]
Britnie worries that the choices we make for her to hand out at My Girlfriends Kitchen are sometimes too strange and everyone will toss them straight in the trash. We like the meals that are different, things we’ve never tried before. But I can understand some people may not want to branch out […]
Posted in asides, interesting links on Feb 26th, 2008
McCain breaks the law that he helped write
Guess my crime
Wind turbine self destructs(video)
Food Porn of the day, Thai style cornish game hens
1933 spring-loaded beauty mask
Milk jug chandelier
Emma Thompson threatens to resign from a film when Mirimax asks one of the actresses to “lose a few pounds“.
Obama and Clinton are tied in the polls for Texas.
Sidney’s class had a parade for Chinese New Year. They had a great time parading up and down the halls inside their dragons.
More photos of the celebration are here and movie of the parade at the site.
Posted in asides, interesting links on Feb 25th, 2008
Unfortunately I contributed $18 to Vantage Point, one of the worst movies I’ve seen in years. People were leaving the theater, groaning when they shouldn’t and yelling out jokes about the horrible characters (ok, that was me). Avoid this movie, it’s not even worth a rental.
Bookcase igloo
French eat until they’re full, Americans eat […]
After the test run, I decided to make the Thai soup for this months recipe of MGK (My Girlfriends Kitchen). It was quite an adventure, Jer did most of the work while I was putting the kids to bed for the night. I finished just in time to help him put it into […]
Posted in asides, interesting links on Feb 22nd, 2008
Plan your menus and build a grocery list
Due to climate change, pythons are going to start moving into the U.S.
Food Porn of the day, Coconut Shrimp with Spicy Pineapple sauce
Dinosaur skeletons from plastic lawn chairs
Victorian poverty maps
Saudi Arabia set to execute illiterate woman who was beaten into confession for practicing witchcraft
Girls blog and create websites […]
Posted in 52 books in 52 weeks, books on Feb 21st, 2008
Book eight of 52 books in 52 weeks
At age ten Steve Martin started working in Disneyland , a first selling programs, then moving on to what he thought he’d like to do for th rest of his life, magic. Born Standing up cover his life to his first film, The Jerk. I’m too […]