Category — Microblog Mondays

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This week, three big boxes arrived in the mail: Author copies for the twins’ book, Hello, Scratch!  I’ve been video taping each leg of the journey: telling them that they got the book deal, signing the contract, turning in the first chapter, receiving their first advance check.  And now holding their own book.

The book will be released on Thursday, and we plan on taking a ride out to a bookstore to see it in its natural habitat.  In the meantime, it’s the Deal of the Day that Thursday (that link will only connect to the book this upcoming Thursday) on the Manning site.  And the twins are answering questions all week over on CodeRanch.  Exciting times.

I think it’s extra sweet because they worked so hard for so long to get to this point.  I think other kids are going to enjoy their book and learn how to program from it, but moreover, I think the twins learned that they could take an enormous project and break it down into manageable chunks and get the whole thing done.

An important lesson to learn.

P.S. It makes a fantastic holiday gift. Just saying.

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You know how I said on Friday that I’m not playing as many games anymore?  I’m not.  But I still manage to squeeze in a round or two of Desert Golf while I’m thinking during the day.

I would call it a bad habit, but I actually think it’s a good habit.  Plus it takes about 30 seconds to do two boards.

I keep going back to the old, tried-and-true games: Desert Golf, Two Dots, 2048, Solitaire, Candy Crush, Merged.  I like little puzzle games that you can pick up for a moment and play a few rounds and then walk away from for days and not feel guilty.  Or word games — I love crossword puzzles.

So… recommendations?  Because I want to cycle out some of these older games and put a few new ones in their place.

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I read about this great idea recently.  You know how people host LuLaRoe and Stella & Dot parties?  Well, this person helps you host a CPR party.

You get the friends together and put out some fun snacks, and they bring the trainers and dummies.  Everyone in the room learns CPR.  You go home with knowledge that could save another person’s life.  Isn’t that brilliant?

Is it as thorough as a formal training?  No.  But any knowledge is better than no knowledge.  It’s a little expensive considering our local hospital offers CPR classes for free, but it’s a cool idea for a social event.

Would you host a CPR/First Aid party?

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The BBC had an article about a little while back about the cultural interpretations of silence.  English speakers tend to panic when there is silence, whereas speakers of other languages see it “as a valuable moment of reflection and a sign of respect for what the last speaker has said.”

As I read it, I realized how much I like silence.  I don’t like waiting for an answer any more than the next person but I like sitting with people in silence.  I especially like driving in silence.  And pauses in conversation are nice because they’re like a period at the end of a thought.

Are you comfortable with silence?  How long would you let a pause go on in a conversation before you felt the need to fill it?

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Another year, another lack of Halloween costume.  Actually, I take that back; I dressed up as the TARDIS a few years ago, but I made the costume so I could wear my jeans and boots with it.

I have great intentions when it comes to dressing up and poor follow-through because I’m always cold.  And I hate being cold.  So I avoid wearing anything that may make me colder than I already am.  I was thinking about going as Veronica from Heathers, but changed my mind once I remember that I would have to wear a skirt and stockings.  I go for comfortable over clever every single time.

How do you choose your Halloween costume (or lack thereof?)  Do you go for comfortable, or do you go for clever?

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