http://windyconditions.net the answer is blowing in the wind Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:03:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We went to Warren Dunes State Park in Michigan this weekend! We climbed 7-story piles of sand, swam in a chilly lake, dug a deep hole, played baseball, ate delicious camp food, stargazed, and slept in a tent. Here's a pic of a seagull stealing our peanuts on the beach: http://windyconditions.net/the-dunes/ I have a feeling there is no name for http://windyconditions.net/this-is-poetry/ I saw Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince almost a week ago, and finally got around to sharing my thoughts on it. Overall, I enjoyed the movie quite a bit. There were a lot of great one-liners and running jokes that made the movie very entertaining, picking up the essence of ... http://windyconditions.net/harry-potter-fandom-of-coursespoiler-warning/ FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU---- http://windyconditions.net/math-fundies-say-the-darnest-things/ These past few weeks I've been teaching summer classes where I work. It's been really fun -- each class was a week long, from 9-12. Our final week, I taught Intro to Digital Photography, meant to be an introductory class for Photoshop. Here is the work my kids have been ... http://windyconditions.net/digital-photography-class/ There's this guy trying to get one million hand-drawn pictures of giraffes by the year 2011. Who knows if he'll make it; the Internet is a strange and large place. I just submitted mine, are you going to submit yours? One million giraffes http://windyconditions.net/one-million-giraffes/ We've been house-hunting for a couple weeks but haven't found anything yet. There are a lot of old and strange houses in Urbana. Maybe we'll get a condo. I'm kind of excited to buy -- no more quarters for laundry! I think the first week of summer school went well. I ... http://windyconditions.net/house-hunting/ Oh, wow. My little brother is going to be married in a couple of weeks. And Kevin and Ernie just had their birthdays, and soon I'll be 26, almost 30. We're getting old. I think it really hit me when a 4th grader told me that he was born in ... http://windyconditions.net/old/ Spring (and Spring Break) is here! We planted some blackberries, chives, tulips, and wildflowers on Saturday. When we went to the greenhouse, there was a "desert" room, and I saw people oogling at cactus plants. It's kind of funny to think that those are considered exotic out here. I had my ... http://windyconditions.net/spring-and-mandalas/ My predictions for this year were fun to make; I'll have to be more rigorous for next year when the time gets closer: Our team finished 20 our of 88 teams competing at state. Two on our team finished in the top 25%, placing 37 and 60. Between all the kids ... http://windyconditions.net/more-mathcounts-news/