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Mom's Birthday
Nov. 13th, 2012 06:15 amI went home to help celebrate Mom's 70th birthday this weekend. We just had a relaxing weekend hanging out, talking, playing games, and watching a movie and some TV.
My brother was there, and he is one of the people posting something he is thankful for every day this month (or at least until Thanksgiving). One of my favorite things was thinking up confusing things we could post such as:
* "I'm thankful that I was able to put my foot back on" - Mom, after the cap to the leg on her ironing board fell off and she was able to get it back on.
* "I'm thankful for sixes" - my brother, on his last turn in a round of Yatzee (he actually posted that one)
Another good quote: "How do you feel about pancakes and sausage for breakfast?" "I feel quite good about that."
Thanks for having another birthday, Mom! And thanks for the pancakes and sausage and other yummy things.
Post of the Day
I have a special soft spot for today's XKCD,
US Space Team's Up Goer Five: The Only Flying Space Car that's Taken Anyone to Another World. It's "explained using only the ten hundred words people use the most often." (It looks like "thousand" isn't one of the thousand most commonly used words.)
Actually, multiple soft spots. The first is because of my bias that complicated things can be explained to anyone. Yes, technical language can help when you want to be concise among people who know, but it's not absolutely necessary. And this comic illustrates that.
Puzzle-time: If you haven't read it yet, imagine how you would label oxygen, hydrogen, and helium tanks.
Hint: You can use the word "air" but not the word "gas."
Second, this is how I speak in foreign languages when I am getting quite good. Because I suck at foreign languages. Heck, I often have to speak like this in English when I'm forgetting half the words I want.
It's also funny. My favorite: "This end should point toward the ground if you want to go to space. If it starts pointing toward space you are having a bad problem and you will not go to space today." And there is no reason tech writing can't be amusing--another bias I have.
Cake of the Day
Most cakes don't go for realism; cute is easier. Not so with this creature peeking up from the depths:
Seems friendly. Not sure though; I want to stay back a bit.
My brother was there, and he is one of the people posting something he is thankful for every day this month (or at least until Thanksgiving). One of my favorite things was thinking up confusing things we could post such as:
* "I'm thankful that I was able to put my foot back on" - Mom, after the cap to the leg on her ironing board fell off and she was able to get it back on.
* "I'm thankful for sixes" - my brother, on his last turn in a round of Yatzee (he actually posted that one)
Another good quote: "How do you feel about pancakes and sausage for breakfast?" "I feel quite good about that."
Thanks for having another birthday, Mom! And thanks for the pancakes and sausage and other yummy things.
Post of the Day
I have a special soft spot for today's XKCD,
US Space Team's Up Goer Five: The Only Flying Space Car that's Taken Anyone to Another World. It's "explained using only the ten hundred words people use the most often." (It looks like "thousand" isn't one of the thousand most commonly used words.)
Actually, multiple soft spots. The first is because of my bias that complicated things can be explained to anyone. Yes, technical language can help when you want to be concise among people who know, but it's not absolutely necessary. And this comic illustrates that.
Puzzle-time: If you haven't read it yet, imagine how you would label oxygen, hydrogen, and helium tanks.
Hint: You can use the word "air" but not the word "gas."
Second, this is how I speak in foreign languages when I am getting quite good. Because I suck at foreign languages. Heck, I often have to speak like this in English when I'm forgetting half the words I want.
It's also funny. My favorite: "This end should point toward the ground if you want to go to space. If it starts pointing toward space you are having a bad problem and you will not go to space today." And there is no reason tech writing can't be amusing--another bias I have.
Cake of the Day
Most cakes don't go for realism; cute is easier. Not so with this creature peeking up from the depths:
Seems friendly. Not sure though; I want to stay back a bit.