best. toy. ever.

[sanpaku_backup]

I have the Jo trained now to walk around saying "Are we not men?" Then I answer "We are Devo!"

The Mrs. has started Tivo'ing Pink Panther cartoons. Her point about the Pink Panther is that no matter how bad a day you had, at least it wasn't as bad as the Pink Panther's day. Yep, that's true.

So I ran into E. last night and she told me that my modules for iLrn are live in the ether again. And sure enough they are, on a Wadsworth site for their history textbooks. I think of them as mine because I conceived and wrote the text for almost all of them (except for the Native Americans, Chicago, Kitchen Debate, and Life Under Slavery). I wish you could see them. Maybe I'll wangle access and post it friends-only.

It has sunk in over the past few years that these are probably the best things I'll ever create, at least for a long time. I want credit, and some of these puppies on a CD-ROM to show off on a resume.

Supposedly Bob is working on a new iteration of some of these modules, together with a few old iLrners. It's amazing how some failures keep getting money thrown at them, it really is.

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[sanpaku.livejournal.com]

Yeah, E. and I had a laugh about the "Unbound" thing. Bad minds think alike or something.

Most of these modules I wrote on contract starting a few months after I was laid off. That was a pretty good gig. I need to find someone stupid enough to pay me to do that again.

Wrath of Khan!

[flw.livejournal.com]

Kids love to re-enact scenes from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan!

In fact, I am thining of making a movie, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (as performed by children) GOd... that would be awesome.

nonsense for minors

[nylorac.livejournal.com]

I think this a male thing: teaching children to say things that amuse other men and are incomprehensible to the some of/rest of the world. We had a phase of a little parrot running around saying, "uncha buncha 1,2, 3 cha gonna get me a bread tangle of pizza" from homestar runner, also included were quotes from Futurama- evidently watched with Dad( luckily nothing too risque), and then random amusing phrases such as " you will not defeat me" and "I am ten ninjas." The best one however was when asked , "Do you want to get down?" the little one would respond: "and funky?"

Re: nonsense for minors

[sanpaku.livejournal.com]

No, the Mrs. is in on it too, like when Bush comes on the TV:

"Jo, who is it?"

"It's the monkeyman!"

"And what does the monkeyman do?"

"He tells LIES!!" with great glee.

Aah the political aspect, that's different

[nylorac.livejournal.com]

Yes, but that makes sense. Jo's not going to go to her playgroup and mystify the other mothers and fathers. Political commentary can be understood by all. It reminds me of a young me, reknowned for my use of the phrase " phooey Nixon"

Re: nonsense for minors

[flw.livejournal.com]

Actually, my favorite was doing this sort of thing to recent Italian and Bosnian Immigrants that Jessie Larson always had around... They wanted to learn to swear, of course, so I told them that "mother" made any swear word worse. It was an "intensifier." So, to hear a Bosnian bang his hand while fixing his car and yell, "Shit! Mother Shit! Holy Mother of Shit! This bitch car! It is a holy mother bitch!"

Well, you just have to laugh. Foreigners swearing... it brings a tear to my eye.