This isn’t the first time this has happened, but there is something a little humbling about what is going on at the current Nike All-America Camp in Indianapolis this week. Sons of Bears and Bulls All-Pros are showing up on the recruiting radar. Not too terribly long ago, it seems, their fathers were the sports [...]
Calm Carter and the Tooth Fairy
Carter musing:
“You know, Daddy’s initials spell Kim. And if my name were Carter Orlan Lambuckle Makice, mine would spell calm.”
We could only wish.
Earlier, on the tooth fairy:
“You know, I don’t believe in the tooth fairy.”
Me: “really?”
Carter: “No. I’m pretty sure it’s either Santa or else it’s the Easter Bunny on their days off.”
Butterflies in Monroe County, Indiana
Carter, Archie and I have been enjoying the beautiful butterflies enticed by our flower garden. In fact, yesterday, a hummingbird fluttered at our front window! (Of course, it took me a few seconds of deep breathing before I recognized it as a hummingbird and not a giant palmetto bug determined to follow me from New [...]
CHI2007 Student Design Competition
Sometime recently, the CHI 2007 organizers released info on the student design competition for the next annual conference. I was prompted to look again after Erik distributed something about a cog-sci student contest on Alzheimers. CHI is going to be held in California this go-round from April 28 to May 3 — unfortunately, New Orleans [...]
Overheard Today:
Carter and Archie had double the fun this morning with their friends Maddie and Max visiting- all four kids played together for most of the morning. The following are snippets of their conversations:
We’ve had practical:
Maddie: We can’t have a dog because my brother pulls their tails and then he tries to ride the dog like [...]
And a Baby to be named later
Mark has a little baby boy. My old Theatre School pal sent me a video of him and the little unnamed guy — Mark gets to use the religion card as the excuse for procrastinating on the name — of the first bonding moment between father and son. In it, the two guys stare at [...]
Big News for the Bulls
Big apologies to any other Pistons fans out there, but WOO-HOO!
ESPN Source: Big Ben Heading To Bulls
The biggest free-agent prize of the NBA offseason appears to be off the market. Ben Wallace has informed the Pistons he will sign with the Bulls, Insider Chad Ford reports. The deal is believed to be $52M for [...]