Tuesday, March 20, 2007

fun and danger with DHMO

My students were very impressed today because I let them work unsupervised with dihydrogen monoxide.

The common substance has many remarkable properties but it's also a little worrying to see how many dangers it's associated with.

Consult the dhmo faq for more information.

Wednesday, March 14, 2007

milestone

Peter turned over from tummy to back for the first time today. He's 5 months and eight days old. The baby book says most babies do this by pushing up with their arms and use the weight of their head to torque them over. Peter gets his legs up underneath him and pushes off.

Saturday, March 10, 2007

new favorite comic

xkcd is "A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language". What's not to love? Go check out some of my faves here.