favorite things of logan part one

0. this is my bike. it has lions engraved on the handle bars.
my brother traded an old pair of skis for it.


1. this is my house. it is a miracle and tender mercy.


2. this old cemetery is on campus.


3. farmers market, 13 ears/3 dollars. perfect.


4. this is a cricket i found on my house.


5. i peeled an orange in one piece.


6. this is the clock i stole from the education building.

toothpaste for diner

should i resent this or deny it?
gross.

people have been telling me for years

traditionally, i have a strong aversion to anything fruit (except pineapple and tomatoes). i'm still pretty firm on this and plan to persist in my stubbornness despite the loving/forceful urges of friends and family. however, strawberries. i was doubtful at first...but strawberries. i think mother nature might be on to something.

baby birds are called bee's

i was just feeling a bit nostalgic and thought i'd share an old time favorite. what is your favorite line?

touching lamps

last friday becca, kyle, katy, alan, and i spent an embarrassingly long time conducting some experiments. it all started when kyle discovered that a werther's original was enough to activate the vaughn family touch-lamp. Not knowing the principles on which touch lamps are founded we set off on a science safari where we found more questions than answers. What follows is a summary of our disappointments and triumphs.

for a complete list of what works and what doesn't wait until alan fixes his scanner and then check out his blog.
for now...
wisk. no. frosted flakes. no. sperry topsider. no. muenster cheese. yes!
frozen eggo waffle. no. toasted eggo waffle. no.
kyle's pancakes (which he made specifically for these clinical trials). yes!!!

so by now you are probably all wondering how in the world a touch lamp knows what is touching it. well, i'll tell you. it has to do with a little something i like to call capacitance.
i've done some research, and in non fancy talk pretty much a capacitor stores up an electrical charge and holds it until something comes along that can absorb or change said charge-but not all house hold items have this special power...as we have clearly demonstrated.

also pictured: becca mcsquinty eyes, standing kyle, doing citric acid alan, and egg on coaster katy. sorry that this post has been a formating nightmare. i am shamefaced.

the children are our future

this is how my 13 year old nephew celebrated labor day.

steve jobs

at the end of walle we were all watching the credits-when the special thanks part was rolling, my brother noticed "steve jobs." this prompted him to say to me "hmmm...steve jobs" and then i said, "who is steve jobs?" and then he said, "(stared at me for a long time with a dumbfounded amazed type look) you don't know who steve jobs is?" and i said, "no- i have never heard that name before in my life."
after a little lecture about how i need to be more aware of the world around me and how my ignorance to the media needed remediation, he explained to me who steve jobs is. and now i know.
so thanks steve jobs- for "emphasizing the importance of design while understanding the crucial role aesthetics play in public appeal." and for, " driving forward the development of products that are both functional and elegant."
and thanks karl- for being a great big brother and for doing your part to give the public access to scholarly journals in an easy to use wiki-format.