+Kate Testerman: Did we have FUN, family?
+Kaylee Testerman: Yeah!
Me: Yep
Zoe: Zzzzzzz…
Sean: [snacks angrily]
Old Man Willow
Morning Hike
A Dark History of Children's Literature
Sex, drinking, drugs, violence, death and even magic are often cited as dangerous themes from which young readers should be protected. However, if one looks at the history of writing for children, it becomes clear that those elements have been present from the very beginning. This exhibition will explore the vast wonderland of children's literature, shedding new light on the shadows lurking in the rabbit holes.
M.T. Anderson, an American author of picture books, pre-teen books, and young-adult novels, delivered the opening lecture for Wardrobes and Rabbit Holes: A Dark History of Children’s Literature on November 7, 2012.
It was a darn good day to be an apple-lover
(Check out the whole album of pictures for the slow-cooker applesauce and four (!) pies.)
Supper? Waldorf salad in a wrap, and WHY YES I'LL HAVE SOME PIE THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
Originally shared by +Kate Testerman
Applefest at Casa Testerman today!
Got out this morning to clean up the remains of the bunny feast on our lawn, and pick more apples off the tree. We got a huge trash bag of pre-eaten apples, a giant bowl of perfect fruit, and another tall bag of almost-perfect apples, which we then spent the next two hours paring and slicing.
The house smells amazing, with a crockpot of applesauce simmering for hours, while we made a Waldorf salad, and four apple crumb pies (baked two, froze two for later), and still have two more huge ziplocs full of sliced apples, and two more bowls full of ready-to-eat fruit.
Delicious!
My Mobile Phone Rules
- No cases on a durable phone that will be valueless old tech in two years when I get a new one. (a)
- No shitty three dollar plastic film to ‘protect’ nigh-fucking-indestructible gorilla glass screens.
a – Protective cases become viable when the devices they encompass get heavy enough to qualify as tablets; in other words, when their own weight makes it more likely they can’t withstand being dropped. (b)
b – Corollary: don’t buy a phone that, according to the above rule, is effectively a tablet.
Hey people! Forekast just launched! It’s a project we’ve been working on. If you wanna know more, here’s our blog post. << · < ? > >> << · < ? > >> Getting A New Phone. It’s a very strange thing. Comments on Facebook. Alt-Text: Let’s further defile it with its own figurine pet which we will …
So Here's a Thought about Designed versus Evolving Technology
Over the course of the last year or two, Google+ (with its connections to Drive and Hangouts, plus the inherent features within Communities and Circles) has become not only everything Google Wave was supposed to be, but a number of things Wave was only promised to be "eventually."
Agree? Disagreed? Discuss.
