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Events for the people Dave mentions he's going to the ball game and he's going to have perfect seats. It's nice having good seats. Really nice. I got a surprise a couple of years ago when my younger son and I attended a live taping of This American Life and they mooshed all the seats into a single price. When I looked at Ticketmaster and saw an opera box was available I could hardly believe it but snatched it up just in case, and sure enough, in public radio fashion (damn commies) we were seated in the most comfortable setting I've ever enjoyed at a public event for the same price the procrastinators paid for peanut heaven. But back to baseball. My kids get to be big shots at sports events all the time when my ex treats them to corporate skyboxes and other impressive stuff I can't afford or don't have the connections to. I figure, then, it's my duty to show them the rest of society. Get this, they've never watched a ball game from the bleachers and Wrigley Field bleachers are legendary. I'm going to have to drag Aaron for a field trip/sociology club meeting in the bleachers this summer. Big guy's leaving in less than 48 hours so he won't be available for dragooning. :-( And I'll leave you with James Earl Jones's famous " ...army of steamrollers... people will come" speech from Field of Dreams. Downloadable camera
Simple teachings I saw a mini kite in the drug store a few days ago. I'd never seen a commercial one available but I do remember my dad making me one when I was about 8. It was about 4 inches tall. The string had to be thread. Tissue paper, balsa wood. "No, Aim, you'd better cut that tie even thinner. Every thing to scale." The lesson was about scale and how it can be about size but also about weight and other things, and it sunk in. The toy was fun too; it would sail in practically no wind. I love my dad. Simby/Bob
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