Woodpress

For everyone wondering what what you get when you ask my parents to do the American Gothic pose, this is it.

Last night I played chess with my six year old son.

Grasshoppers freak out my wife. Something about them getting stuck to your clothes and losing legs when you pull them off, I think… but she’s pretty quick to change the subject, so I really don’t know much about this particular phobia. I figure if I keep bringing it up, eventually she’ll either tell me about […]

A couple of the six joints in a spider’s leg are hydraulic. The spider flexes muscles that increase pressure and straighten those joints. When the spider dies, those muscles relax and the legs curl up.

The following is a true story, as told by my wife. M is my 2-year old daughter. W is my 6-year old son. W: I’m Cyborg, who do you want to be? M: Batman! W: You can’t be Batman. How about Robin? M agreed and they ran off to fight bad guys. W (yelling): Robin, […]

My two oldest children. (Picture)

Recently my son and I saw a spider scurry across the wall. We talked it over, and we both agreed that although spiders can be pretty fast, a speeding bullet is definitely faster.

We did fireworks with the kids tonight. (Pictures.)