Comments on: String theory

By: John Emerson

John Emerson — Fri, 04 Mar 2005 03:08:37 +0000

I remember the walk-through heart. Also a Foucault pendulum, and reptiles. “Is it real?” my son’s friend asked about the impassive iguana.

The new OMSI is more expensive, but upgraded a lot. Haven’t been there. One of my son’s friends carpentered a lot of the exhibits.

By: eeksypeeksy

eeksypeeksy — Thu, 03 Mar 2005 13:27:41 +0000

A long time ago, in western New York State, our mother used to take us to the Albright-Knox Art Gallery. There was no walk-through heart, but you could take off your shoes and walk in a room with a mirrored floor, mirrored walls, mirrored ceiling. You could almost see yourself see yourself see yourself forever if you could look through the back of your head. And it was stinky from all the socks.

And that’s why they turned out the way they did, said the ham-fisted parablist. And they lived heavily even after.

By: Karan

Karan — Thu, 03 Mar 2005 01:48:07 +0000

I used to make spider webs too…but I used entire rooms even the whole house from time to time. My mom used to crawl under to get around, my dad walked around with scissors and swore about it the whole time. All that made it so worth the effort.

By: mig

mig — Wed, 02 Mar 2005 23:50:48 +0000

sound effect, i mean.

By: mig

mig — Wed, 02 Mar 2005 23:49:55 +0000

with sound effects.

By: eeksypeeksy

eeksypeeksy — Wed, 02 Mar 2005 23:35:55 +0000

walk-through heart

By: John Emerson

John Emerson — Wed, 02 Mar 2005 19:44:40 +0000

The Coen brothers’ mom told them to go outside and play when it was thirty below zero (Fahrenheit). They didn’t think that there was anything odd about it. (Hint: wear warm clothes).

To my knowledge my mom didn’t fuss with any of her kids. She took care of business. My dad fussed quite abit more, and it could be very uncomfortable.

By: mig

mig — Wed, 02 Mar 2005 14:59:10 +0000

but yeah, not necessarily a bad thing.

By: mig

mig — Wed, 02 Mar 2005 14:58:33 +0000

the trick, i think, of parenting, is finding the right mix of love and neglect aka freedom. i think of this when i see over-involved “concerned” parents planning every second of their kids’ days.

By: anne

anne — Wed, 02 Mar 2005 13:59:40 +0000

i put on a puppet show for a friend of mine by sticking my fingers through the holes in the curtains of the hostel where we were staying. it was a very elaborate play, with funny voices and everything. and she said, “wow, you must have had a very lonely childhood”. which i guess i did. but i’m coming more and more to think that’s a good thing.