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Steampunkery …
The boys are totally into Steampunk at present – it’s all things little gears. Which are sharp when you step on them (and can be found in bulk on ebay and etsy). And now I’ve found a book “Steampunkery” that mixes polymer clay and gears – here are a few of their current creations: Dirigibles,… Continue reading
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Dad goes to Google, Mom asks Facebook
Morgan’s view on his parents – “When Dad does not know something he goes to Google” “When Mom does not know something she asks Facebook” Continue reading
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Professor Life: UHGH
There are days when teaching digital media is less “creative exploration” and more “everyone please stop touching things until I can figure out what just broke.” Today’s adventure started with D2L apparently eating quiz scores. Again. I finally emailed the class asking everyone to tell me their Illustrator quiz grade because I was now keeping… Continue reading
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Professor Life: I’m Sitting in Waterloo
This morning’s email arrived two minutes before class: “My phone charger apparently broke last night because my phone did not charge and died. This resulted in my alarm not working and I’m currently sitting in Waterloo and class starts in 2 minutes.” Long story short: no, he was not making it to the exam on… Continue reading
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Professor Life: I Accidentally Slept Through Class
Today’s student email: “I accidentally slept through class today.” Apparently another 8 a.m. class had already finished for the semester, so the alarm got moved later. A little too much later. See you Friday. Continue reading
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Trebuchet Action …
About a month ago Tyler got up in front of his Boy Scout troop to announce he would be heading up the trebuchet building team (should I mention here that he didn’t talk to mom or dad about what that commitment would mean? I don’t remember seeing Matt that upset for some time …) Anyway… Continue reading
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Jo Zeimet — After the Boulder Flood
Recovered family correspondence — October 29, 2013. Original email from Jo Zeimet, following the September 2013 Boulder flood that forced her from her home at 4190 19th Street. The original email carried seven photographs documenting the reconstruction. Thank you for your patience with these silly updates. There will be only one more update, at the… Continue reading
About Me
I started this site so my mom could get news about her grandkids without me having to walk her through the process of trying to open and email attachment several times a week. Since then she has passed away and I’ve fallen off the blog wagon, but I’m inspired to pick it up again now.
