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Precognition

Post author By tornado
Post date February 15, 2010

I just read this great article in Wired Magazine from May 2009. Excerpt:

Daryl BemProfessorEmeritus of PsychologyCornell UniversityObject of Study: Precognition

It’s deja vu in advance: In conventional psychological tests, subjects recall words they’ve had a chance to study better than words they’ve seen only briefly. Bem reversed the usual order of events and found that his subjects were significantly more likely to recall words they would study later than words they wouldn’t study at all. Extroverts show the most precognition.

http://www.wired.com/techbiz/people/magazine/17-05/st_madscientists

7th Grade Basketball Team

Post author By tornado
Post date February 12, 2010

Danny Littleton, Ron Stluka, Ryan Nelson, Pat Spangler, Beaker, Todd, Mr. Janusek, Steve Stein, Jeff Smith, Bill Meador, Billy Wierenga, xxxxx, xxxxx, Jeff Burdick, Troy Schultz, Kurt Kamper, me, Joe Cancialosi

Maggie and Elsa in Vegas

Post author By tornado
Post date February 4, 2010

Monti and the Cross

Ok this falls squarely into the “where the h*ll did this come from” category…

Monti was showing Elsa that she found a cross earring in her jewelry box. Elsa asked her “Where did you get the cross from? “I got it from the jewelry box” Monti said – “it wards off Jews.”

This is notable in that
1) I did not know that Monti knew the word “ward”, though she has been reading a lot about vampires and werewolves lately.

2) I didn’t realize that we had to repel the Jews, but apparently they are all around us!

Monti’s 2010 comments

I thought this was really cute. It starts out so deep – “a year of war, and possibly a year of peace”. Made me think of “it was the best of times, it was the worst of times…” We may have a young Dickens on our hands.

Also, she is confused by “times tables” (x’s).

Regarding surgery, she and Dahlia both had an adenoidectomy and tonsillectomy. They can breathe and sleep much better now. Also I love that she is worried about Uncle Steve.

Back on the slopes

Post author By tornado
Post date January 11, 2010

Skiing lessons started back up. Monti in the foreground, Dahlia in the background (in the light blue coat). Elsa skied while I tried to get my snowboarding legs back on. The conditions sucked – icy – and it was pretty foggy there as well. At least it didn’t rain.