It Went 1.5 meters.

It went 1.5 meters, hit the wall and the egg didn't crack (sorry I think I said it had to crack but guess it wasn't supposed to) so she got an A.

Will It Go 1.5 Meters?

Have you noticed that I've gone a bit blog crazy in the past few days? I'm a bit sporatic with this blog thing - no posts for a few weeks and then 4 posts in a few days.

How did you spend your Veteran's Day? I had to work but also got to "help" Sarah with her latest Science project testing Newton's 3rd Law of Motion. She had to make a "Newton Scooter" (aka vehicle) out of scrap materials that will travel 1.5 meters without being pushed. An uncooked egg is attached to the front of the vehicle and must crack but not be crushed against the finish line wall. Total value: 200 points.

Scrap materials (I've learned after 7th grade and a few other projects that you don't have to always go out and buy materials): OJ carton, Sam's skateboard wheels, flag stick, toilet paper holder, duck tape

Here's the finished product after Brigitte and Sarah added their artistic flair.

Distance Traveled is largely dependent on how much the spring in the toilet paper holder is compressed and how fast its released.

Will it travel 1.5 meters and crack the egg? Stay tuned - she tests it today.

The First Of The Season

So not a huge coffee or Starbucks drinker, but I do love their Gingerbread Latte. So had to note my first one of the 2007 Holiday Season. I save up my Starbucks gift cards that I get throughout the year for these 7 weeks.

It's the one Christmas thing I will partake in before Thanksgiving (I'm a huge believer in waiting until after Thanksgiving for decorations, music, etc.). I admit I do start my shopping early if I see something good, but I can't believe how early stores have started "advertising" Christmas.

I've JINX'd them

Die hard sports followers can relate...I have jinx'd the Colts. Usually its Peyton on the cover of Sports Illustrated that jinx's them as they always seem to lose the Sunday following his face being plastered on the cover. Apparently my words in Frankly Plank have enough influence (I can already hear the comments now - "you really think you have anything to do with them winning or losing" - no I really don't but need to find some reason) to have them lose two straight.

Sorry for the delay in scanning the article. It took me a while to figure out my scanner. I realize you need a magnifying glass to read it, but I couldn't seem to scan it any bigger.

So now they have two losses - Patriots and the Chargers.

Jen and I (and a few others) went to The Underground in Hermosa to watch the Sunday Night Game. Jen just got a new pink Peyton jersey (she LOVES pink so if you see a pink convertible VW bug around the South Bay its probably her) which she has ironically worn the last two games as well (maybe that's the reason for the losses). I sported my pink-ish jersey for the photo and until the Chargers scored 17 unanswered points on the Colts. Then I switched back to my blue jersey (of course in the hopes that I could turn around the game).

Here's Steph strangling herself with her hair. She endured 8 hours of football between Saturday and Sunday. Saturday we supported the Florida Gators with Lauren Rogers (alumni) at Tony P's.

She got so bored (after she finished grading papers with Jen) that she decided to "decorate me". I tried to tell her that my mom used to get really upset when I wrote on myself (its the best way to remember to do things).

Thanks to everyone who called, texted, or emailed their condolences on the losses.

Photoshoot

Brigitte's birthday was this past Sunday so Sam, Sarah and I came up with this idea to take some pics of them and put them into a frame. At first they were pretty adamant that I would get one opportunity to take one picture. After bribing them with McDonald's and Pinkberry, I was able to get them for 20 minutes and about 15 pictures (for those with little ones, you may think it gets easier to capture them in a pose and smiling when they get older, but it was still pretty impossible). Anyways Friday after school, we headed down to the El Segundo beach for the photoshoot. Here are the three shots we put in a floating frame.

Sarah's really into hearts and Sam's a good sport.

The sky looks clearer and bluer, but its the same day. I'm sure there is something I needed to do with the time of day, shutter speed and all that, but I'm not really a photographer so oh well..We were going for the "model" pose here (this one was Brigitte's favorite).

Sam's going to kill me for this one, although he decided to do that funky thing with his shirt. Oh well his friends don't read my blog.

Anyways, Brigitte loved the birthday gift. If you truly want a professional photoshoot, I'm probably not your photographer.

Check It Out

Check it out...I'm quoted in this week's El Segundo Herald (should have hit your doorsteps this morning or if you live in an apartment complex like myself, its a pile of soggy rolls of paper that might resemble flyers because its only 20 pages that the sprinklers have drenched) on page 6 of Frankly Plank.

So how did I come to be quoted...A few weeks ago as I was reading through the El Segundo Herald (I must confess that this is the only newspaper that I read, although I do get the LA Times Thurs - Sun for the ads and coupons), I noticed that there was an article written by Duane Plank, one of my apartment neighbors. You know me...had to read the article so that the next time I saw him, I could say, "hey saw your article, it was great". Anyways turns out, his humor about sports is pretty funny so I've been reading it every week since to support my neighbor. As he mentions in his article this week, I did corner him and ask him why he never writes about my beloved Colts.

Anyways grab the Herald when you get a chance and check it out!!!

For those not of the 16,000 circulation (I found a random website that had this listed, along with the fact that the paper was started in 1911), I'll scan the article and post it later.