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Christmas Eve Preparations

Geaked — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 02:01:35 +0000

Cookies and milk for Santa, plus carrots for the reindeer! Merry Christmas to all!

Crock Pot Glove Dryer

Geaked — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 21:08:19 +0000

Shadow Puppets

Geaked — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 14:59:03 +0000

The Art of the Nap

Geaked — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 01:00:57 +0000

Post-dinner, post-Nintendo Wii.

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Wired Mag Special Issue

Geaked — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 00:39:03 +0000

Snorkle Boy Lives!

I thought this issue was interesting on two (2) counts:

1) Wired wrote an article on prepubescent super heroes.
2) It features my own child.

Short Wii Update

Geaked — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 02:11:01 +0000

Table Tilt

And I mean a SHORT update. To the tune of about 3.5 feet tall. Apparently the Wii Fit is for everyone. Here, my son shows the proper some semblance of form for playing the “Table Tilt” balance game (his favorite).

small wii update

For this game think ‘Labyrnth‘.

But instead of two wooden knobs to move the ball bearing through it’s course, you use your whole body to steer the balls into holes by shifting your weight via the Wii Fit balance board. It ain’t easy.

Rules Are For Everyone Else.

Geaked — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 01:37:51 +0000

Java Jungle. A God send for parents with hyper rug rats. When the weather won’t allow your kids to play outside, this two-story, multi-level, indoor jungle gym is the answer. Guaranteed to burn 200 calories every 15 minutes and extend the mid-day naps of tikes everywhere. A free, wireless Internet connection allows parents with laptops the ability to surf the web between bathroom breaks and juice box replenishment (this place also makes a mean pretzel bread and cheese sandwich).

After you sign in, everyone migrates to the coat room where kids store their jackets and everyone – parents included – leave their shoes behind in numbered bins. The play area is a ‘ socks only’ joint. Today I noticed some rule breakers. Adult rule breakers. Keep in mind a large winter storm just hammered our locale with 8+ inches of snow, so the entry way and coat room floors were a bit of a wet mess. This takes some careful tip-toe negotiating, as one does not want to incur wet socks for the subsiquent 2 hour romp. I was looking forward to getting into the ‘socks only’ dry zone and setting up my computer. Apparently there were some parents who didn’t want to get their hosiery wet by KEEPING THEIR SHOES ON. Go figure.

There’s a Japanese tradition where shoes are left outside the doorway of a ‘Shofuso’. Evidently any remnants of this ancient practice were cast aside while entering Java Jungle today – at least with our Asian friends who were hosting a birthday party. For shame.

Then there was the (White Anglo Saxon Protestant) father who arrived in sneakers and sat down behind me – in the aforementioned ‘no shoe’ zone. As his child voiced concern about stepping in something wet, his reply struck me as I heard him utter, “No hun, daddy’s shoes are dry.”

I managed to leave Java Jungle with dry socks today. Although my 3 1/2 year old managed to soak his shirt, pants AND socks from a drinking fountain, water spitting contest. Ah, the best laid plans…