[1]: http://www.kare11.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=119045
Two of seven of us got [it][1]. Not counting the cat. Can I escape? It is, in my highly educated medical opinion, not pretty.
Monthly Archives: February 2006
Home today
Came home after a brief visit to work. Helen sick. Jack recovering. Even the cat threw up.
**Later:** Playing team Scrabble. Jack’s on my team. He notices we drew an N. “Man, if we only had two Ts. Then we’d have TNT!” Thank you, Warner Brothers. :)
Random Sunday afternoon thoughts
[1]: http://www.macrumors.com/pages/2006/02/20060226135613.shtml
[2]: http://www.kpmartin.com/?p=55
**Jack is sick.** Tummy sick. Oh, man. Eeeew. Note to self: Don’t let a stomach flu coincide with a broken washing machine.
The recently noted **spy photos of an upcoming video iPod** are fake. The hoaxer made a [step-by-step video][1] of the creation of his popular deception.
The scale tells me that I was unaffected by the [The Ritz Cracker Incident][2]. **I am invincible**.
I just started **flying for work**. My first encounter ever with post-September 11th airport security was, well, not smooth like James Bond. But then I wasn’t eventually strapped down to a table with lasers creeping their way toward my inseam either, so I’ve got that going for me.
I’ll be posting on Greek class later. :)
Google Pages – Free, web page building and hosting
[1]: http://pages.google.com/
[2]: http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2006/02/make_your_own_sites_with_googl.html
[3]: http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewVideo?id=110920435&p=121609704&s=143441
I have this image of Google as a benevolent servant robot from 1940s science fiction that is ever-learning what its masters want and cheerfully providing it. Until, one day, its brilliant master plan becomes evident only via the repentant hindsight of mankind’s subjugation.
That said, hey, look at this [cool new thing Google’s built][1]! ([via][2]) Google Page Creator, which will allow you to build and host web pages for free. I’m sure there are other services like this, but there are other map services, too, and “Google Maps is the best!” “True that!” “[Double True!][3]”
It’s down momentarily right now, but I’m going to play with this later. Stay tuned, fellow Google-food.
Let’s just not talk about it
Sure, maybe for the sake of argument I can give you that eating a whole tube of Ritz crackers is not a great weight loss strategy. And perhaps – possibly – topping said crackers with 0.4 pounds of five-year-old cheddar cheese is similarly less than ideal.
So what? OK? What’s it to you anyway? All right?
Einstein in the basement
[1]: http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2006/02/how_to_bending_spacetime_in_th.html
I have a real affinity for ‘old fashioned’ science, where simple objects can be made to show things which you can see or touch. It’s a refreshing diversion from buttons and screens.
Well, [here’s something][1] I have to try. Sure, we all have heard that objects with mass have gravity, but it’s always just lingered as an idea in my mind. That experiment uses simple, old concepts to demonstrate the concept right before your eyes.
There’s video available there in case you’re curious but will never perform the experiment. :)
What a weekend
I woke up Saturday with with the latest delivery from the Cold-of-the-Week Club. But there would be no relaxing and sleeping it off. The usual Saturday tasks: tidying, Anna at ballet, more tidying. Then it’s off to Grandma Martin’s 90 birthday party, which was very nice. Good conversation with family I haven’t seen for a while, and some I’d never before met.
On the way to get the kids and head home, I got a call that I needed to teach on Judges and Ruth at church the next morning; the scheduled teacher was stuck away from home. Of course, I hadn’t read it yet. Last week I had to pick between reading that and Greek study, since illness left me too short on time to do both.
Well, I was up early studying Sunday and class went well. But that wasn’t my big concern for Sunday. Sunday was also the day that [Helen’s family and the Vadnais Heights Lions Club was set to clear as much tree and brush material as possible][1] for Helen’s mom. Really good, hard, physical work. Which on a regular day is fun, and on a sick day is devastating.
I ended up a pile of weak uselessness heaped on the couch. And looking like a wreck at work this morning. And feeling the part.
And now, to sleep. Good night.
[1]: http://www.helenmartin.com/?p=53
Greek 2 – fourth class
Another good class. Concepts are settling down well in my head, I think, but vocab is getting me. I could tell that I didn’t have me vocab cards with me as much last week. We read more of 1 John 2. A little tougher going for all of us. I well understand the idea that word order can be wacky in Greek, but I think I saw the biggest example of this so far this week.
We have another bit “translation cage match” homework which I might blog on later.
Jack Martin
“I’m not going to get married when I grow up.”
“Why not?”
“Because then I’d have a whole bunch of kids and they’d drive me nuts.”
Cat exhaust – that’s so 10 years ago
[1]: http://zipzapzop.com/2006/02/06/cat-jet/
Argh. I’ve gotta talk to my PR department. I’m not getting my props. I had a [cat box exhaust fan][1] running *long* ago. Oh well… cool to see I’m not the only goofball with the idea.