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A Science Project with the Kids: Learn, Design, Construct & Test an Antenna

I am in need of an antenna. I could probably buy a purpose-built one and be done with it. I could definitely make one myself. With a little bit of patience, I could also turn this into an interesting learning experience for a couple of my kids, and let them

Visiting the In-Laws; Seashells

Things I value in a bathroom: counter space. Things I do not require in a bathroom: bowls of seashells.

The Evolutionary Biology of Learning English

We use WordlyWise. It is a basic vocabulary and writing text book. Or series of text books. So far I've been relatively pleased with it. Today though, I'm helping my 7yo with an assignment. The assignment involves reading a short story, followed by answering ten questions.

Meta Quest 3

My employer surprised everyone with a gift store – each employee could pick one gift that would be shipped out to you for Christmas. There were numerous coffee-making devices, of course, some knife sets, golf clubs and various gadgets. Nothing really stood out to me as a Must Have, so I

Marriage Advice

Does my wife read my blog? I shall know soon enough!

Oglethorpe

We did a little hike along Mt. Oglethorpe. There's some old growth trees in the area (not pictured). The clouds had descended, so we had basically no view the entire time. It's a gorgeous hike though – condensed water in the air obstructing views or not. This

Muppets from Space (or The Desperate Need for Quality Family Films)

Friday's pizza-and-a-movie night shifted to Thursdays starting this week (like you care). We've been doing this (or some variation of it) going back years. It wasn't so much an intentional tradition as it was my desire to have at least one evening a week

Pineapple Upside Down Cake

I'm trying to find the polite way to inform the in-laws that this isn't actually a step in making pineapple upside down cake.

Swap On!

I've never had stability issues with my VPS provider of choice ... until I started using Ghost. As soon as I started publishing posts, the whole VPS would freeze up and I'd have to force reset it. It felt as though if I were gentle with the

They Only Do These Things During Meetings

Message to my team at work. Sorry for my brief absence during our meeting: one of my kids got hit in the face with a rake, and my wife spilled oil all over the car. They only do these things during meetings. :-)

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