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Comment on I Ran a Half Marathon! by I Ran Another Half Marathon! « jmadigan.net

I Ran Another Half Marathon! « jmadigan.net — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 19:51:37 +0000

[...] guys! I totally ran another half marathon! I ran my first one back in April and decided to give it another go. It went better this go around. Final time was 13.1 miles in 2 [...]

Comment on Happy Birthday, Me by David C Morris

David C Morris — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 19:16:08 +0000

i liked running with the heart rate monitor because it was a good feedback system to tell me to slow down or speed up depending on where it was. Happy birthday old man. I still have time before that birthday. Although, being fit and 40 is better than being fat and 40 which is where I’m going to be if I don’t get off my butt.

Comment on Happy Birthday, Me by Jamie

Jamie — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 12:44:40 +0000

It really is a remarkable achievement, isn’t it?

Comment on Happy Birthday, Me by Patti

Patti — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 05:15:02 +0000

Very good job on the whole being born thing. Truly, stellar work!

Comment on We Are Dog People Now by Jamie

Jamie — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 02:26:39 +0000

That’s a more appropriate reference than you may realize. Mandy seems to want to pet Ezio much like that abominable snowman did Bugs Bunny.

Comment on We Are Dog People Now by Patti

Patti — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 03:28:30 +0000

Congrats on the four footed addition. I just want to hug him and pet him and cuddle him and squeeze him and call him George.

Comment on Book Review: Catching Fire by Patti

Patti — Wed, 11 May 2011 19:48:24 +0000

Waiting on pins and needles… I assume you saw the Penny Arcade comic about Kvothe (When Larry met Mary)?

Comment on Book Review: Catching Fire by Jamie

Jamie — Tue, 10 May 2011 02:01:18 +0000

Yep, already finished. Will be posting a review of that soon.

Comment on Book Review: Catching Fire by Patti

Patti — Mon, 09 May 2011 19:35:46 +0000

Are you planning on reading Wise Man’s Fear?

Comment on I Ran a Half Marathon! by Patti

Patti — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 00:53:13 +0000

Hooray! Well done.

Comment on Sam the Science Kid Experiment 9: Circulating Heat by Patti

Patti — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 05:08:14 +0000

You do realize that in 2 years I’m totally gonna bring Kai here and we’re gonna copy Sam’s experiments week by week. That’s right. Peer review.

Comment on Sam the Science Kid Experiment 6: Making Gas by Todd

Todd — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 17:47:20 +0000

Man, I always loved doing this. I’d fill an old Cool Whip container and watch the lid blow off and make a mess everywhere. So much fun!

If you want to get a little more violent – and dangerous – try some hydrochloric acid (muriatic acid at the hardware store) and aluminum foil in a 2 L soda bottle. When it explodes it will shower you with hot acid. Fun for the whole family!

Comment on Sam the Science Kid Experiment 7: Density by Shawn

Shawn — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 04:32:13 +0000

Love it and love to see Mandy involved too.

Comment on Sam the Science Kid Experiment #5: Fire! by shawn

shawn — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 00:20:04 +0000

Whoo hoo fire! Good thinking on her part about the birthday candles. Off to buy a fire extinguisher as I realize I don’t own one.

Comment on Sam the Science Kid: Experiment #3: Crush With Air by Jamie

Jamie — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 20:37:43 +0000

Awesome! Good luck and let us know how it goes.

Comment on Sam the Science Kid: Experiment #3: Crush With Air by Greg

Greg — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 18:15:36 +0000

I love this plan.
My daughter is always interested in wrecking stuff so now we’ll just call it “science” and I’ll make her write it up I’ll make a 6 month lesson plan ending in 6 weeks of iterating on home made rocket engines (cuz those never worked for me due to lack of internet!) On the other hand… maybe we’ll just grow mold cultures and engage in other, milder forms of destruction.

Great series!

Comment on Sam the Science Kid: Experiment #3: Crush With Air by Jamie

Jamie — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 13:31:33 +0000

They talk a little about it, but it’s not too difficult. A little time with Google or Wikipedia fills in the gaps. Also, she’ll believe anything.

Comment on Sam the Science Kid: Experiment #3: Crush With Air by shawn

shawn — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 03:13:13 +0000

I think I need to go back and do some of these. Do they have grown up cheat sheets in the book so you look like you know what you are talking about?

Comment on Sam the Science Kid, Experiment #1: Card Trick by Jamie

Jamie — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 19:15:27 +0000

Hi David, There are tons of books out there like this (and probably websites, too) but the one I'm using is 101 Great Science Experiments. I liked it because it had a lot of really simple experiments that you can do without buying special materials.

Comment on Sam the Science Kid, Experiment #1: Card Trick by David

David — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 19:08:28 +0000

Jamie, I was wondering if you can share the name of the book you are using, this seems like such a wonderful thing to do with your daughter.

Thanks, Dave