This would be handy for setups where hooking up your gaming rig to the TV is not a permanent situation. Neat.

Terrifying but beautiful. If I was not so dangerously uncoordinated, I would be one of those people that walks on lava flows.

Wise, mature decision, A.J.. Congrats, and well done.

Oh, neat! What a good idea. I wonder how much more it costs to produce?

Wow, that's scary. I'm glad the fence stopped them before they went into the water.

What does plastic money feel like? How rigid is it?

I'm just glad you're okay, Jenny!

@tonyshowoff @Carnival-Boy Well gee, boys, stellar reasons for us to stop homeschooling and get the girls into public school, lmao.

@Carnival-Boy We are never going to be in one place long enough to enroll our kids in a foreign school. We will only be in Spain for 2 months. We aren't actually "moving" there, so aren't subject to their education laws, but still subject to our home state of Texas. In an ideal situation, it could be interesting for the kids to attend schools in other countries, but I've read enough on the subject to know that often its traumatic for kids to be enrolled in a school where they don't speak the language. First of all, never having been to school, they would have to learn how to be a student - how to be quiet, stay in your seat, stand in lines, etc., things other kids learn in kindergarten, so that would be pretty rough. Living in a small village and being totally immersed in the Spanish language and culture is going to give them all the benefits of living in a foreign land, without disrupting their lives and routines to a stressful degree.

At this point, our daughters are 3 and 6 so test taking isn't even a consideration. Later on, I plan to give the girls tests so that they will know how to take tests and what to expect. They need to be prepared, should they attend a college with tests or want to take AP exams. Test taking is a skill in and of itself, and I will teach it as such. As for assessing knowledge and comprehension, there are many ways to do that without taking tests. Projects, research papers and essays are all good ways to gauge and promote retention and understanding, and for Math, just demonstrating the ability to independently work problems is enough. No need for the unnecessary pressure of calling it a "test".

Posting for @scottalanmiller , cutest pic of the day:

@g.jacobse We got snow and cold. I'm not a fan either way.

I am so sick of cold. Looking forward to all warmer places for the rest of the year!

You should have the email address "[email protected]" or just thequeen@

@StrongBad said:

How is that dizzy?

It's dizzy like a cartoon character. Let me try to illustrate:

Now the octopus is dizzy.

Awesome!

I totally thought this was about Blackberry phones having some kind of fan for cooling, which was why they failed. No idea why I read that much into it.

@MrWright4hire lmao, thanks for the explanation

@Dashrender said:

Lucky him!

Yup. I'm pretty awesome.

Hoping to make it for our Valentine Baby's 15th birthday. Our niece is having her birthday party tomorrow night in TX. I'm not sure when was the last time she was able to have her party actually on her birthday.