Category Archive: Fun Stuff

Oct 14

How to kill a house wasp-like a ninja

An Inconvenient Truth

Periodically we’ll get a wasp in the house. You know how it is. One moment, you’re snacking on toast with peanut butter and chocolate chips, and the next, all hell breaks loose because a wasp starts dive-bombing random targets around the room. The toast? Fuggetaboutit. One eye’s on the wasp, the other, frantically scanning the …

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Oct 10

Ask Jud: The Answer is Magic

Like a potent virus, Jud swept into the computer lab and quickly infected over half my computers–not to mention the kids using them. “NO WAY!! How did it know that?” “Ask Jud who is standing behind you!” “THAT IS FREAKY!!!” “Ask Jud what the name of my dog is!” “JUD GETS IT RIGHT EVERY TIME!!!” …

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Oct 08

This is a blog about a superhero . . . right?

Ah. . . cripes.  I just wasted 45 minutes on the Heromachine at Marvelvc.com. Don’t go there. It will seriously suck you in. No wait. On second thought–try it. I’m sure you’re not as nerdy as I, so  you probably won’t waste nearly as much time.

Jul 19

The fast track to fun (on a dirt driveway).

track

Remember the joys of childhood? Of uninhimited creation? Of starting with nothing but an idea? And creating something wonderful?

Jul 05

Trash, art, or creative gardening?

Junk tree 1

Remember when I mentioned some examples of our brand of small town quirk? If not, take a look at these posts to see just how much we value choices and ducks around here. Anyway, this yard downtown takes the cake. I really should have explored a bit more and taken a few more pictures. The …

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Jun 04

Short Shorts

Our girls have a routine and checklist that they work through every night before bed. One of the things on the list is to get out the clothes that they are going to wear in the morning. It’s a good routine. The girls ask what the weather is going to be like and they plan …

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