prod & ponder

Sure, it looks nice enough from a distance (especially when you go a bit overboard in photoshop, like I just did), but you know when it’s not so cool… when you’re standing in the middle of the circle, squatting down to take a photo of your super cute kid, and all of a sudden the fountain gets turned on. Without any warning whatsoever.

Thankfully, the G1 seems to be reasonably sealed and survived just fine. Kiddo was equally unamused at the unannounced dowsing.

I’d kind of like to know who’s bright idea it was to put the fountain on an automatic timer (or worse yet, who just flipped the switch without bothering to look if anyone was there)–because I have a couple of water balloons I’d like to share with them.

Ok, yes, Ben might have questionable survival instincts. But he’s got a healthy dose of curiosity, which I think is about the best trait a person can cultivate. There’s even some good research to back that view.

This was taken at Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, which I’m happy to report has some terrific new (to me) exhibits.

You’d think that once classes are over for the semester, life settles down in academia. Alas, not so much. Course grades are due Friday, and I have a knee-high stack of final papers I’m digging through.

On the plus side, today is graduation, and I get to wear the spiffy robes. Perhaps it’ll grow old some day, but not yet.

(I can’t take credit for this bit of brilliance. It was shared by a friend on Facebook, and I don’t know the original creator.)

And, on a similar note…

My photo for today…

Doing my little part to spread the CDC public health reminder:

The CDC has a whole collection of social media tools related to H1N1 at http://www.cdc.gov/socialmedia/?s_cid=tw_eh_28.