My talented post...

Hello.  Today I'm going to be blogging about my performance at a homeschooling talent show.  Before the talent show, everything was really crazy.  Everyone was running around, playing hockey, and it was very loud. What, why am I blogging about the bad stuff! When the talent show started, I went first, and I did...............MAGIC!

I performed card tricks, a disappearing coin trick, a dice trick, and the magical breaking and restoring of my nose (because I have a magic nose).  After the show, I learned new tricks from my friend Mia's grandfather.He's funny and cool and does quite good card tricks!

Oh wait, I forgot to say, after everyone else went, the parents wanted more people to perform, so I went again.  This time, I sang a song called Wild Rover.  This song is a very old Irish song still song is Irish pubs today.  Coyote Run also has it on their Full Throttle album.  They are my favorite band; don't believe me, look it up in my profile!

I've just figured out that while I'm a huge fan, I barely know anything about this band.  I will be studying their website later.  It looks like there is new music I can get, but it looks like they got rid of my favorite old album.  You can check their website out here if you like: http://www.coyoterun.com/index.php

I wish you a Happy Solstice, Merry Xmas, Happy Hanukkah, and all the other winter holidays that may fit into this one month!

μέχρι την επόμενη φορά, αντίο
(hint, hint .... this country is not as greasy as it sounds...)

Being sick in a Santa Hat

Hello. I have not been blogging, sadly, because I have been sick. First I had the chicken pox, then I had the puking, and and then I had a serious cold.  But now, all I have is a cough.  I still can't get any fresh air because MotherDear is telling me I can't go outside. She says it's too cold out, but I don't think it's very cold.  I've been outside; I think it was in the 40s or something.

I want to go outside because I miss my friends, and I want to go see them. I will have to be content in reading Madison's blog when I am done posting this.  Hopefully, I will get to see Madison this week.  And then maybe someday I can see my friend Mia who also does a blog called NoWhereKidz.

I took long naps yesterday, and today I took one very long nap with Egbert.  You should know what Egbert looks like; I posted a picture of him.  Today I put him in a Santa hat.  He looked very cute, and I am going to show you the picture I have of him.

Egbert with Santa hat

Quello è tutto che stia andando parlare di perché ancora sto recuperando. Arrivederci!

Thank goodness... and the days that follow...

Hello today I'm going to blog about my trip to Nanny & Grandaddy's. First I woke up and played games on the computer till MotherDear got up. We got our stuff together then we went on a road trip. It took five hours! Finally we got to Nanny & Grandaddy's where we ate cheese-less pizza. After dinner, we talked then we went to bed.

The next day me and Grandaddy did some wood carving (The difference between wood carving and whittling is.......well its hard to explain the difference, but for example, carving is like creating figures in wood.  On the other hand, whittling is taking the bark off of a stick and shaping it into a wand.) Granddaddy and I carved a wood sprite into a branch for my friend Austin at occupy. Then we went in to have thanksgiving dinner which included dessert. After that, we went to bed.

The next day Grandaddy and I played guitar and mandolin. (He played guitar; I played the mandolin.) Then nanny braided my hair, and after lots of stuff we went to bed. That night I felt really bad; I had a stomach ache and a headache, so I laid awake till nanny got up which luckily was at 6am. After lots of pain, we went home and I painfully went to bed.   

Spero che la vostra festa sia stata piacevole. Arrivederci!

a very looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong post

Today I'm going to blog about what I've been doing so far in my day and lots of other things. What have I been doing.  Let's see...

Well, one day, a friend of mine from Occupy came over for a visit. It was a crazy day that day, and we had a good time.  That day my friend and I bounced on the trampoline, ate lots of yummy tasty foods, and generally had a good time.


Another day, I finished the trebuchet I've been working on with my fellow Screaming Pickles that fly. The Screaming Pickles that fly are me - Dr. Noodle Soup, Madison the Inscrutable, and Will. We really did launch a pickle.

Some other day, other friends from Occupy came over - Shaun and Joe.  They came to sleep over this time. It was very fun, but I couldn't go to Occupy because I have the CHICKEN POX!

And it really stinks that I have the chicken pox. I can't go very many places, and I'm very itchy sometimes. Often I have a headache and occasionally I start to cough and sneeze. HAAACHOOO! SNiff Sniff...

And today a good friend from witchcamp, Charles, came over for a sleepover.  Really he came last night and stayed a little today.  Speaking of staying, last night I stayed up late talking with Charles.  Charles is a hippy like me, and I am guessing that many of the viewers I know are hippies as well. Charles has dark hair which he wears in a pony tail and a nice hat, a little like a cap.

So today, I was kinda bored, wondering what to do, when Charles got out of his truck that he was sleeping in, came to the door, and walked in.  There was a lot of talking, and a little bit of eating breakfast - leftover quesadillas which were splendid.  They weren't really left over; they were made with left overs inside - a very messy but tasty quesadilla.

Then after a lot of deciding what to do, me Charles and MotherDear went outside and I started to jump on the trampoline.  Then I asked Charles if he wanted to come on which he did, and we bounced for a bit.  With Charles on the trampoline, I seemed to bounced higher because he's much older - I mean heavier, but I don't want to offend anybody.

So then after that we went inside and after a lot of talking we decided to go on a bike ride.  So we got ready for a bike ride.  I changed into a pair of jeans and a swimshirt (to absorb the sweat); we got our helmets, bikes, pumped up their wheels and set off on an amazing bike ride jour.ney.  We went seven miles or so.  We saw lots of wild life, and we had a good time.  At one point I had an amazing crash; I didn't get hurt too badly fortunately.

When we got home, we had smoothies.  They were very tasty smoothies.  Charles had other things he needed to do, so he said his goodbyes. And we said ours, and he left. 

Hours later, we baked blueberry muffins.  They're very tasty muffins.  Then we decided to do my blog, and here I am.  And then we went to bed and mom read me Lord of the Rings, Return of the King.  Then I went to bed and mom did other stuff. - Wait, I haven't gone to bed yet - I've predicted the future!!!??

So that's what I've done in my day.  'Till next time - arrivederci!

Stuff about Leonardo da Vinci

Hello. Today I'm going to blog about Leonardo da Vinci. which means Leonardo of Vinci WHICH IS A CITY IN ITALY!. I'm going to use a numbered list for the facts about him.

1. Leonardo knew math was essential for paintings, and he used the golden ratio to develop the Canon of Proportions which included the Vitruvian man drawing. The ratio is 1:1.618.
2. Da Vinci devloped a wide variety of compasses including the ellispograph.
3. He studied arches and how to keep them from collapsing. He used this knowledge to design buildings for the Duke of Milan.
4. Leonardo drew polyhedrals which illustrate Luca Paciolis' book The Divine Proportion.
5. He studied hard on the mathematics of flight and made a drawing of a flying machine.

not sure what to title this

Hello. I woke up today feeling excited about going pecan picking with my friend Mia. Sadly, when we arrived at the park in the late afternoon, we could not pick pecans because it was an off year for pecans.  There weren't any on the ground. So then we went cotton picking instead. The park staff told us we couldn't pick much cotton because there wasn't enough. (I think there was plenty for three people.) They did let us in the barn where we learned interesting facts about the early days of cotton farming.

Then me, Mia and her mom went to Morning Times, a coffee shop that has vegan hot chocolate.  I got some vegan hot chocolate.  After that Mia and her mom left and I stayed with MotherDear who had met me there.  Then after that, we went to the movie my sister and Nonna to see Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2.  It was a good movie, sad but good.

After that we went home, and I started blogging.  I talked about my day - wait that's what I'm doing now?!?!

Well, time for bed, which MotherDear just told me to say.  Buona Notte. Arrivederci. Ciao.

a surpisingly short post on magic tricks

Hello, today I'm going to be talking about magic tricks.   I don't even know when I got interested in magic tricks, maybe a century or two ago.  I like magic tricks because I like to amaze people, make their eyes pop in excitement.  One of my favorite magic tricks is the arm twist; actually, that isn't a trick, I'm just double jointed.  Other than that, I particularly like the following: 

• the levitating wand 
• the levitating card trick #1
• the levitating card trick #2
• disappearing coin tricks

 I'm hoping to get a super cool magic trick kit for the holidays.  I the meantime, I learn new tricks on YouTube.  Stop on by sometime, I'd love to give you a magic show!


Good night!  So long!  Good-bye!  Chiao! ARRIVEDERCI!

Hello. Today, I'm going to blog about my sleep over with Madison, and my day
 at OccupyRaleigh. I woke up in my sleeping bag in Madison's room. A few minutes later, Madison woke up. We went downstairs and played Kirby 64 then Ol' Mom got up.  Later, MotherDear woke up. Guess whose mom is whose; you can leave your answer in the comments.  Anyway, continuing the story, we continued to play Kirby 64 until it was time to leave to go to a class.  At the class, I stood on a stage, speaking with a mike to a large crowd of people.  Well, first I painted a picture.  And that was what I was talking about on the mike.  My painting was a depiction of the Hindu god Ganesh.

After feeling like a rock star, I went home and BEGAN MY HIPPIE TRANSFORMATION.  You see, I was looking for something to play with in the old shed when I found my old didgeridoo.   I played it out in the yard, and when I did I felt very calm, like all of my troubles in life just ... vanished.  So to fit my new feeling, I put on a tye-dye shirt, a peace necklace, and a purple bandana.  Then after a lot of milling about, I went to Occupy with my didgeridoo and my new style.  I entertained the crowds and played music with a friend who had a shaker shaped like an egg and a drum. 

All in all, it was a good day. Till next time, good-bye.

an awesome sleep over

Hello, today I'm going to blog about my day and the current circumstances of my blogging. (I did not know how to put that so Madison the Inscrutable helped me.) Today I woke up it was morning, and mother dear was having a sleep over with me, and I told her that I had a good dream it was about vampires. (I got turned into a vampire, and I had a werewolf son) anyway, mother dear told me that I was going to Madison the inscrutable's house for a sleep over! I thought she was half asleep, then she said she wasn't asleep, so I was really happy.  Then we got up, and I had Chinese food for breakfast then we did a lot of driving around, and then we took my sister Sierra to her sleep over then we went back home to get mother dear's phone charger and to put away the groceries that Nonna brought over at the wrong time so then mother dear had to put them away then finely we went to Madison's house, and then we got to Madison's and when we immediately made homemade pizzas and then we played Kirby 64, then WE ATE THE PIZZAS! After that, Madison showed me some saturday night live skits, then a whole lot of talking got us to watch MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL! After that we bugged the parents while they were drinking wine then Madison made floats after that we started to be CRAZY after being CRAZY the moms made us put our pajamas on after that we did our blogs then we went to bed till next time goodbye!      

a surprisingly short post...

Hello, yesterday, I had a fabulous surprise and spent the night with my friend.  Oh, and I ate Lilly's Pizza (actually, a vegan Stromboli).  It was tasty and my evening was fun.  The next day, I woke up with my friend, and we played being careful not to wake my mom on the couch.  Then after a while, she woke up.  Eventually, we went home.  It was a pretty good day - two pretty good days actually.

Until next time... good-bye and goodnight!

a post about a lot of things...

Hello folks.  It's been a really long time since I blogged because I've been so busy.  There is no internet access at the Occupy.  Well, let me tell you what I've been doing.

I've been to classes, visited friends, and gone to OccupyRaleigh. One day I went to a class about the history of math.  It was a good class. Our homework is that we had to dream up an invention. Mine is a hover disc. The lift would be provided by magnets.  I imagine a disc with a magnet on the bottom and a sidewalk with opposite magnets underneath.  The other class was about medieval weapons.  This class was about the trebuchet. Me, Madison the Inscrutable and another friend began building a trebuchet.  No, not a huge trebuchet, a very small trebuchet.  Well, actually, very small compared to a real trebuchet - actually, I don't know how to explain how smally large it was, but perhaps I will take pictures of it when it is finished. 

I'll say more about what I've been doing in my next post because right now, I have to go trick or treating. Happy Halloween! (I hope I'll post again soon.)

protest shirts and policemen

Hello.  Today I'm going to blog about OccupyR****** again.  At OccupyR*****, I did a lot of milling about and sitting around and holding signs, well, more like holding a sign.  There my mom helped me make a shirt and here are some pictures of my shirt.  

Well, hmm, a few technical difficulties.  I guess I won't be able to show you my shirt afterall. Oh well, let me describe it instead: on the front it says Occupy Ra***** and on the back it has a peace sign.  It's all colored in sharpy.

There were a a few cops there staring at us menacingly.  And I don't see why they should be staring at us menacingly because we were doing peaceful things nonviolently.  I will post more on it tomorrow.  Good-bye for now!

Yay!  I was able to post these pictures after all!

Actually... this post is from a couple of days ago, but somehow never made it out of draft... oops.

A day of millling about and protesting

Hello.  Today I'm going to be blogging about what I did today. Some of the time today, I spent milling about, then I started to play Zoo Tycoon 2. (I made a penguin zoo.) Computer zoos are cool, but real zoos should only have rescued animals.

Anyway, the best part of my day was that we went to OccupyRaleigh.  Yes, I said it! It was really fun.  I got to talk to a lot of people, all of whom where adults. In fact, I was the only child there.  I had lots of different conversations about topics ranging from cats to the plight of the 99%. While my mom was at a meeting at OccupyRaleigh, I was busy sidewalk chalking.  Here's a picture of one that I did.

I hope everyone comes to OccupyRaleigh on Saturday.  It's at the Ol' State Capital building.  Folks are there all the time, but Saturday should be big.  That's all for tonight!

A day full of fun

Hello.  Today I'm going to be blogging about a couple of things: having dessert at a really vegan restaurant and going to an immensely fun protest. I had dessert with my friend Mia at an almost vegan restaurant.  I had vegan chocolate cake with vegan whip cream.  Sadly, the whip cream was so slight that it tasted like nothing, but the cake was good.

After that, we went to a really fun protest: OccupyR******!  It was a really funny protest.  I had two signs which I made myself though I had help with one of them.  One of my signs said, "End the Wars! Tax the Rich not the Poor." The other sign said, "Injured and in Action, OccupyR******!"  

Ah, that reminds me, I forgot to tell you.  One day while visiting a friend, I was practicing on his ripstick.  A ripstick is a board, kind of like of skateboard, only it has two wheels and you twist it to make it go.  Anyway, I was practicing, and I hit some grass thus giving me some thrust and finally landing me on my hand thus spraining my arm.  That day we iced my arm and then I went home.  It started to hurt more than before.  So we decided to go to the hospital.  In the waiting room, we waited at least two hours. Finally, I got to go an ER room, and I saw a doctor.  She examined it, and then she ordered Xrays.  Then we had to wait there a while.  Eventually, a nurse came.  Finally, we went to the Xray room, and they Xrayed my arm.  Gladly, it wasn't broken only sprained. Then we went back to the room and after a while about 90 minutes maybe, a nurse came and put a brace on my arm called a splint.  Maybe I will put up a photo someday of the splint, but that's all for now.  Goodbye.

The Wisdom of Dr. Noodle Soup

Hello today I am going to be discussing why I think some people are grumpy.  (No, not you the viewers, you are awesome.)  I think some people are grumpy because of money, some because they don't have enough, some because they have to pay so much to own a house.  I think after we buy a house  it should not have any taxes on it.  I think we should pay for things with......pine straw or other local materials.
  
 And  now a random thought........


I am not sure why they call Raleigh the City of the Oaks.  I see more pine trees than oak trees. 


And now some unsolicited advice.......


Try not to buy things with credit.  If you are going to buy things, buy more things that you NEED than things you WANT. 


See you next time.  Ciao, ciao!  

A pretty good day

Hello today I am going to be blogging about my day with Nonna (grandmother).  I woke up and had a very slow morning.  I sat around not doing much for a few hours.   In the afternoon, Nonna and I went on a really neat trail.  The trail went around a huge lake.  There were many bridges over troubling water.  There were lots of ducks (mostly mallards).  There were also swans and geese.  And we saw a great blue crane.  I think we learned something from the ducks because ducks share the lake.  I thought it would be really good if society was that way.   "Maybe ducks will teach us something," I said.  Then I said, "maybe the world will be changed by ducks."  Speaking of ducks, I don't think it is very good to feed the ducks bread crumbs because it is not in their natural diet.  The ducks get really vocal with their feathered friends. 
I remember a long time ago when the Canadian geese used to make their odd sound and I would say, "Stop laughing at me."  


We didn't just see ducks, swans and geese...Oh no, we also saw a large variety of fish in varying sizes.  We mostly saw the fish in shallow to shallowish deepish water.  When it got really deep, you know how lakes are, the water got darker.  When the ducks swam around in the shallow area, they kicked up a thick cloud of silt from the lake floor.  Sometimes it was like a trail following them.  It was a funny sight.


We also saw a turtle.  No it wasn't a small one nor was it a large one, just an in-between size turtle.   I was surprised that we saw at least "a" turtle due to the weather.  We also saw small sandpiper-like birds scurrying on the edge of the water.  On the rest of our hike it got later and later in the day.  So we had to walk faster a.k.a. power walk.  When we power walked, our knees got tired and our ankles began to ache.  We kept hoping we would get to the end, but all we did was go around another bend and another and another.  Finally we got past the bends to our destination.  


After a quick glass of water and an apple for a snack we drove my sister to a class.  We had to do stuff for an hour until class was over.  We decided we would.....go to the store and pick up a pair of earbuds for my sister and a new pair of shoes for me.  Next.....we went to the grocery store because we were still quite hungry.  We were looking for a delicious healthy snack.  After quite a long time of thinking and walking through aisles, we made up our minds and chose to get.....PISTACHIOS!  We went back to Nonna's,  and then I decided to work on my blog.  Now Nonna says it is time we went to bed and rested our weary bones.

My two favorite cats - Part 2

Hello, today I am going to be blogging about my two awesome cats Eggbert and Rommy.  Eggbert is very cuddly and sometimes crazy - well playful.  Rommy is shy but also cuddly and playful.  She likes to play with bent pipe cleaners.  Rommy sometimes meows at her pipe cleaner (I am not sure why).  If I sit down she comes to snuggle with me.  Then if I get up fast she gets scared.  Rommy likes to sleep on the futon (couch).  She also likes to sleep on a large fuzzy, stuffed alligator.  We sometimes play with the bent pipe cleaners.  I slide them across the floor or throw them and she chases after the pipe cleaners.  Then she stares at it like it is going to do something else.

Now let's move on to Eggbert. At night Eggbert likes to come up on my bed and visit with me.  He doesn't have many games he likes to play, but at night Eggbert likes to carefully watch my hand hidden under the blanket move back and forth.  And then....he POUNCES on it !  When he is in a crazy playful mood, he clings to the back of the chair.  I run about half way down the stairs toward Eggbert and he jumps down and runs to the cat tree.  Eggbert likes the cat toy mouse and when I throw it over him he leaps into the air and tries to grab it (almost doing a flip).  He likes to sleep on the cat tree.  Eggbert meows a lot.


They are my favorite cats in the world.  That's all for now - see you next time.

Vegan Story Part 2

Hello I'm so sorry I haven't been blogging Ive been really busy  anyway I'm going to tell you the story about how I got mom to be completely vegan. So one day I was at my nanny and granddaddy's house, and I was having fun in there yard, and mom was eating cheese. I was sad because I couldn't have any, so I said "mom please stop eating cheese because I cant at it."  So she stopped eating it, and she became vegan. yay! :)

Why I haven't been posting is because I've been doing a lot of things with my friends and family. (Why I'm not typing the way I usually do is because my sister is helping me instead of my mom) That's all I'll do for today, tune in next time for more about my awesome cats. :)

The vegan story

Hello, I'm sorry I did not blog yesterday ; I don't usually post on caturday ( Saturday ) because I spend it with my cats.  Anyway, on with the blog...this is the the story of how I became vegan.

Caution: This story is gross.  Once when I was really little, I was coming home with Mom from Whole Foods.  I had a chicken leg.  (And no, mom wasn't happy about that, and neither am I right now.)  However, this was before I was vegan, and I had cleverly talked mom into allowing me to have chicken instead of tofu off the hot bar.  According to mom, (I don't remember this part of the story very well;) mom said that the meat weighed a lot, so I found these little chicken legs. 

When mom still said no, I said, "It's not because of the weight; you're trying to impose your vegan choices on me." (I would be happy about those choices now.)  According to mom, she knew I was right, so she let me have it - WHA_BAM - She punched me in the face!  No, she didn't punch me in the face because that would be very rude.  She let me have the chicken leg, and she asked me not to get any on the car and to roll the window down to let out the horrible stench.


Meanwhile, in the car, I ate down to the bone; it made a crunching sound.  I thought of Miss Jenny's chickens, and I said, "Mom, I'm going to be vegan!"  

After a few minutes thought, I said maybe I'll be half vegan because I couldn't give up fish and shrimp.  After a while, I'm not sure how long - at least a few months -  I decided not to eat shrimp because they are so small and cute.  I was still eating fish, salmon mostly at other people's houses.  After quite a while, again I am not sure, possibly a few months, I thought, "I don't usually eat fish; I guess I'll become completely vegan."  

So, then I thought it through very carefully.  I went to mom and said, "Mom I'm going to be completely vegan, no fish - no nothin'."  And that's the story of how I became vegan.

vegan anarchist symbol

This story was pretty hard to write.  I was trying not to barf.  I wrote it because it was how I became vegan, and I wanted to share it.


Next time, I'm going to tell you the story of how I got mom to stop eating CHEEZZZE; this was before either of us were vegan!

Blogs I love and where I've been...

Today, I'm going to be blogging about my favorite blogs.  I follow nwherekidz and themadisonainblog. Why are they my favorite blogs you ask?  Well, it's because they are good friends of mine. (And because they are really interesting!) Mia's blog,  nwherekidz, has a lot of home made designs, things about her pets, and the Beatles.  The madisonainblog has posts ranging around many topics.  Here are some unique posts that he has done: comma splices, making a soap stone bowl, and mobius strips.  

Oh, I haven't been posting recently because I have been at two sleepovers and a partridge in a pear tree.  No, I haven't been at a partridge pear tree.  Actually, I wasn't feeling very well. I had a head full of, well you know... The next day, I had a sore throat and a head full of unmentionable mucus.  Still, I am so sorry I haven't been blogging.  


I love it when people leave comments because it makes me feel, well, splendid!  So thank you to everyone leaving comments; I think they are superb.

Tune in tomorrow for the story of my vegan conversion.

Painful Mishaps

Hello, today I'm going to be blogging about blogging.  Yes, I know it sounds weird to blog about blogging, but I wanted to talk about how hard it is for me to figure out what to blog about.  I think it's pretty tricky to figure out what to blog about.  It's tricky because you have to think about what to blog about and that always takes me so much time.  Mother Dear makes it even harder because she says, "We have to do your blog right now because blah... blah... blah."

And I had lots of ideas for today.  Mother Dear gave me lots of ideas too, like blogging about politics and blogging about snakes.  I was already thinking about blogging about snakes.  Mother Dear also suggested blogging about my unfortunate accidents today which I think I will talk about after all.

Mishap #1: Earlier today, I was playing in the rain with my friend, the Penguin.  We were skateboarding down a small hill which I accidentally leaned toward the grass which I then hit causing my board to flip.   This sent me sprawling into the grass.

Mishap #2: We were going down a bigger hill than the previous one, and the Penguin  and I were close to each other while skateboarding.  (NOTE: Skateboarding next to each other is a BAD idea.) While we were skateboarding close together, we were almost side by side, so I had to steer myself to the left.  I steered a little bit too much.  Again, it made me go into the grass - CRASH, CRASH, FLIP, ROLL, OUCH - MY BACK!

Mishap #3: We were skateboarding on the same big hill, but my friend the Penguin was going to steer into the basketball court which I'd say is about  a quarter of the way down.  I, however, was going all the way down.  At the bottom of the hill I was going down, there is a bridge over a creek.  My plan was to hit the bridge, slow down and stop.  But my plan didn't go according to plan.  Instead, I accidentally went off the paved trail. (Oh, NO, Off Road!) Hmmm, where was I?  Oh yes, that's right.  When I went off the paved trail, I bounced off the dirt and just by the creek there is a barrier - kind of - a very small piece of wood.  The board's wheels hit that and launched me over the barrier, well piece of wood, and I hit my back on a very large root.  My face hit the dirt, smearing clay and mud all over me. Finally, my head hit a rock in the creek giving me slight brain damage, I think, I don't know.  Maybe that's why I couldn't figure out what to blog about!
 That's all for tonight because I need to recover my bloggin' noggin.

Cute baby snakes

Hello, today I'm going to blog about cute baby snakes and show you some pictures.  Did you know that baby snakes are more venomous than adult snakes because they are not quite in control of their venom?  No?  Cool, I like telling people new facts.  Of course not all baby snakes are venomous, just the well, venomous ones. 

That reminds me.  Today Dee Dee found a baby copperhead and called me over to show me. I don't think it was afraid of us, but it was a bit grouchy I think because it had a kind of grumpy look.  You know, have you ever gotten the grumpyish look from snakes? I think it was grumpy because we disturbed it.

I went inside behind a screen door to avoid being bitten by mosquitoes.  Dee Dee braved the mosquitoes and tried to get the snake out of there so it wouldn't get hurt or we wouldn't get hurt.  She succeeded at getting the snake out of ,and the snake lived happy yet a little bit grouchy ever after.  The end.

Here is a picture of the copperhead.

yellow tail????

This is the other picture.  I'm not sure why it has a yellow tail.  I will do more research and tell you in the comments or a new post.

My two favorite cats

 

Hello, today I'm going to talk about my cats, Egbert and Rommy, and I'm going to show you pictures of them. They are soooo cute.  Egbert likes to play and sometimes be crazy, and at nite sometimes he'll come to my bed and snuggle with me. He likes to lay in front of my fan. And Rommy likes to lay on the edge of the futon with Dee Dee. Rommy purrs a lot, and she is kind of shy but affectionate.  When she is really happy, she really gets, hmmmm, I dont know how to explain it but she gets really happy.  Here are the pictures I promised you.

Egbert

Rommy

That's all for tonight - bye.

Magnificent Math Maria

Hi everybody!  Today I'm doing a favor for my friend Maria who's trying to publish a math book.  All the info for how you can help is below. Maria is AWESOME, and she's a really cool teacher.

Check out the info below:

Moebius Noodles is a free book and community we are building for parents and educators of children birth to five. We are running a crowd-funding campaign for it, which ends in four days.

Please contribute, and tell the friends!

Why?

1. You get math activities that go deeper than just counting and shapes.
2. Opportunity to have an excellent community develop materials specifically for your family or your class
3. Free materials to use, share, change, distribute, under a Creative Commons license.
   
4. Children worldwide will have have free access. Translation volunteers are signing up!
5. Proof of concept that not only big corporations, but grassroots groups can sustain curriculum development
6. Confidence and support teaching math using your own talents, in your own ways
7. Support for using what you already have around the house for cool math games

The fundraiser site: http://tippingbucket.org/projects/moebius-noodles
Today's updates on the campaign, with links to blogs supporting us: http://www.naturalmath.com/blog/moebius-noodles-the-waves/
A short description of the project: http://beebopparade.blogspot.com/2011/09/what-is-moebius-noodles.html
More info, including the secret rewards (printed books, custom games and so on): http://www.naturalmath.com/blog/moebius-noodles-fundraiser/
The latest pilot - a P2PU class where you can see some of the materials: http://moebiusnoodles.posterous.com
A short video from MathFour.com, one of the supporters of Moebius Noodles: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFRmwGCpldg

The GREEN MAMBA

Hello. Today I'm just going to show you REALLY cute green mamba pictures. Without further adieu, behold - VERY CUTE PICTURES!

Oh wow!

These are the cutest green mamba pictures I could find.  I wonder what I'll be posting about next time.  Tune in to find out!

My day and a random snake fact

Hello Its me Dr. n soup I'm going to tell you about my day. I woke up to my mom saying she was taking Egbert to the vet. So I got up, and I started to watch TV and checked my email. Mom got back and brought Egbert home a few hours later. Then mom took me to a co-op with Madison the inscrutable, and then mom took me to Trader Joe's. And then we went home and me and my sister played three games of chess before we ate dinner. Finally, we watched a TV show before we got ready for bed. Good night :) .


Random fact for the day. The Red Spitting Cobra spits venom from its fangs through small holes in their fangs. The venom comes out in a spray of droplets up to 6 1/2 feet. The venom does not kill, but it can cause permanent blindness. 


 That's all for now. Bye.


  Check out this picture!