What do you see here? Surprisingly it might have something to do with your age or gender. As an adult you might see a card board tube left over from Christmas gift wrap. For our little boys it is a sword mostly. But it also makes a great telescope, megaphone, bat, baton, etc. Our little [...]

This is actually a misconception. Most people assume it was the cat’s curiosity that killed it. This is not the case. It all comes from the story of Schrödinger’s cat. (answer bellow) A cat is placed in a sealed box. Attached to the box is an apparatus containing a radioactive nucleus and a canister of [...]

Here is a very interesting interview with a cheater. (Mild language warning on link) One of the comments says “A thief believes everyone steals.” A cheater believes everyone cheats This is so true. When I was in Boy Scouts there was this one guy who always stole everyone’s food on camping trips. We will call [...]

So I read this article on Space.com that some group of astronomers has decided that Pluto is no longer a planet, but is now astroid number 134340. My first response is to paraphase William Shakespeare “What’s in a name? That which we call a Pluto by any other name would still be a planet.” If [...]

My sister Amanda has started a blog and web-comic called Laughing with M.E..  The comic chronicles the life of Myra Emery and her family while the blog talks about home life.  I am sure it will appeal more to the stay at home moms, but I find it really funny and fun too.  Check it [...]

This is actually a variation of a party game I played a while back.  In the party game each person would write down a question (just a random question) and then they were mixed up.  Everyone gets someone else’s question, which they then answer.  Then all the answers are mixed up and you read a [...]

So our local “expert about everything” informed us that deer are actually very dangerous and kill more people then bears do. I don’t know if that is true or not, but someone made the comment “killer Bambi” which inspired the quote “Hello, my name is Bambi, you killed my mother, prepare to die!” It was [...]