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Apparently I'm not too old for Lego. For my birthday, my buddy Micah got me a sweet Lego "buildable figure," Jango Fett from Star Wars. I haven't played with Lego for an age, so was looking forward to seeing what modern Lego sets are like.  This set was for labeled 7-12 year olds, so I…

I'm happy to announce a new venture created by some awesome friends of mine: Hostfully. Hostfully makes it easy for anyone to be an awesome host for your houseguests, whether you are using AirBNB, Couchsurfing, or just having some friends over for the weekend. Check out the fun video explaining how it all works.  …

I have more than my share of awesomely terrible holiday sweaters. But this is definitely the most tasteless one that I own. I found this treasure several months ago for a few bucks at Goodwill, and I just had to have it of course. While Santa's magic reindeer have the gift of flight, that has not spared…

Okay this is becoming ridiculous. Alex Parker, this time with partner Natalia Eristavi, fell again during a competition. And yes, HE WON AGAIN. This is seriously becoming Alex's signature move. This time it was at the Dragon Swing competition in Krakow, Poland. I got word of this and link to the GIF from Katie Latter, who says…

I’ve danced all over the world, and the San Francisco Bay Area has one of the best lindy hop scenes anywhere. Lots of awesome bands, classes, and venues, and one of the friendliest dance communities you will ever encounter. This is my own personal, curated list of opportunities to learn and dance lindy hop / swing…

"Lifeline," a text adventure game for the iOS, has gotten tons of accolades from many sites, including BoingBoing and the Guardian, and has an average rating of 5 1/2 out of six stars from more than 4,600 players on iTunes. As a fan of "choose your own adventure" books as a kid, I knew I was going…

My friend and veteran math teacher Cindy posted to her blog "100 Handwritten Notes" this brilliant, face-palming interchange between her and a clothing business called BlueQ. TLDR: Cindy writes ranty, but erudite email to company for selling a females-only sock with a message about hating math. Company owner replies dismissively, and accidently includes internal email…

 These are my two Digital Learning team members Christine and Matt, a few seconds after we had showered them with stuffed animals. They had requested a "pile of puppies and kittens" for their birthdays this week, which I told them was impossible.  But I actually had all of the staff in our department bring in…

One of my favorite comic characters from when I was a child was Tin-Tin, the Belgian "bande desinee" that was created by George Remi and ran from the 1930s to the 1970s.  I loved the clean lines, the convoluted mysteries, and clever plots. So being Tin-Tin for Halloween this year was a no-brainer.  Essentially I…

I've been loving riding around the city in "Bella," the Buddy 170i scooter I purchased in March.  So convenient, fun to ride, easy to park, and cheap to maintain.  And so so pretty.