This is an awesome video of They Might Be Giants covering the song Tubthumping by the band Chumbawamba. (If you don’t see the embedded video, click the link to get to the original location for the video.)

They Might Be Giants covers Chumbawamba

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So, apparently last weekend at a Paul Simon concert, a fan named Rayna Ford yelled out a song she wanted Paul to play. Now, there’s nothing unusual about that. Fans at concerts do that all the time. Rayna however, also added that she had learned to play the guitar on the particular song she was requesting. What makes this story awesome, though, ( Read more... )

With Janell’s knee recovering from ACL surgery there’s no way we could do this right now, but next year I’d love to learn how to do this:

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My son’s elementary school, Central Park School for Children started a program three years ago called Peaceful Schools that tackles bullying from a holistic perspective. My son’s teacher recently went on ABC 11 to talk about the program:

From a parent perspective, I really like the program. We haven’t had any problems at all with bullying at my ( Read more... )

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In the “Truth is Stranger than Fiction” category comes word yesterday from NASA that thunderstorms produce anti-matter! See the video for a better explanation.

Apparently, I forgot to post anything about various woodworking projects I did this past year.

First off, I built a bench for our foyer to hold all the various shoes that piled up there:

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So, lately it seems that I can’t talk about anything else. So, why change.
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A vigorous debate: is Fox News “evil” or simply “stupid”?
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We have gotten quite a bit more press coverage than I had anticipated. Here’s a list of what I know of so far:

• News and Observer: Raleigh balloon hobbyists aim for stratosphere
• News and Observer: Triangle group takes snapshot from near space
• We made the front page of the News and Observer yesterday
• WRAL: Triangle group enters competition to capture ( Read more... )