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GeekMom: Focus on Maths
This morning I came up with the ultimate parenting strategy: instill the force (of nerdiness) within your child. I’ve always wanted to get my daughter into science and math, engaging the everychild’s wonderment of the world. Literally everything that surrounds … Continue reading
Posted in Kids, Life, TV
Tagged david tennant, dr. who, education, frenemies, GeekMom, Kids, kindergarten, learning, math, mathematics, maths, nerds, parenting, public school, science, tom baker
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Were Our Lives More Science-y in the 80′s?
I was thinking today about science, and how curious I was about things when I was a kid. I always wanted to mix the baking soda and vinegar together when no one was watching (just little bits at a time). … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, Kids, Life, TV
Tagged 80's, beakman's world, Bill Nye, david suzuki, dr. who, education, eighties, geeks, growing up, mainstream, movies, nerds, nova, Ontario Science Centre, sci fi, science, Science City, the nature of things
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Recovered Ramblings
After taking out (most of) the annoying bits, I am posting this draft I wrote on a recent train ride. I spent a few days away form my laptop: on one hand I loved “unplugging” and reading a real print … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Canada, Kids, Life, Travel
Tagged geeks, kevin smith, losers, myouterspace.com, nerds, self-deprication, wired magazine, wired.com
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GeekParents
I remember when I was a kid, my dad used to read to me at bedtime from his latest issues of Scientific American magazine. Sometimes I wonder if that contributed to my being a little nerdy, and pretty good at … Continue reading
Posted in Kids, Life, Touring, Travel
Tagged bedtime, geekdad, nerds, Pablove Foundation, scientific american, the economist, yellow bird project
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Entering Nerdshire
A series of recent events caused me to realise that they should create a variation of the term “grupster” that incorporates the word “nerd”. While “negrupster” connotes a black grupster, and “grupsterd” sounds like it belongs in a toilet, I … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, Kids, Life, The Dears
Tagged dune, grupster, nerds, nintendo DS, philip k. dick, professor layton, science, science center, valis, wired.com
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Suddenly All Growed Up
Do you remember when it happened to you? Those years when you suddenly stopped being a child? It’s hard to recognise it when it’s actually happening: you only see it when you’ve fully grown and start to feel somehow redeemed … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, Life, TV, Writing
Tagged gadgetry, growing up, nerds, teenage years
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