Terrified? Or just surprised?
Here’s something interesting. A recent study by researchers at Glasgow University suggested that people in different parts of the world interpret facial expressions differently. Apparantly, Western peeps look at the whole face when trying to figure out if another person is ticked off, frightened, or otherwise experiencing an emotion. People in the Eastern countries look [...]
Dusticals
Hi, This is Mister steel! What I have been doing lately is working on a BAND called the Dusticals. It’s a band with Sir Buffalo Sushi, my dog Dusty and me! We have no instruments so it doesn’t sound too well. Sir Buffalo Sushi gets boxes and bangs Tinker Toys on them for drums. He [...]
Yay! Nice Energy review
So, I was trying to find a “toot your own horn” category to place this under, but the idea of ego-stroking still makes me squirm — maybe a leftover token from my Catholic upbringing? So I’ll just file this under “education.” But in any event, the National Science Teachers Association has a really generous review [...]
Travel safety
On occasion, the guys and I travel without Big Fish. While we definitely miss his company and would prefer to move as an intact family unit, sometimes schedules conflict and it just doesn’t work out. On those trips, I miss Big Fish’s company most at night. Um. I mean, I miss Big Fish’s company most [...]
Find fun…but not too much fun
Every so often, I remember I have a Twitter account and pop over to check out what fun I’ve been missing. This morning, I caught a little news Tweet about an Atlanta family who had been kicked out of Universal Studios in Orlando. Why? Their 7-year old daughter screamed on a thrill ride. No kidding. [...]
Pie irons and meteors
Okay, so with the heat index reaching 107 today, I wimped out and didn’t light up a fire for the pie iron test. However, like a good inhabitant of the 21st century, I did the next best thing — Googled it. If you had to guess, how would you rank these from hottest on down: [...]
Hot momma!
That’s me. I’m one hot momma — because not only is it 98 degrees outside, but the weather people tell me with the heat index it could hit around 107. Ugh. Hot. Hot. Hot. Last night, I was trying to use my new birthday present: a pie iron. (For the uninitiated, a pie iron is [...]
Top four books with Sir Buffalo Sushi
Hello, Bloglings! Sir Buffalo Sushi here. I’ve been reading a lot lately, and have some favorites. *= 1 star, **= 2 star, ***=3 star, etc., etc. The Invention of Hugo Cabret This is my favorite book of all time. It’s around 500 pages, but 280 something are pictures. I think all ages would love this. [...]
The South won the war?
Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis are coming out with a study about how people who watch historical movies remember them better than if they’d read a historical textbook. Which may sound hunky-dory…until you add in something called creative license. Hollywood blockbuster movies, even those based on actual historic events, can sometimes play around [...]
