Archive for the 'science' Category

August 17th, 2008

Toothless or Ruthless?

Posted by Scott in family, science

Actually it’s the non-violent kind of toothless. Yesterday, J lost his first tooth and is prouder than almost anything he’s done so far. On the downside he also lost his first tooth but we reassured him that the tooth fairy keeps a very good spread sheet on all things regarding loose teeth. He’s excited to […]


June 24th, 2008

June-Oh!

Posted by Scott in family, science

Wow this month is flying by! I just realized I haven’t posted since the 3rd. Oops. So much has been happening that I feel like a twister picked us all up and hasn’t set us back down yet. So here’s a quick list of things that have been keeping us busy.
Construction and renovation in the […]


December 13th, 2007

All I Want for Christmas is a Glow-in-the-Dark Cat

Posted by Scott in science

Those wacky South Korean scientists have successfully cloned cats by tweaking with a fluorescent protein gene that would help find treatments for diseases in humans but… when exposed to ultraviolet light they GLOW IN THE DARK! How freakin’ cool is that. Click on the pic for the complete article.


November 12th, 2007

Back to the Aquarium

Posted by Scott in entertainment, family, science

On Saturday, November 3rd, Jaden and I headed to the Aquarium of the Pacific to cash in on a free pass Jaden got for Halloween. Karen was going to be busy all day with traffic school so the two of us went to check out the fish. They changed up their presentation with some new […]


November 9th, 2007

Squidly

Posted by Scott in family, school, science

One of the two sessions we attended last night at Science Night was squid dissection. Don’t ask me how it all happened but somehow we were whirlwinded into a classroom and given forceps and scissors and a tray with a dead squid! But there was Jaden and mom being troopers about it and dug in […]