Tell me a story. Tell me the story about the three hippopotamuses. Ummm… OK. Once upon a time, there were three hipopotamuses. And they lived in Africa, in a river. Right, it was a great big long river, that had so much salt in it that they could float! Well, salt does help things float,… Continue reading The Story of the Three Hippopotamuses
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Official Portrait Blogging 050212
I’ve gotten really bad about posting pictures of the kids, but we got the official school picture proofs today, featuring a smiling SteelyKid and an insouciant Pip: Both pictures pretty accurately reflect them at this stage, which is kind of nice. SteelyKid’s kind of camera-averse at the moment, and it apparently took some doing to… Continue reading Official Portrait Blogging 050212
It’s Organic Pixie Dust, from Fair-Trade Pixies
SteelyKid: Daddy, would you like to go to visit Jake and the Never Land Pirates? Me:: In principle, sure. But it’s a cartoon. We can’t go there, it’s not a real place. SteelyKid: Yes it is. Never Land is real, we can go there. Me: Well, look, if you find some pixies dust that we… Continue reading It’s Organic Pixie Dust, from Fair-Trade Pixies
Gender Issues Start Sooner Than You Think
Via Joerg Heber on Twitter, a great post on gender divisions in STEM by Athene Donald: As children try to work out their personal identities, the difference between ‘boy’ and ‘girl’ is as fundamental and omnipresent as it gets – and they receive the clear messages that collectively society gives out about the attributes implicitly… Continue reading Gender Issues Start Sooner Than You Think
Necessary Cuteness
We found out yesterday that one of my great-aunts, who recently moved out of a retirement community because she wanted to live by herself, fell and banged her head badly. While she apparently seemed okay at the time, a short while later she collapsed, and is vanishingly unlikely to recover. While it seems weird to… Continue reading Necessary Cuteness
Jake and the Overly-Analytical Parents
SteelyKid has recently become obsessed with the Disney Junior show Jake and the Never Land Pirates, demanding to watch it all the time. Thanks to her two recent bouts with this year’s stomach bug, I’ve had to watch, or at least listen to her watching in the next room, every episode that Time Warner offers… Continue reading Jake and the Overly-Analytical Parents
Easter 2012
Today is Easter Sunday, which we celebrated in the manner of my people, by chasing soap bubbles around the backyard: OK, that’s not an actual tradition, but it was a beautiful day today, and SteelyKid got a big bottle of bubble stuff from her great-grandmother, so it seemed like the right thing to do. So… Continue reading Easter 2012
The Story of the One Little Pig, the Nice Wolf, and Materials Science
I want a story. The story about one little pig, and the wolf. I’ll need you to help me with it, OK? Yeah. OK, once upon a time, there was one little pig, and he… What did he do? He built a house out of straw. Right. He was a little bit silly, so he… Continue reading The Story of the One Little Pig, the Nice Wolf, and Materials Science
Thursday Sick Kid Blogging
Last Saturday, at my book signing in Vestal, The Pip spit up a lot, several times, and wouldn’t stop crying. This lasted a few hours, and by the next day, he was more or less back to normal. When I dropped him off at day care on Monday, I mentioned this, and the teachers in… Continue reading Thursday Sick Kid Blogging
The Story of the Three Giant Hippopotamuses
Once upon a time, there were three giant hippopotamuses… No, Daddy, it was three little pigs. This is a completely different story, honey. Once upon a time, there were three giant hippopotamuses, who lived together in a river in Africa. They lived in a house. Well, hippos spend most of their time in the water,… Continue reading The Story of the Three Giant Hippopotamuses