SuburbanAdventure

Joe Naylor brought up the idea of using inflatable sumo suits at camp as an activity.  They’re a mere 3G’s for the suits and the safety mat.  Gha.

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Tom, one of my cohorts at camp that is “intensely suspicious” of alternative lifestyles told me something of which he was quite proud:
Tom: Terry, I drove through New Hope today and I didn’t swerve violently towards the curb once.

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Sometimes I see something that’s almost Rockwellian in its depiction of American life.  I wish I had a picture of this one:  I was on the train, and saw a kid with a black eye and an arm in a cast replacing the grip tape on his lacrosse stick.  Wow.

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For the last decade that I’ve spent as a denizen of the interwebs I’ve used the same name for just about everything: Arcanus.  As most dork screen names begin, this was a character from a defunct RPG campaign in a defunct RPG system and I’ve started running into a problem.  There are already other Arcanuses [...]

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While cleaning out my room I found this gem.

It’s Dave Hasel in the dunk tank at the 2001 Council Camporee.  I’m having a contest to see who can add the best caption to the picture.  The easiest way to do it is just to comment but if you want to go one better, Picbite allows [...]

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I will have one of these ready for Summer Camp: Nintendo Cartridge Harmonica
Via MAKE

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The planned program for the Playwicki Klondike looked dreadfully dull so I volunteered to come up with a few afternoon activities.   This is my initial list, comments appreciated.
Competition ideas
I. Blind tent set-up – Scouts set up a standard Y-tent and dome tent blindfolded.
a. Blindfolds
b. Tents
c. Stop watch
d. (?) Extra pole
II. Atlatling – Competitive atlatling
III. Dirt fishing – Unit broken into two [...]

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Yesterday on the train, the person sitting next to me was reviewing her email when I noticed the name at the top: Annie Aungst. Annie Aungst? I hope her name was Annie Angst and she changed changed it. That’s the name of a porn star, roller derby contestant or fem-punk rock frontwomen, [...]

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Todd Warner needs a Facebook page so when I try to find matches for “early baroque” it isn’t just me and this creepy guy named Jason.

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Normally, conversation threads on technology sites usually consists of a mix of trolls, opposing experts and techn00bs, but this Gizmodo.com thread was simply amazing.  The article is on a remote controlled vasectomy.  I’ve never seen the phrase “my boys!” used so much.

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