Oster 5838 ExpressBake Breadmaker
Mom found this breadmaker at a yard sale last year and bought it for me because she knew I’d been wanting one. She owns the same model and likes it. I never got around to using it last year, so it was high time I tried. I’ve been reading up on bread machines and learned [...]
Breakin’ with Mr. Rogers
Growing up in the late 60′s and early 70′s, I never realized how Mr. Rogers kept his show relevant to the times. I was just learning about the world and had no frame of reference. Through the wonders of YouTube, I now can look back on his show through the decades and see how he [...]
Boiling frogs in America: Health care reform
We’ve all heard the story: If you put a frog in a pan of cold water, then put that pan on the burner to boil, the frog won’t know until it’s too late. That’s what’s happening in America with Obama’s health care agenda, among other things. We’re being boiled, but it’s happening a little at [...]
Tell them I’m a mermaid
I stumbled upon Filmstripman’s great collection of vintage 1970′s and 1980′s 16mm educational films tonight. Wow, what a resource! This particular film, Tell them I’m a Mermaid, is particularly interesting. In it, seven women – all physically disabled in one way or another – share their stories via song and spoken word. Originally begun as [...]
Garden walkabout July 4, 2009
The footage shown at the end of each week’s CBS Sunday Morning always has us transfixed. The pastoral images are just beautiful. I thought I’d make my own pastoral video and share some footage of the plants in our yard. The jazz music in the background is “No Good Layabout” by Kevin MacLeod. I wish [...]
Puppy tug-o-war FTW!
The kids got a good game of tug-o-war going this afternoon, their first. Stella’s played tug with my mother-in-law’s little dog, but this is the first time she’s played it with Emma. She can hold her own! This evening we went to a neighborhood cookout at some friends’ and Stella came along. She was a [...]
Clever nine-letter word riddle
What common nine-letter word in the English language is still a word when each of the nine letters is removed, one by one? Furthermore, the letters are not to be rearranged as each letter is removed; they all must stay in their original order. The answer’s in a video. I can’t embed it since the [...]
