I just finished two days of in-service training at the high school. The guy doing the presentations was very knowledgeable and made it very interesting. The title was "The Darker Side of Technology", although it also addressed a number of positive aspects of the rapidly expanding world of technology. A couple of web sites he mentioned that I found ( Read more... )

While idly browsing YouTube I ran across this video. This gives a whole new perspective on conveyor-belt sushi!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWQR36dW0GA

2bluestar  and I were putting away the Christmas stuff (no procrastination here ...) and we found something I had long been looking for. In a box full of old college notebooks we found the program for the dedication of the Franklin Science Center, on the campus of Shippensburg University. Inside the cover is the autograph of Isaac Asimov, the featured ( Read more... )

I just wanted to wish everyone a happy, though belated, Mole Day. There was much celebrating in room 209, with moleasses cookies and moledy old jokes, as well many Happy Mole Day cards throughout the building. In case you missed it, it occurs every year from 6:02 a.m. to 6:02 p.m. on 10/23. Next year I'll try to be more timely with my posting for ( Read more... )

Last night we played the Philadelphia/West Chester KOA. They have built this amazing new rec hall where we might have played except for the fact that PECO is dragging their feet in attaching the power lines for unknown, possibly bureaucratic, reasons. Therefore, we had to play on their old outdoor stage. Earlier in the day it had been raining at ( Read more... )

Last night was another campground job. We had a reasonable audience at least. This place (when we're indoors) doesn't usually get good crowds, and has acoustics like the proverbial gymnasium. It is all tile floor, cinder block walls, and plaster ceiling. By the end we had 4 adults and one sleeping boy. We ended up talking to them for a little while ( Read more... )

I guess if I'm not too old to rock 'n' roll, I'm not too old to join the blogosphere. Only time will tell how often I care to post my thoughts and cast them to the winds, so to speak.