I can honestly say I don’t think I have ever been blogged about in Spanish before! Wow. I find that just really cool! And the “sitios de estos dias” too!
Thanks to the same site, I found the Condiment Packet Museum … who has the time? The patience? And imagine all that ketchup!
A full day at Space Center Houston, and we had a great time. Even took some photos that will end up in the Pixelog. I called Chelsey before we left the house to see if she wanted to join us, but she had other commitments. Her son didn’t though. He is almost 12, Jason is almost 10. I told her I would pick up Jordan & bring him along. She gave me full rights to beat him if necessary, so what more did I need? Ok, ok, I didn’t beat him. Actually, things went really well, much better then I could have hoped for! Nothing like Grossology (the *impolite* science of the human body) to entertain 2 pre-pubescent boys. That and the hour-long movie on life in the Space Station produced by the Discovery channel that I dragged them to. They were upset that they couldn’t play longer with the Fart-maker. Oh well. After we left the museum we headed back to Chelsey’s house for dinner. She had whipped up some tasty chicken fajitas for us. Then we zoomed home so that Jason could get to bed so he wasn’t grumpy at school tomorrow. By the time the fun was over I have the beginnings of a migraine. I took stuff for it, but it’s only been an hour. I take Excedrin for them, it works great normally and is all I need. Plus I bought a bottle of 875 the last time I went to Costco, so I have a lifetime supply. If necessary, I take Motrin 2 hours after I took the Excedrin. Perfect every time…
Earlier tonight, Doug said to Chelsey (both non-bloggers, the losers!) that I was just a “Power User”. Then I started babbling about Blogomania, DNS, Unix, Linux, Apache … and somewhere in there he said he was wrong and I was a geek after all. I just hide it well.
I wrote to Robyn about some other info and about fell off the couch laughing when she wrote me back and pointed out this post on Chris Pirillo’s blog. Irony? Yesterday, while Jason & I watched the Friday episode of Call for Help, I went to the TechTV site and showed him that my blog was listed right there. As a 9 year old geek-in-training, he was amazed and thrilled. (The TechTV article was another part of the conversation that prompted Doug to confirm I was a geek after all.) By the way, Chris? I actually OWN Styx albums. Vinyl. Too bad I don’t have a turntable anymore!
We are heading out for an afternoon of fun and adventure down at Space Center Houston, The Official Visitors Center for NASA’s Johnson Space Center! The main reason we are going? The Grossology exhibit! Yes, yes, soon I will know more then I ever wanted to about all sorts of gross things! With such highlights as walking through a giant nose, visiting the Vomit room or playing in Toot-Toot Town to learn about the physics behind gas. Human gas. Or how about the 30-foot long slide tour of the digestive system? A giant version of the game Operation? Oh yes, this will be tons of fun! (Seriously, I am looking forward to it and I know Jason will have a blast!)
Yes, it’s official. REI owns Jay’s ass. I remember trying to pack for 2 weeks with the EuroRail pass the summer I travelled around. I had the advantage of living in Germany at the time, which was a good thing. We headed to Salzburg and I had a backpack full of stuff … but none of the stuff I really needed. After 2 days in Salzburg I had to return to Germany for a doctor’s appointment – and I unpacked everything I had packed, packed the things I truly needed, and when I left after my appointment to head to Venice, Italy I was set. The only thing I ended up buying during my trip was a pair of leather sandals in Rome, Italy and a pair of beach sandals for about $5 in Cannes, France. Unlike Jay, the only special things I bought for my trip were a good backpack and a poncho (that I still use during rainy campouts). And film – tons of film! One day I will have to start scanning some of my photos for the Pixelog. I’m so envious of Jay & the fact that he gets to take this trip … it’s truly the chance of a lifetime!
The Mighty Geek is always guaranteed to make me laugh, but when I read this about elevators and staples and more … well, I’ve been laughing for about 5 minutes now. Loud laughter. And my cat is just staring at me. I wonder if Mona is thinking that she should call 911 and be a rescue cat. Or else she is plotting to eat me after I die here on the couch laughing so that she won’t starve to death. Cats are scary like that, you know. Anywans, I won’t even bother to write any more about this because it just won’t do it justice. Go read it for yourself. Make sure to not consume liquids before you do.