Oh my goodness. I was just talking about Kit Kats with twotone, and did a Google search, and found this blog entirely dedicated to sampling and documenting different flavors:

http://jenkenskitkatblog.blogspot.com/

Miyazaki's latest film came out in the US last weekend: Ponyo. I went to see it last night with Maggie and Jessica S (formerly known as Other Jessica). I was happy to see about 20 other people in the relatively small theater our multiplex had it in. I was afraid, especially since it was Sunday evening, it might be one of those screenings with only ( Read more... )

The fair was lots of fun! Growing up in Indiana PA, I used to go to the Indiana County Fair almost every year, but the last time I went to one was probably around my senior year of high school, so... 15 years? I was actually kind of excited to walk through barns and see farm animals, like old times ( Read more... )

So last night Jessica went out, and since her car needs some maintenance, she took mine.( Long story. )

My favorite video game reviewer is a guy named Tim Rogers who used to write for InsertCredit.com, and then for LargePrimeNumbers.com, and has apparently just moved to a new place called ActionButton.net. His reviews are... well, extremely long and meandering. I'm sure a lot of people would consider them pretentious. Even I, who love his reviews, ( Read more... )

Pic and Obs took the morality survey mentioned in one of the articles I linked yesterday, so I thought I would take it and show mine, too. It's the "Moral Foundations Questionnaire" at their site, if you want to try it out.


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I was looking around under the bed and dressers today and found something unexpected:


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On last Wednesday I went to see "Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind" play at a local arthouse theater. I was thrilled when I found out that it was playing... it seems likely that at some point in my life -- assuming I live several more decades -- I will get a second chance to see this movie projected from film instead of on a TV screen, but I didn't ( Read more... )

The M.Ed. program started this week. Seems okay so far. I will usually refer to it as "MSAT" which stands for Math, Science and Technology, since it's specifically a program for teachers in those disciplines.

The big news, though, is that David, Maggie, Jessica and I are moving from our tiny apartment to this house:


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Yesterday I finally received my acceptance into the M.Ed. program ( Read more... )