Liz had a one-day conference down at Columbia University, so the whole fam is in NYC for three days ( Read more... )

Man, just when I think I can't be pleasantly surprised by the Internet anymore, I stumble across people who are translating the entire bible into LOLcat-speak.

THE. ENTIRE. BIBLE.Okay, granted, they're only 61% complete currently. And granted, I don't even find LOLcat that amusing in the first place. But you've got to admire the dogged ( Read more... )

So there has been a lot of Busytown love around our house, centered in particular, this week, on Cars and Trucks and Things that Go ( Read more... )

In the interest of getting some actual (if boring) content on here, I had two recent minor "i am a successful homeowner" victories ( Read more... )

Happy Spring!

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I know most of you reading are familiar with the song (and at least one of you reading can be heard in the video itself!) but I had to post it anyway.

Spent the day volunteering at the Mass. Regional Finals for Destination ImagiNation today. (Each team needs to supply a volunteer, so a friend whose son was participating enlisted me.) I had only been peripherally aware of DI, but man does it seem like a neat program. It's a little hard to describe, but basically it's an extracurricular activity in ( Read more... )

HOLY CRAP, is the new TMBG kid's album (Here Come the 123s) ever good!! Even if you don't have kids, I recommend checking out their new video podcast for families. Hosted by knit-puppet versions of the Johns, this weekly vidcast features a song/video from their new CD, along with a song/video from one of their other kids albums. "Nonagon" and "813 ( Read more... )

Just so everyone does not think it's all Spectacular Failure and Large Stretches Of Never, Ever Posting In My Livejournal, here are some other bits of recent news ( Read more... )

1. Put water on to boil ( Read more... )

Your charming-yet-automated phone call comes too late, for we have already voted for Obama. Not sure if it matters in Massachusetts, but we'll see.

Side note: Is Obama doing any robocalling? If so, do they call it Robamacalling? Because they really should.