“Okay, you start changing, and I’ll come back to check on you in a minute,” I said. Hanging around while he changes almost guarantees he will waste time putting on the Benjamin show instead of changing into his pajamas. A carefully orchestrated series of distractions, it simultaneously entertains the boy and frustrates the parent. “Hey,… (read more)
Some may remember the Liger from Napoleon Dynamite. It is the animal that results from the combination of a lion and a tiger, and it is real. So are the Zonkey, the Zorse, and the Pizzly. Don’t believe it? See the link below. http://outside.away.com/outside/culture/200708/hybrid-animals-1.html For years I believed that the nectarine is a hybrid of… (read more)
Both of us chewed our bites as we looked at the crispy rice bar package. “Why is there a 2-8-9 right there?” Ben said. “That says 28 grams. That’s how much it weighs.” “How much it weighs?” “Well, actually, that’s the mass.” “What is mass?” I was fortunate that after just a few seconds of… (read more)
Today I have a question for the readers. A challenge of sorts, I guess one could say. Don’t worry; I’m soliciting your mind, not your wallet. On New Year’s Day, while watching Benjamin draw and color things on a portable dry-erase board, I said, “What do you see in that ladder?” “What?” he said. “What… (read more)
I once read that a blog was a place for one to share interesting and timely links with others, perhaps within a comment or two on the topics covered. Considering that almost zero of the blogs I read actually fit that description, I laughed and ignored this. But here I am fitting in the mold… (read more)