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Because NASA could spend millions to develop a pen that writes in zero gravity…… or we could consider using pencils in space. Summer break is when we play catch up, spending a bit more time on a wish list of … Continue reading →

This is Jenny Humphrey, as played by child star and rock music protege Taylor Momsen* – before (left) and on her way (right) to becoming the self-hating trouble-causing girl Blair Waldorf eventually exiles from Manhattan: (pics from refinery29.com and wikipedia) Jenny … Continue reading →

** Have work assignment, will brb “All that glitters is not gold…” – Merchant of Venice, 1599 N-ot a judgmental vitriol of the sometime-acclaimed tv series which nonetheless deserves to be flamed, but some observations and caveats that got completely overshadowed by … Continue reading →

“..Models are, by their very nature, simplifications. No model can include all of the real world’s complexity or the nuance of human communication..” – Cathy O’Neil, Math Nerd. Mum of 3, who still plans and cooks all the family’s meals … Continue reading →

Updated 11 June 2018: Kids Club FX final event before Summer..    *Sketch – NOT what really went down (you guys know Im just messing, right? 😀 ).. That is the story of Gideon in the book of Judges, told via … Continue reading →

Many of Rockstar’s school friends worked creatively in many different mediums of expression, culminating with the showing of their original works – poems and prose, fashion design, weavings (particularly with varied textures and materials), towering building constructions, musical interpretations, dance … Continue reading →

I have a sometime fascination with that age group of youth who have entered the workforce just after middle-aged us, just before our kids will 🙂   Hence this book – the story of how a Finance, Mass Communications and Entrepreneurship undergrad … Continue reading →

“To Achieve The Impossible, First Believe That It Is Possible.” – Alice, Through The Looking Glass 2016 Now, I’ve always loved the story of Alice, the precocious 7yr old girl who follows a rabbit with a pocket watch down a … Continue reading →

Rockstar has wanted a pet bird for awhile now. Last year, a classmate happened to catch her African Grey in the background of footage being used for their school project (to be precise, the bird was going “OMG” in the … Continue reading →

JD passed peacefully a day after we brought her home, looking out the open balcony window, while we were at church last Sunday. We weren’t gone that long, and had left her stable, fed and calm, but she was completely … Continue reading →