You'd better try and save it then, since DED has had the idea of putting another Dutch film favourite in the theatre (thus pulling this one), and
at any rate I'm not comfortable with this structure.
The other Dutch film is hard to get, and it's on my favourite movie list.punknaynowned - 3-3-2011 at 22:19
found this today http://icbs.berkeley.edu/natural_theory_lt.php
Several studies trying to find the ways that neurons and synapses in the brain give rise to thought and action.
came to that via an article by George Lakoff. New to me.
I'll watch another movie I haven't seen! polydigm - 4-3-2011 at 07:06
What gets me is this bullshit some psychologists are coming up with that supposedly proves we have no free will. That thing with neurones firing in
the subconscious prior to the conscious impulse to do something. So what? We get unconscious input all the time and process many things
subconsciously. This just tells me that their assumptions about what constitutes a conscious choice and how it is manifested in the human brain are
faulty in the first place.
I mean, you can see the irony as well can't you? By their own argument their experiments to determine the nature of free will are not the result
of free will, so why are they doing it?
Anyway, just as one example, the fact that we agonise over some decisions for weeks on end before making a final choice cannot be broken down into a
single observable train of thought, so just how well are these experiments designed? The fact that we may be processing data subconsciously
doesn't prove we don't have free will. When I studied maths at university, with some of the more complex problems, I often awoke at three in
the morning with a solution, but this didn't happen to me unless I had decided to try and solve the problem in the first place.
Their philosophical conclusions based on where certain thoughts are triggered prove nothing about free will in my opinion and one day I will find a
way to articulate a proper counter argument. They are failing to see the woods for the trees. Each impulse they analyse is just a "tree" but
there are a whole wood full of trees involved in the decision making process. It's like saying a protein can be understood just by knowing the
individual properties of atoms of Carbon, Hydrogen, Nitrogen, Oxygen and so on.
Blah, blah, blah ....BBP - 4-3-2011 at 11:32
Happy birthday Polydigm!
You should talk to my sister, Poly: whe is a philosopher and intended to get her PhD with a thesis on free will. There may be free will, but only
about 5% or so. DED - 4-3-2011 at 11:37
Yes happy birthday.....
And talking with my daughter, it is better to wait until tommorrow. Today is party time and not a day for a heavy discussion with our Sas. aquagoat - 4-3-2011 at 17:50
happy birthday Poly! hope it was a good one.punknaynowned - 4-3-2011 at 20:15
clapclapclapclap -- woohoo!!!polydigm - 5-3-2011 at 06:03
Thanks everyone. Talking about free will, we went to see The Adjustment Bureau last night for my birthday, with just my immediate family, wife and two
sons. My daughter's grown up and moved to the UK. The film touched on a few dodgy points but overall I thought it was pretty good, quite
entertaining and enjoyed by all. Tonight we're all having dinner at my Mum's place with my brother coming as well. We're getting take
away from a very good restaurant called Buddha's Kitchen. They do very, very tasty and good quality Thai food.punknaynowned - 5-3-2011 at 10:35
heard an interview with some of the makers of that Adjustment Bureau today on the radio. He said those of the bureau were not angels or gov men but
'agents of fate'. As far as the story goes, Would you agree Poly?
Sounds like you had a good birthday.BBP - 5-3-2011 at 19:40
Went to the carnaval parade. Will tell you about it later, because I'm on the wrong computer to upload photos, and I am totally freezing, spent 4
hours outside under-dressed.DED - 5-3-2011 at 20:58
It's been two days and I'm still in pain. Yesterday was a bit rough: Dad and I went to a flea market, but it was so crowded it was way too
much for me.
Anyway we did strike gold: an old lady was selling an old Donald Duck collection at 5 euros per complete year, which is very low for early 70s. I also
found 3 CD-i's.punknaynowned - 7-3-2011 at 12:16
It's been two days and I'm still in pain. Yesterday was a bit rough: Dad and I went to a flea market, but it was so crowded it was way too
much for me.
Anyway we did strike gold: an old lady was selling an old Donald Duck collection at 5 euros per complete year, which is very low for early 70s. I also
found 3 CD-i's.
what's wrong? what did you do?
btw I want to get everyone - family, friends - to enroll here and watch Fanfare ... it cheered me right up, so I assume it would do the same for
anyoneBBP - 7-3-2011 at 17:16
Glad you like Fanfare!
I went to the Carnaval parade and stood outside for hours in short dress, stockings and high heels. I was tired, cold and had sore feet.
I don't want want to say too much about The Adjustment Bureau yet to give people a chance to see it. And the point that was made about angels
versus agents of fate - it's actually a lot more complicated than that, but I will vent forth on it later, once people are happy I'm not
spoiling the film for them.
[Edited on 7-3-11 by polydigm]BBP - 9-3-2011 at 10:17
Fell for the first April Fools gag of the year. :swear:Philmore - 9-3-2011 at 13:10
That Carnaval parade looks like fun. It's very colorful.
The parades we have in my town have some guys in suits, the horribly out of tune high school marching band, a truckload of Boy Scouts and a bunch of
baton twirling girls who don't know the meaning of synchronization.polydigm - 9-3-2011 at 21:53
Well, my four week teaching contract is going okay. I'm coming up to the end of the the third week. The majority of kids there are not impressed
by school or teachers so it's quite a challenge to find something appropriate for them.
Bonny, you can't tell us you fell for a gag and then not tell us what it was. And besides, it only the 10th of March.BBP - 9-3-2011 at 22:47
Well, out here they start their april fool's gags early, February is no exception.
Second, it was such good news I was all excited going to bed, then I woke up and discovered it was probably a prank, but now it doesn't look ike
a prank anymore. So I might not have been fooled. But if you must know, there's been a hint towards a new Gabriel Knight game.
...Then again, it wouldn't be the first time this year I got excited over the Dutch proverbial dead sparrow, see Primus.polydigm - 10-3-2011 at 21:49
I'd not heard of that before but I might have checked it out if there was a Mac version, but apparently not. I notice they use Tim Curry.
Aren't you a fan of his?BBP - 11-3-2011 at 10:28
You know I've played Sierra (game company) adventures since young age? I was a huge fan of Leisure Suit Larry, and I played GoldRush and Sid
& Al's Incredible Toons. Later I discovered series like Phantasmagoria (I was so scared of it I couldn't finish it for a year) and
Shivers. I discovered that Gabriel Knight was the most popular, so I played the floppy version of the first game, got nowhere and never looked back.
And then I saw Rocky Horror, wondered if that was the guy from Clue, checked Curry out on IMDB, discovered all the things I could have known him from
if I had been paying attention (like Duckman and Pink Floyd: The Wall Live In Berlin), and decided to check him out more. Noticed Gabriel Knight on
the list, and three days later I found GK3 in a goodwill store. Fell in love with the game music before Tim had even started talking.
You know, those books that are so good you can't put them down? Films that are so good you are biting your teeth until it's finished, when
you completely forget time? I never knew a game could reach that level. And all three installments of GK are that good, even the one without Tim.polydigm - 12-3-2011 at 02:35
I got right into xbox games for awhile after giving my sons an xbox about 8 years ago, but I went off them pretty quick. I don't like shoot em up
games, or games with excessive violence. Elder Scrolls involved too much killing and what have you. The Harry Potter games were okay but I really only
liked the second one. The original Wallace and Grommet wasn't too bad. Nightcaster was an engrossing challenge. I'm curious about GK, but if
I can't find a Mac version I won't bother.MTF - 12-3-2011 at 09:39
We had lots of tsunami fun today. The waves started hitting here about 8am local time. News helicopters were jockeying for space above the Santa Cruz
harbor, so they could get the best view of boats smashing into each other.
I think everybody except surfers were surprised at how powerful the waves were 6000 miles away from where they were generated.
Here's an interesting little 1-minute time-lapse video of some of the early tsunami surges. Each surge is about five minutes real time. Under
normal conditions, the tide NEVER goes out this far.
PS: You can see a surfer scurrying out of the water between surges, when he finally realizes what a fucking idiot he is...BBP - 12-3-2011 at 10:29
Sounds like you will enjoy adventures more. They're more focused on problem solving, like reading Da Vinci Code and solving all the riddles
yourself. Some are about solving concrete puzzles (like you're in a haunted house, and every room has a puzzle in it you need to solve, like an
anagram or a chess puzzle. The 7th Guest is a game like that and it grew so massively popular it spawned dozens of imitations). In others there, say,
might be a locked door, and you need to find a key. Or there is a locked door with a key on the other side, and you need to find a way of getting it
out.
That's a cool time lapse, MTF! BBP - 12-3-2011 at 19:02
That means that our neighbours are right.
There do live strange creatures in our house......
BBP - 14-3-2011 at 14:24
Our Pinbot is breaking down, probably diode problem in the right flipper.BBP - 16-3-2011 at 18:15
Dad fixed the right flipper, replaced the left flipper, replaced a rubber band and a small post that take ages to get to.
Painters came over to give the front door, garage door and all window frames a fresh coat of paint on the outside. All doors and most windows had to
be open, so now it's freezing in here.
Also, I went to the dentist, and I'm OK!polydigm - 19-3-2011 at 07:16
Good to hear Bonny. I've got dental surgery scheduled for May. It won't be as traumatic as the last batch, but it's still fairly major.
Last time I had a tooth removed and a bone graft done, which has turned out really well, so the problems I was having with the tooth before have been
fixed.
This time coming up is to put in an implant. If that goes well, six months hence I'll get a crown and it'll be just as good as a real tooth
and infinitely better than getting a bridge. It's very expensive but it should end up like I never had any trouble there in the first place,
which is miraculous, because I've been having trouble with that tooth for more than fifteen years.
Last time I had to have a general anaesthetic, but this time it's just with a local so I have a Valium at the ready.MTF - 19-3-2011 at 10:28
Just got home from seeing Primus. Easily the loudest concert we've been to since ZPZ (when we were sitting in the front row right in front of the
speakers).
The show was presented by Green Gopher Garden Supply; the business run by Les Claypool's brother. The show was a benefit for Les' nephew.
Les also announced that his step-father was in the audience, and was seeing him play for the first time.
They played some songs from their upcoming album, including one about fishing. Les admitted he's never been fishing in his life. I couldn't
really follow the lyrics, but I got the idea the song isn't really about fishing. I think "fishing" is a metaphor.
Les Claypool really is a kickass bassist. The bass is an easy instrument to play - even Sid Vicious could do it - but it's extremely difficult to
play well. And to play it at a virtuoso level is very rare. Few musicians that good would bother with the bass.
And he's the only guy I've ever seen play a bass with a whammy bar. You gotta like that.
But seriously: I was not expecting a mosh pit. Fortunately we were standing behind two big guys; so we got knocked around some, but we didn't get
smashed...BBP - 19-3-2011 at 10:38
You were going to Primus and not expecting a mosh pit?
That's odd if he says he's never been fishing. It can't be what I think it means (that is, the type of hunting where you catch the
denizens of the deep)
Hope you'll be all-right, Poly! It sure sounds nasty!polydigm - 20-3-2011 at 05:14
Bonny, I'll be alright, the worst part is over with, apparently.
MTF, have you heard the Five Peace Band, either live or on CD? The bass playing there, by Charlie McBride is pretty amazing.punknaynowned - 21-3-2011 at 22:16
wrote an article last night, finished another and then posted both.
Got up late. Responded to comments. Read a bunch of articles.
Looks more and more like the new normal for me.polydigm - 23-3-2011 at 11:21
I finished my 4 week contract last week and I've been at a bit of a loose end this week, although I seem to be getting back into music
composition mode. Tonight I got a phone call from the school I just worked in to do a day of TRT (Temporary Relief Teaching) tomorrow as one of their
maths teachers is having a day off. I need the money and accepted enthusiastically but still have that deep down wrench if you know what I mean. Oh
well, up early tomorrow.BBP - 26-3-2011 at 20:07
Hope all goes well, Poly!
Been drawing a lot lately. Great to be back there. I've also tried to pick up my calligraphy again (the amount of calligraphy pens I have now is
astounding... alas the bulk is not working).polydigm - 27-3-2011 at 04:01
Been drawing a lot lately. Great to be back there. I've also tried to pick up my calligraphy again (the amount of calligraphy pens I have now is
astounding... alas the bulk is not working).
I'm not trying to be pernickety about your English, I just want to make sure I
understand your point, are you saying that the majority of your pens don't work?BBP - 27-3-2011 at 12:10
Yes. It's those cursed fountain pens, you know. I'm very glad our arts teacher made my class do calligraphy for months: it improved my
handwriting greatly. It was near illegible for years.polydigm - 28-3-2011 at 07:34
My handwriting was bad as a kid, then I broke my wrist at 13. The doctors did a bad job fixing it and my hand writing has been pretty much atrocious
ever since. If I make a really sustained effort I can be reasonable, but if I just let go and write it's a bit of a mess.
Anyway, today's TRT is finished, so I'm putting my feet up.BBP - 28-3-2011 at 11:21
Ouch! Sounds like you fell pretty hard!
Did you ever consider getting another operation done? I can imagine a bad hand writing is tough when you're a teacher.polydigm - 29-3-2011 at 00:04
I have a permanent break near the tip of my ulna in my right arm and I've been told it's virtually impossible to fix. It hasn't
prevented me developing a decent squash game and is probably not that responsible for my bad hand writing. Back in school when we did archery I
discovered that I was quite good when I did it left handed. I could push on the bow with my right hand (pulling is when I have a problem) and pull the
string with my left, but the PE teacher, a complete asshole who was responsible for me breaking my arm in the first place, forbade me to do it left
handed, so I gave up a sport I was potentially good at.BBP - 29-3-2011 at 11:08
Oh god, don't talk to us about bad PE teachers! There were two at my school who were such a complete nightmare to have. They just wouldn't
accept that there might be something you can't, and if you're too heavy AND too weak to climb rope, you're not going to learn it in two
days time. I was relatively lucky, being a terrible sweetheart I never had much teacher trouble, but my sister once got kicked out of class because
she wouldn't do a handstand on one of these things http://www.gymnastiekwinkel.nl/gymnastiek-toestellen/springk..., and it looked downright dangerous, so she wouldn't and got kicked out.
He punished her by putting her in a handstand position for 15 minutes.
Anyway after three years of terror I finally had a good teacher. It didn't stop me from having a severe elbow bruise and a ring finger which I
think I may have broken back then. And at least two concussions from balls hitting my head.
I'm completely in favour of banning PE from schools.Huck_Phlem - 30-3-2011 at 02:15
A dresser drawer?BBP - 30-3-2011 at 10:38
It's some sort of thing you're supposed to jump on and off. My sister, and classmates, had to do a handstand on the end, then flip over to
the other side (that is, off the dresser). Since those things are built from several partitions, the end of the ones on the top came loose and flew up
whenever someone performed such a stunt.DED - 30-3-2011 at 18:22
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[Edited on 30-3-2011 by DED]polydigm - 31-3-2011 at 12:19
Wow Bonny, those PE teachers sound awful.BBP - 31-3-2011 at 19:04
Say, how did you break a wrist? Did you fall or something?polydigm - 1-4-2011 at 01:44
It happened early in my first year in high school around my thirteenth birthday. We were being introduced to the parallel bars in PE. This basically
weak bunch of 12/13 year olds were being asked to do a reverse dismount from the end of the bars set to the full six foot height, which is just
insane. The person behind you in the line was supposed to support you if you came down awkwardly which was way too much to be asking of us - both in
terms of the person doing the manoeuvre and the responsibility for the person behind. I was the pigeon who was first in line and the PE teacher left
us unsupervised. I fell backwards and landed with my hands underneath, the person behind me just stepped out of the way.
My wrist was badly distorted by the fall. A couple of GPs in the local hospital thought they could fix it without help from a specialist and it's
never been right. I had some exploratory surgery done when I was 26 after having some trouble with my wrist at work. It was found that my trouble
stemmed back to the original break and the incompetence of those GPs. I had a cyst removed which helped me big time because it gave me back full
movement of my wrist but I was told there was nothing they could do about the break.
It's not as bad as it sounds. They said that building up the strength in that arm would help a lot, which turned out to be true. It gets a bit
sore sometimes but I can still play guitar, piano and sax and most of the time I barely notice it. I've had problems with my back from that fall
as well, but it's hard to quantify just what those problems might be. But exercising and keeping fit helps and like I said, I've been able
to play squash which is a pretty vigorous and demanding sport.BBP - 1-4-2011 at 12:02
That IS insane! I could never do a reverse dismount due to the combination of heavy weight, little muscle and big feet that get in the way, so after a
couple of failed attempts in which I hurt my feet badly, I just switched to forward. But at least my teacher had the decency to have them set to
height. We did have to do a forward somersault on them by second grade, when I was 13.
Of course I have to note we had mixed PE in school. Which sucks from 4th grade or on, when you're playing basketball against people who are a
head taller than you. Or when you're on your period and staying on the side (which I by consequence never did, too embarrassing). Or when your
breasts have grown too large to control, even with sports bra.
That's pretty careless from your GP's. If you were in the States you could sue them.polydigm - 2-4-2011 at 00:01
I was told when this was discovered that I could sue and legal aid were pretty keen to do it but my head was in a bad space at the time and I
didn't get my act together to do it. Money aside, I should have done it because a message needed to be sent to that hospital about what was
taking place there.
Sounds to me Bonny like your school was pretty insensitive. I expect stories like mine from people my age, but schools and, the law along with them,
have changed. It doesn't sound like it has where you are, or did things used to be a lot worse? DED?BBP - 2-4-2011 at 13:02
Actually that somersault was not as bad as it sounds. English language doesn't differentiate between a somersault on the ground, which all kids
do when they're young and during which you always have support from the floor, and one in the air, which is only for gymnasts. The MO was, first
you swing and put your legs on the bars, one on the left, one on the right, so you have your legs spread.
Then you move your hands in front of your legs, then you pull up your lower legs and hook your feet behind the bars, and then push off. While
you're turning, your shoulders and upper arms are always supporting the rest of the body. It's pretty easy, but naturally quite scary
looking.
Also: P.E. class is always dangerous. I broke my finger when a very fat girl ran into me during basketball. I always assumed it had been bruised,
until I broke my ankle and realized I wasn't immune to fractures.
I bruised my elbow when, during basketball, I tried to get the ball from someone, but I fell, and he fell on top of me. We're still very good
friends. And there was some charm in walking around with a black and blue arm with a gory wound, creeping out the girls.
My school wasn't really careless. It was a bit of a posh school, with very little foreign kids (three in my year with 110 kids), an inter-school
sports competition between 4 schools, an artistic competition between 4 schools, and many after-school activities.DED - 4-4-2011 at 14:29
Main problems in Holland are "the quality"of teachers esp. at Gymnastics. They don't seem to understand that we not all are alike.
Speaking with them on this issue seems to be not done. I was send out of the classroom many times and punished even often. Only because I was not the
easiest guy around. For me, teachers are only right in what they say if they can prove it. When you say that things are the way the are, or because
they say so, have a hard time educating me. It started out when I was six. I wrote done milk when I had to wrote milk, unfortenately by that time I
wasn't aware of different languages. I had a Corgi Toy Milkvan with a large sign on top stated MILK. So when I had to wrote down Melk (Dutch for
milk) I wrote milk. The teacher stated that I was wrong and I couldn't accept that. She didn't explain that people in England and some other
places speak a different language and say milk to melk. If she had done that I could have some understanding, but to say I'm wrong was the start
of a strange career in education. polydigm - 5-4-2011 at 14:22
BBP - 6-4-2011 at 20:39
:devil: Go Poly!polydigm - 7-4-2011 at 00:55
Those humiliating experiences can go both ways, they can cause some people to shut off from education altogether.
Anyway, starting the day before yesterday I got back to playing my alto sax. I'd just transcribed the melody from "Overture To A Holiday In
Berlin" and got really curious to hear it on my saxophone. I went back to it momentarily around October last year but that lasted 2 days. Other
than that I haven't played it since before I got really sick back in May last year.
I've been kind of battling with what I'm doing with my life ever since my second surgery in July last year and music has taken a bit of a
back seat. Although, I've been trying to keep my chops up on the guitar, but that's been about it. My brother bought me the book "The
Rest Is Noise" for my birthday in March. I've been reading it bit by bit ever since, over 600 pages, and finished it yesterday. It's a
history/critique of 20th Century music. I've found it very inspiring. I'm right back into full blown composition again and did that
transcription on Tuesday as an exercise which then led to playing the sax again.
Remarkably enough, I haven't lost a lot from what I learnt at the start of last year. It all comes back pretty quickly with a little
reinforcement. It'll need a little more time and practice before I can play OTAHIB well but I'm already happy with my progress after only
two days. I don't exactly push myself, I'm just driven to keep playing and eventually I have to stop because my face muscles just can't
do it any more. Maybe that's where the saying "chops" comes from: building up your jaw muscles playing a reed instrument.
Talking about composition, my latest is a major one, bringing together all kinds of seemingly disparate elements with a fairly large ensemble in mind.
I've no idea yet how I'm going to get it performed properly, but I will at least put together a demo using my studio. Firstly, of course, I
have to finish it.
Anyway, better go have my breakfast, I'm off to the hospital for a routine check up with my surgeon. Don't worry, I'm well, they just
need to check up on my progress periodically. I'm fairly fit and back to being slightly overweight; taking the dogs for long walks with my wife;
been to the beach swimming several times since Christmas; working in the garden and doing plumbing odd jobs and so on. The only physical challenge
left for me now is to try some squash again.punknaynowned - 7-4-2011 at 11:35
good to hear Geoff!
Overture to Holiday In Berlin is one of my faves!
Would love to hear any new songs when their ready too polydigm - 8-4-2011 at 08:33
Just today I made a new section for my music on my web site. Try the following link:
I hope you like some of it.punknaynowned - 8-4-2011 at 19:23
there's a number of pieces under 'perfect time' that I like. Haven't listened yet to 'Can't Stop It'.
The first one sounds almost zappa related. 'Been There' and 'It's Not What You Think' are actually compelling. Many of them
I wanted them to keep going. Reparturnling starts out very atonal or dissonant and ends up in a very different place. Neat. Dabbling starts out
intriguing and stays there almost til the end. I like it all and will be back.
Thanks for sharing!!!punknaynowned - 8-4-2011 at 19:24
I have to do errands today and don't want to.polydigm - 9-4-2011 at 01:24
Thanks for the feed back Ned.
Reparturnling has three components, each of which has a very different harmonic basis, but are none the less thematically related. The piece is
ABABCD, I tend to use mostly pretty classical forms to structure my pieces, I don't buy into the total serialist view of the world. A is serial,
based on a twelve tone row. When I work with serial composition I have my own way of doing things. I don't like really abstract mathematical type
serial stuff. Sometimes I develop a series that I like the sound of, which is the most important thing, then I experiment with it and see what kinds
of chords I can get out of it and other melodic variations. I try the retrograde and inversion but I'll only use these if they sound good to me,
my variations are mostly non standard. B is kind of tonal, inspired by Stravinsky. It's not tonal in the sense of having a key centre but
it's constructed using diatonic elements. C is modal using the dominant mode of F# ascending melodic minor. D, the cadence, is based on elements
of A and B.
Been There has a similar mix of atonal, non tonal diatonic and modal elements. BBP - 10-4-2011 at 14:30
Attempted to do some gardening, lost to the stinging nettles.MTF - 11-4-2011 at 09:35
My daughter's about to graduate from high school, so she and my wife are taking some tours of colleges. This weekend they went to Chico State,
which is a party school almost as notorious as my alma mater; U.C. Santa Cruz.
Last night they went camping on Angel Island, where my wife took this picture of the Golden Gate Bridge:
We're looking toward the west. San Francisco is to the left; Sausalito to the right; and the Pacific Ocean is on the other side of the bridge.
That fog bank in the distance is the reason Mark Twain once said "The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco."BBP - 11-4-2011 at 11:44
...I was about to say "Gosh, the Golden Gate Bridge sure has deteriorated since it starred in Vertigo"...aquagoat - 11-4-2011 at 19:18
Cool pic, mtf.BBP - 12-4-2011 at 22:49
Started knitting a cape. It's a lot of stitches: knitting a needle takes about half an hour.Huck_Phlem - 13-4-2011 at 01:35
Both my brothers went to Chico State to take GST (General Studies Thematic) to get all their basic classes out of the way then went on to other state
schools. My oldest went on to CCAC and the other one went to SFSU.MTF - 14-4-2011 at 05:12
Both my brothers went to Chico State to take GST (General Studies Thematic) to get all their basic classes out of the way then went on to other state
schools. My oldest went on to CCAC and the other one went to SFSU.
Neither my wife nor my daughter was too impressed with Chico. So far it looks like San Francisco State is her #1 choice. Next weekend they're
going to San Jose State and then they're flying up to Oregon to look at a couple places.
She managed to get a D in chemistry. This actually turned out to be a good thing, because it ruled out a lot of schools we couldn't afford
anyway.
[Edited on 4/14/2011 by MTF]Huck_Phlem - 14-4-2011 at 05:48
Yea my son got a D in Latin and Biology this quarter but some of the kids told him it's the Semester grade they look at.
He can fix it with Summer School they said.DED - 14-4-2011 at 15:05
Finding the right school for your children is a hard job. And by the time that you have found one, they complain afterwards. I did what was right in
my opinion that time. I hope someday they will understand.BBP - 14-4-2011 at 16:01
Well dad, it's not like you ever said anything positive about my elementary school's principal.DED - 14-4-2011 at 19:36
that rejected scout you mean.
There was no alternative there accept for a black catholic schoolBBP - 15-4-2011 at 10:05
"except".
Not much happening here, but today I'm going to hit the town, trying to find Dad some birthday presents. The only thing he asked for is
"solder". Thank you Dad.polydigm - 17-4-2011 at 00:44
See, he must have sent you to a good school. BBP - 17-4-2011 at 11:11
Actually I had a very bad English teacher. Fortunately my English was always ahead of school, it was a bit of a snooze subject for me.MTF - 18-4-2011 at 05:52
I'm watching a National Geographic documentary about the Japan earthquake and tsunami. It was compiled mostly from news footage and cell phone
video. There's very little narration: the pictures speak for themselves...DED - 19-4-2011 at 20:58
To me, i found it fantastic that they also search for picturealbums and personal belongings. People who lost everything are very glad that they found
some pictures and belonigings of the people they loved. BBP - 19-4-2011 at 21:13
Spilt tea all over me. Whose genes do I have, anyway?DED - 20-4-2011 at 07:12
I don't drink tea, so it must be genes from another onepolydigm - 21-4-2011 at 04:06
BBP - 21-4-2011 at 13:10
(Actually he does drink tea occasionally.)BBP - 22-4-2011 at 13:53
It's incredibly hot in here today, incredibly hot in here...
Decided to walk to the market, but I soon regretted the idea. I even bought some Slush. (that's ground ice with syrup)punknaynowned - 22-4-2011 at 15:38
it's rainy and humid here. We need rain too but as long as the mercury stays where it is and temps rise, I fear it will just get more and more
humid and no added rain will come. But crying won't help it any. Coffee doesn't seem to perk me up today either. With the impending rain
as well I can't get out and work either.
Slow news day it seems. I should be Grateful about that I guess.
I know, I'll put zappa on and read. polydigm - 23-4-2011 at 04:37
We're having a very nice Autumn here and I have to say I don't mind the prospect of Winter either. It can be a bit inconvenient some times,
but so can Summer in it's own way and overall Winter's becoming my favourite time of year you just have to make sure you get plenty of
Vitamin D.Spacebrother - 23-4-2011 at 09:28
Haven't been around here in a while. Thought I'd check out whats new since the last time I visited this forum.BBP - 23-4-2011 at 10:10
Hi Spacey! Good to see you again!MTF - 24-4-2011 at 08:41
Today I fixed the stairway in our back porch, and in doing so I found a lot of rotten wood. We'll have to replace the whole porch.
But not today...BBP - 24-4-2011 at 09:14
Oh crap, that sounds like it will cost a fortune!
Happy Easter, everyone!aquagoat - 25-4-2011 at 10:26
happy easter you all!DED - 25-4-2011 at 16:41
Yes, it is almost over, but happy easter from a sunny Eindhoven BBP - 26-4-2011 at 09:37
My blind friend came to visit yesterday. We went for a walk and had ice-cream. Very cosy.polydigm - 27-4-2011 at 06:01
Australia is a secular nation and as such some things are rated higher than religious festivals. Anzac Day for one. For many years now we have held
Anzac Day on the actual day rather than having a public holiday Monday in lieu. Anzac Day is the 25th of April which happened to be Easter Monday this
year, so Monday this week was called Anzac Day and Tuesday was a public holiday in lieu of Easter Monday.
So, we've just had a five day weekend. Although, if you're a teacher, it's in the middle of a term break anyway, which has been the
case ever since the government cunningly reorganised the school term structure. Back in the bad old days we had three terms with a two week term break
in May and then in September, that is, Autumn and Spring, which is kind of logical for holidays. Now we get three two week term breaks, April and
October for the first and third, which arguably places both of them in better weather, but the kicker is taking two weeks from the Summer break and
dumping them in the middle of Winter at the end of June.
The reasoning is sound I guess, it was argued that we needed to have a two semester year.
Anyway, I forgot to mention here that I got a teaching contract at a good local school for all of second term - ten weeks this time - which is good
news but my holiday's almost over, I'll be back at the rock face on Monday.BBP - 27-4-2011 at 10:49
Wow, great news Poly! And educational too!BBP - 29-4-2011 at 10:51
Summer has struck here, cars covered in pollen and rain being sorely missed. I've started juggling again.aquagoat - 29-4-2011 at 17:37
it's raining again in here after 4 weeks of summer sun and heat, I'm longer used to that weather.DED - 30-4-2011 at 07:38
Yeah we had a little thunder and some rain, now it is dry and sunny again. Fortenately because april, 30 is Queensday in Holland.
Music al over and free markets where everyone can do anuthing to earn money.
Selling old junk, making music, playing games etc. polydigm - 1-5-2011 at 12:41
I'm counting down to my first day at work tomorrow. Thankfully it's a professional development day, a good way to warm up to actual work.BBP - 1-5-2011 at 20:01
Good luck Poly!
I finished knitting my cape! It's huge and really very cool!polydigm - 2-5-2011 at 08:38
Today went well. Tomorrow I start real teaching. I'm sure I'll be like a duck back on the pond after a stroll in the woods.BBP - 2-5-2011 at 20:57
Thats great Poly!
Had a scary moment when my laptop got a BSOD in the middle of watching a Youtube video. I'm worried a driver got crashed.
Here are two pictures of the cape I knitted:
MTF - 3-5-2011 at 05:01
Nice cape. Are you a Superhero? polydigm - 4-5-2011 at 10:28
That's a lot of knitting. I imagine that's quite warm.
Glad you like Fanfare!
