Pi Are Squared.I had a fun time trying to explain the concept of Pi to my daughter. Not sure it took. If she remembers 3.14 tomorrow I will consider it a success.
Special thanks to Jennifer Hampton for the pun.
Archive for the ‘family’ Category
Mar
14
2010
Kitchen Math & Pi Day
Pi Are Squared.I had a fun time trying to explain the concept of Pi to my daughter. Not sure it took. If she remembers 3.14 tomorrow I will consider it a success.
Special thanks to Jennifer Hampton for the pun.
Dec
31
2009
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year
Another year comes to an end, but in many respects it is just another day. For all the resolutions that people make (lose weight, read more, spend more time with kids, have more fun, …) do our resolutions get in the way of the true resolution we need to make? Can we set aside these (usually “good”) things that control our lives and make sure Christ takes primacy? Are we willing to daily live for the glory of God? Not an easy “resolution”. Why not try some of these resolutions to start with.edit: here is another good read on resolutions.
Dec
20
2009
Sixes and 22s
We managed to locate six candles in the drawer to celebrate Andrew’s 6th birthday. He was very excited, and especially liked the brontosaurus from Poppy. Camille made an awesome cake from scratch. We were all very impressed.
The kids got an extra birthday surprise when the #snowpocalypse began. We got a total of about 22 inches of snow, for which they were very grateful. We stayed inside on Saturday to just enjoy some time playing games and resting.
With everything being closed and canceled, including church, we decided to go outside and have some fun. Sledding was a bit rough to start with in all the powder, but it got better quickly. Then I began the process of digging out the cars, and digging in one snow car. We shall see how long the plows leave it alone. 
The kids don’t know it yet, but I started carving out the inside of the snow car to make them a fort. School is canceled tomorrow so I need to do something with them. Nov
18
2009
I am more famous
At long last I am on another publication for the years of slave grad work I completed. TAG
published A Universal Core Genetic Map for Rice last month in their online edition. Hopefully it will make it into a print copy at some point. I identified the 18k+ SSR loci and built a system for making automated primers for them. The lab who published this used a defined subset of those 18k+ primers for verification and publication. Hopefully this will help the world produce better rice.
published A Universal Core Genetic Map for Rice last month in their online edition. Hopefully it will make it into a print copy at some point. I identified the 18k+ SSR loci and built a system for making automated primers for them. The lab who published this used a defined subset of those 18k+ primers for verification and publication. Hopefully this will help the world produce better rice. Oct
31
2009
All Hallow’s Eve 09
As the kids go off to acquire candy for me (due to the high candy tax) I decided to post a picture of the carvings for this year.
You can probably guess who made each one.
You can probably guess who made each one. Sep
05
2009
Sermon 6: Gospel (+1 Righteousness)
Yes, they did video tape it too.
On August 30, 2009 I had the privilege of giving the weekly sermon for CCPC. I used the book of Galatians, chapter 1 for my text to get across the point that, just like the believers in Galatia, we try to “augment” or “upgrade” the Gospel by inserting our own righteousness. Our friends, kids, and the the watching world see this and rightly want little part of it. Here is a link to the mp3 if you want to listen. I could not get everything in that I wanted, but I trust that God will use it for His glory. Drop me a comment if you have thoughts or questions.
Apr
02
2009
The whole tooth
Drew lost his first tooth today. He is very pleased with himself. Make sure to ask him to smile for you!
Feb
27
2009
Random Scenario Generator
I made a random plot/scenario generator based on an article over at IBM. I hope you have fun playing with it. If you wind up writing a book as a result make sure to name the protagonist after me.
Feb
10
2009
Holey Moley
Well, I had my first dermatologist appointment in over three years last week. He did not like what one of the moles on my hip looked like, so he shaved it off and sent it to the lab for analysis. It came back as a “3″ on a one (normal mole) to five (skin cancer). So I went in today and they excised the area. Ugh. Been a while since I had stitches. Maybe I should post a gruesome picture… Nah.
Jan
26
2009
Sermon 5: The Armor of God: The Helmet and Sword
The sermon series right now at CCPC is on the Armor of God. I had the opportunity to not only give the sermon on the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit and how it relates to our union with Christ (listen: mp3) , but I also go to give a little children’s sermon (not recorded). I hope you are blessed and challenged by it.