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Topic Started: Dec 12 2006, 08:52 AM (5,440 Views)
Swidden
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My kindergartner and two of his classmates recently signed up for their school's science fair. They went to a playground not far from school today to run their experiment, balloon rockets taped to straws on string. They had half a dozen other kids at the playground all wanting to jump in and help out. The three would be scientists made their "observations" while the various other kids inflated and released the balloons.
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Hello...o...o...o......
Wow, it's like a ghost town around here. Where is everybody?

Swidden,
It sounds like your son and classmates had a great time and it sounds like a fun project. :)

A science fair in kindergarten... they sure are starting subjects earlier these days. My daughter is in fifth grade and is already doing some algebra and geometry (things like angles, congruence, trapezoids, parallelograms, etc.) I don't remember learning about those until around 8th grade and I was in advanced math. Times have certainly changed!
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Hey Impulse!

I think everybody has been busy!

Yeah, kids are getting started on things much earlier. Kindergarten now is what 1st grade used to be! To be honest though, the science fair is still really geared towards 3rd-5th graders. They just open it to the younger one in hopes of spurring more interest in science. They get their project judged and can be awarded a prize, but it is the older kids who's projects are going to advance to district and/or county level and so on.

The funny thing is, I never really planned on being the parent with the overly scheduled kid (mine still is not that scheduled compared to some I know!) but given his interests it is hard to not do it. He's taking kung fu (just earned his first belt and tests for his next degree next week) and tee ball starts in a couple of weeks. I think that all means is I really don't know when I am going to get any down time for myself!
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The science fair at least can be fun and that's cool that they have an opportunity to have their project judged and possibly win a prize.

I certainly relate to what you said about the over scheduling. I never thought that would apply to my daughter either. She goes to gymnastics which involves practice 3 weekday evenings and Saturday morning plus whenever the competitions are scheduled. On Sunday morning, church activities take literally half the day because the church is about 45 minutes drive from us. Then, with all the homework, the schedule is pretty full. I'd be fine with that, but it seems other things pop up constantly - other kids' birthday parties, friends wanting my daughter to come see their performances, visits from people coming to Disney and wanting to stop in, gymnastics fundraisers, holiday parties, or whatever. It gets to be next to impossible to find time just to go see a movie or go for a bike ride! Well, you know I'm an atheist, so I've been trying to get my wife to give up on the half church day, but she won't have it. :D :shrug:
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I don't recall if I mentioned here recently that my little guy had signed up for the school science fair. Being a kindergartner (5 y/o) that was surprising in itself. His teacher suggested that he and two other boys also interested team up. They did and conducted a balloon rocket experiment (balloons taped to straws threaded on strings). Testing the balloons for speed and distance.

I am happy to report the boys got 2nd place in the individual entry category for the K-3 level.
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Well, finally life is returning to normal, but was that a bad storm! I would upload some pictures but I lost my camera in all the fun ... which is a shame.

Anyway, I am now in the final year of school with the graduation in November of this year, alot has got to happen before I actually get there though. I'm already near the end of term 1, and that is half the semester. It's quite a daunting thought that by christmas I will have finished school and be only a month off my 18th birthday. And really, I just had my last ever summer holiday!

Anyway life goes on. My geography teacher remembers what result I got last year in the national geography competition, and she literally said to me: "You are doing it this year, your name is now on the list. " So I guess I'll be doing it this year as well.

I'm not sure if I told you guys, but I did the worlds greatest shave last year? i have a feeling I did .... Anyway I decided not to do it this year. To much to do, thought I'd be better on focusing on the completion of grade 12. Which is also why I've dropped from part-time to casual at work.

Lately, my grandmother has been talking about dying a fair bit, and I guess being 87, it would be on your mind a fair bit as well. I get a feeling from her that she thinks her time is coming to an end.

For my birthday ... nearly 2 months ago, I got some awesome presents! One of them got me, a star trek lunchbox, whilst another a star trek action figure, an Aliens book (Mental Asylum?), and a season of battlestar galactica. I'll have to take some pics, it is so cool, I am really lucky!
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Very cool STF.
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Today the late, great Douglas Adams would have been 61. I have enjoyed the "Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy" almost as much as Trek. So, in celebration, here is the long version of the theme ("Journey of the Sorcerer" by the Eagles).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rOMGIbY-9s

Don't forget to pack your towel...
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Hello everyone,

I ran the 1/2 marathon (13.1 miles) yesterday and, despite many things going wrong beforehand, really enjoyed the race. I finished in 1 hour, 52 minutes, and 43 seconds which was right in the range I was hoping to be in (1:50:00 - 1:55:00) so I very happy. It's the first time I have ever run a race of that length and I found the mental aspect of running unfamiliar roads, where you don't know exactly where the next mile markers are going to be, somewhat challenging. The last mile felt like the longest mile I have ever run! :D

But I was just happy to be able to finish regardless of the time. Exactly 2 weekends before the race, I had an incident crossing a street where a car came speeding out of nowhere and I had to change directions suddenly to avoid it. I felt some pain shoot through my left hip because of the way I was twisted looking over my shoulder to make sure no cars were coming and I thought I might have pulled a muscle. I was able to run home and I didn't run the next day at all to give it a rest. But by Wednesday that week I couldn't run without limping. A week and half didn't seem like much time to heal from whatever happened and I was feeling pretty discouraged. I took 5 days off from running and iced the hip a couple of times per day. When I tried to run again the following Monday, I had to run extremely slowly not to feel any pain. But since I was able to run even at that pace without limping, I tried again on Wednesday and was pleased to find that I didn't feel much pain. Friday felt even better so I decided to try the race. During the race, it was like I never had the problem! :whew:

But a few more things didn't go just right. Friday night my daughter woke up with a fever of 103. So she and my wife weren't able to come to the race. On Saturday, I drove 2 hours to Sarasota where the race was being held, but I hit accident traffic in 2 different places and the delays caused me to miss being able to pick up my race packet. So I had to get to the race extra early on Sunday morning to take care of that. Saturday night, I stayed with my father-in-law and slept on a pull-out couch in his family room. There was some loud clicking noise in the house that kept waking me up. So, between that and Friday night when my daughter woke up with the fever, I didn't have very good sleep going into the race and I had gotten up at 5:00 AM to be there. Finally, it was 50 degrees at the race start with a breeze just strong enough to make it really cold. I had to hang around in shorts since my wife and daughter weren't there for me to hand off my sweats to. I was literally shivering before the race started! But the temperature also turned out to be a good thing because I didn't even sweat during the race. It was just the right temperature for running.

So it was all an experience and I'm glad it turned out well in the end. Now on to the next one... Disney (full) Marathon next January!
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Wow. Seems like things often conspire against us when we have big plans IE. Still, congratulations on running in the time you figured.
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Yes it does. And thanks Swidden! :)
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Well, since my last visit here a lot has happened. At the start of the holidays someone in the family got in contact with us, saying that gran was very ill. However when we got to the nursing home we were given the news that she was dying. I'm not going to pretend that I was there as much as her children were. Because I wasn't (Mind 4 out of 8 didnt even turn up ... ). But I still went a number of times over the holidays, and by far the most out of any of her grandchildren.

Last Sunday afternoon, was the last time I saw her. Mum and I were up there the entire afternoon and into the evening. I think it added up to around 6 - 7 hours. She could not talk, she could barely acknowledge that we were there. But the entire time she was constantly trying to pull off her bedsheets and it became clear that she was trying to get up. I believe that she thought that if she could get up, then she might get better. She never got up. But it is that strong determination that I admire, and how I wish to remember her.

Gran died on Monday (15th of April) afternoon at around 5pm. Her funeral was yesterday.
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Sorry to hear that STF. My condolences to you and your family.
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Yesterday was my turn to help out in my son's kindergarten classroom for the afternoon. Best bit was when his teacher came up to tell me a story about him from last week. They were working on learning to spell new words and as they got close to the end one girl with a loose tooth had it pop out right at that moment. Once that was dealt with his teacher returned said to herself, "Okay, now where were we?" My son opted to answer. He said: "You were telling us how we are going to take over the world."
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Cute story Swidden. :D
Just who is he routing for when he watches those Marvel movies... ;)

Anyway, I was just stopping in to say hello to everyone. I'm so swamped at work that it seems I almost never have time to come here anymore. Home isn't any better with my marathon training taking so much of my time. I miss coming around here. I hope everyone is doing well. :)
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Cute story Swidden. :D
Just who is he routing for when he watches those Marvel movies... ;)

Anyway, I was just stopping in to say hello to everyone. I'm so swamped at work that it seems I almost never have time to come here anymore. Home isn't any better with my marathon training taking so much of my time. I miss coming around here. I hope everyone is doing well. :)
I think we're all good. It's been quiet lately.

My brother-in-law just finished the Big Sur Marathon this past Sunday (around 4:45 +/-).
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That's great! And I'm envious. I still have a lot of work to do before I'll be able to finish a marathon (but I am now signed up for the Disney Marathon for next January). His time is pretty good too.
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Hi all, thought I'd drop in and say hello!

I felt compelled to write a review of STiD - see this thread in the Star Trek (2009) & Into Darkness forum :)
Edited by STC, May 10 2013, 04:00 PM.
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I started to read the review, but stopped before going too far. Not a comment on the quality of the review as it is very well written. Also, not primarily a concern over the possible spoilers, although that was a factor.

I just had a thought, and decided to bounce it off some of you. It just occurred to me that we really now have three generations of Star Trek fans.

1) Recruits of the original series such as myself.

2) Followers of The Next Generation, which also includes myself as an older member of that group.

3) The new remakes based on the original series characters.

It strikes me that Hollywood is probablly aiming for a younger audience than somebody such as myself. So, complaints from a lot of quarters are roughly akin to the "what is worng with this generation?" we often hear in a much wider context. Any thoughts?
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May 11 2013, 11:19 AM
I started to read the review, but stopped before going too far. Not a comment on the quality of the review as it is very well written. Also, not primarily a concern over the possible spoilers, although that was a factor.

I just had a thought, and decided to bounce it off some of you. It just occurred to me that we really now have three generations of Star Trek fans.

1) Recruits of the original series such as myself.

2) Followers of The Next Generation, which also includes myself as an older member of that group.

3) The new remakes based on the original series characters.

It strikes me that Hollywood is probablly aiming for a younger audience than somebody such as myself. So, complaints from a lot of quarters are roughly akin to the "what is worng with this generation?" we often hear in a much wider context. Any thoughts?
Good points.

I think there are specific groups for 1) and 2) , but there's also a group that grew up in the 1970s / 80's, like myself, where 1) & 2) were both very much part of our Trek upbringing.

The group 3) you identify is potentially another distinct group that is forming as we speak, perhaps.

The generation issue is an interesting one and something I've given thought to. I do think a lot of people don't like departure from the Trek they know and love.

I don't feel I fall into that category though. I've desperately wanted Trek to move on for a very long time, to grow up and develop into proper adult entertainment for the 21st century. Like BSG did. Like the Batman films have done for that franchise. I like so much stuff that is done for "this generation".

Unfortunately, I don't think J.J. Abrams, on the evidence of this film, is evolving it. I liked the first one, it was fresh and new and exciting, it broke the timeline and gave us new possibilites. But now, with STiD, I think he's gone backwards, not forwards.
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