Blogs
For those of you new to the internet, a "blog" is short for "web log" and is used in many ways, but most often as an online journal of sorts. Here you can see the blogs that Chris and Alyssa keep. They'll show our lastest thoughts and happenings in our lives.
Chris's Blogs
- mental aquarium - A blog about the recent news, happenings, and fun thoughts Chris has had.
- Nov 28th - Thanksgiving Weekend: - Happy Thanksgiving everybody! We spent a quiet weekend with just our little family. I was looking forward to cooking a nice Thanksgiving meal. Instead of turkey, we did Cornish Game Hens. Yum! ...
- Jun 15th - My Top 10 Beatles Songs: - My Mom asked me what my top 10 Beatles songs were. I'm don't know everything about the Beatles and their music (although I've learned a lot since marrying Alyssa), so I knew that I couldn't make a...
- Jan 7th - Games, Games, and More Games - part 4: - The latest in a series (see part 1 and part 2 and part 3) describing the games that we've purchased. Munchkin Impossible Alyssa has wanted this ever since we played it with our friends in CA,...
- Deeper into the Mist - A blog exploring some of Chris's more serious thoughts and ponderings.
- Mar 8th - Reasons To Believe in Global Warming: - In the interest of fairness, I thought I'd make a counter-post to my previous post about Global Warming. In that post I tried to imagine some of the deeper biases that a Global Warming denier...
- Mar 2nd - Reasons Not to Believe in Global Warming: - When searching for answers, we all tend to have confirmation bias, which means that we're likely to seek out answers that support conclusions that we've already come to. There are plenty of...
- Jan 31st - Politics on Facebook: - This morning I was scanning through Facebook when I found this entry: This really bugged me on a number of levels. First, it's completely illogical. The existence of famous people with positive...
Alyssa's Blog
- Sounding My Barbaric Yawp Across the Rooftops - Alyssa's blog about her life and thoughts.
- Dec 23rd - 12 Facts About the Twelve Days of Christmas: - A few weeks ago, I signed up to participate in a Christmas table decoration contest. I decided to decorate around the theme of the twelve days of Christmas. So, I purchased a template online and...
- Oct 22nd - Pic Tac Toe and a Theme CD!: - If you have been reading my blog for a ridiculously long time, then you might remember that I once created a Pic Tac Toe puzzle, inspired by Ken Jennings's blog. In case you haven't been reading my...
- Sep 5th - The Chief Requirements for Scholarly Dialogue: - I'm taking a break from copyright law for just a moment to post this checklist that Chris and I developed about a month ago for me to share with my students. These are the ideals I hope to strive for...
Ethan's Blog
- The Sandbox - A blog about what's going on with the Rock kids.
- Apr 5th - Ethan Dances When He Gets Excited: - Here are a couple of videos showing Ethan dancing because he's so excited. This was a favorite game of Ethan's for a while. Dad has to have patience with the noise, but it's worth it to see how...
- Mar 12th - Rock Kid Video Catchup Extravaganza!: - It's been a while since we posted any videos, so here's a bunch at once. ...
- Oct 11th - Luke, I Am Your Father!: - Ethan's latest obsession is with Star Wars. He loves playing Lego Star Wars and he throws a bit of a tantrum every morning if he doesn't get to wear his Star Wars shirt. NOTE: He is wearing the shirt...