Posts from ‘March, 2009’

The count down starts on March 1st and continues until the grand re-opening. Tomorrow (April 1st) is an unofficial town holiday as our local favorite ice cream place opens for the season. Regardless of the weather, getting some ice cream at Swirls & Scoops on April Fool’s Day is a tradition for many locals. Yup, [...]

How your brain creates God This is an interesting article about how the human brain is hard-wired toward supernatural thinking, which is the foundation for religion. Religion emerges as a natural by-product of the way the human mind works. Religious belief is the “path of least resistance”, while disbelief requires effort. This might explain why [...]

New Welcome Message. See, we are not that scary;-)

Those of us who have children with special needs inevitably receive a copy of “Welcome to Holland” early on in our journey from some well-meaning person. I’m sure the vast majority of friends and family who read this blog know it well, so I’m not going to post it here, but here is a link [...]

Now that the warmer weather is coming, I’m putting more flooring up in the attic. Here is a crude diagram of what the attic looks like. This is a side view of how the roof support beams are positioned and where I’m putting the flooring. It’s tough to get this layout in a photo. I’m [...]

A 2006 University of Minnesota study revealed that atheists are the most despised minority in America. But this is not news to atheists, it’s just the most recent in a long series of surveys showing that Americans are very bigoted and prejudiced against atheists. For as long as organizations have been asking Americans about atheists, [...]

I took Eric to pick up his new braces yesterday, new AFO’s (ankle-foot orthotics or in layman’s terms, leg braces) and a new body jacket (a brace to help in sit up straight). Unfortunately, his AFO’s have to be redone, because they were not made correctly. It’s a silly system really. If you need an [...]

It was not a totally ideal study, because Eric didn’t fall asleep and because he was moving a lot. Nonetheless, there were no abnormalities that looked like they might have caused his seizure. So we will just wait and see if he has another. If he has another seizure he will see a neurologist. As [...]

This is cool. Artist Rufus B. Seder calls these “movies for a wall” Lifetiles. The Massachusetts artist invented the Lifetiles medium and is the only artist in the world using it. He has more than 30 Lifetiles installations around the globe. Embedded video from CNN Video

Ouch! So, the news and blogesphere is buzzing about Obama’s bad joke on the Tonight Show.  First, I do think the issue is getting blown way out of proportion.   Part of the reason might be because this is the first stupid thing I’ve heard Obama say since his presidential campaign kicked off.   But, did it [...]