Ch O Co La Te (as seen on a sticker for sale at the Scholastic book fair at Young Adventurer's school)

First off, the tile is DONE!! There's a few new photos in the album here.

Next, I was right about the sunset. It was pretty. It was also raining when I took the photo, which made it more awesome.

In other news, Young Adventurer thought it was very funny when I, while attempting to drive my car, and think about something else, and listen and respond appropriately to the story he was telling me, called him by only the first three letters of his full name. The rest of the way to our destination involved naming objects and stores, "ga sta, clou, tre, gro sto,..." You get the idea.

Also, the girls were having a discussion about forms of government. (this follows other discussions amongst the kids mostly revolving around chemical equations and types of mixtures). The forms of government discussion was precipitated by Stormageddon, Dark Lord of ALL (formerly known as Adventurer Two) having to read Animal Farm for her english class. Previously there was a social studies assignment involving whether one agrees more with the political philosophies of A. Hamilton the elitist or T. Jefferson the flag-waver for the common man (or something like that--answer was NO). Anyway, the girls were arguing the merits of a representative government, as well as whether the federal government has the constitutional authority to prevent states from legalizing marijuana. At least they are paying attention in school. In math, Venom is studying matrices. I never understood the point of those. She doesn't either. I feel vindicated, but if any of you understand what they are for, feel free to explain in the comments.

In yet other news, I started a new book today. It claims that it will convey to me the "sheer power and excitement of the modern discipline" ...of statistics.

Yeah.

"Modern statistics enables us to see through the mists and confusion of the world about us, to grasp the underlying reality."

If only I had known this sooner, it could have saved me a lot of trouble.
Or...if I keep reading there might be a real live monster at the end of the book. As soon as I can see through the mists and confusion and grasp the underlying reality, I will know one way or the other...

Finally, but most significantly, with the completion of the tile project, the TV is plugged in again. I would have missed it more if I had realized how very much Phineas and Ferb I could have been watching (well, that and the rugby world series). Phineas and Ferb is on at 10pm, people! Loading the dishwasher is so much better with Perry the Platypus and co.