What-What?! Week of August 10th

This week, we visited the local library, and now my daughter has her first library card!  The main branch here in Everett has a lovely children's area, complete with comfy coaches and chairs, toys, puzzles, and lots of books, of course.  Each of the kids picked out some books and a movie.  I would like to see more of what the adult section looks like, but maybe that will happen some other time.

Last time we went to Costco, we bought milk there.  We'd been avoiding it, because the milk jugs are square, and we'd read about it being hard to pour milk.  By "square jug", I mean this:

Not regular square, but super square!

We haven't found them particularly hard to pour, so we'll probably buy them again.  More entertaining, though, is the fact that my middle boy, who is obsessed with MineCraft, has decided that it is "MineCraft Milk".  Because it's square, and everything in MineCraft is square.  He was especially pleased when I made "MineCraft cookies" to go with it -- that is, bar cookies cut into squares.  I guess all square foods are now MineCraft foods.

News:  Sean Bean AMA on Reddit via Reddit

Sean Bean was on Reddit this past Tuesday, doing an "Ask Me Anything" to promote his new show, Legends.  This AMA is full of great stories from Bean's film career, like how he went to the wrong set one day, and so on.  I would suggest you go read it.  After reading it, the husband and I decided that we needed to watch the Sharpe's series (again for me, the first time for him).  Pete actually went to the local library and checked out the first two videos the next day.

Odd Jobs:  Doll Hair Stylist

This week's odd job is a Doll Hair Stylist position at the local American Girl shop:

This one actually sounds pretty awesome.  Getting paid to play with children is usually a pretty good gig.

(imgs via ecojoes.com, screencrush.com)

What-What?! Week of May 18th

This week was HOT HOT HOT.  Three 100 degree days in a row.  At work, the kids were all restless and grumpy, partly from being kept inside, and partly because, when they went outside, it was too hot to do much of anything.

I posted Tuesday about Whole Foods Market and its recent troubles.  After reading up some more on the grocery industry, I started working on a paper about the top companies in the industry, somewhat similar to my current eBook.  I should have that ready to publish in another two weeks, maybe.

Reddit:  What is a Hobby You've Always Wanted to Explore?

Lately, I've spent some time browsing on Reddit, and have been pretty impressed with the community.  I'm more used to the comments on Cracked and news sites, which tends to have the scum of the internet spewing all over, but because of Reddit's upvote/downvote system, most of the rude replies get hidden, leaving only the positive and helpful ones.

One of the best threads I've seen since starting was one asking about hobbies that people want to try, but haven't because they don't know how, can't afford it, or just aren't sure where to start.  I started looking through the thread, and there is so much great advice, it's impressive.  From scuba diving, robotics, fencing, sailing, and even crazy stuff like wingsuit flying (!!!).  It makes me want to have all of the hobbies.  All of them.

Kickstarter: Mythica: A Quest for Heroes

This film stars Kevin Sorbo.  Kevin Sorbo.  Yes, the guy who played Hercules on the TV show of the same name, and Captain Hunt of Andromeda, the sci-fi show.  I grew up watching these shows, and Sorbo has a special place in my heart.  This film definitely fits into the realm of things I'd like to see him doing.  Looking at the cast of characters, it seems to check all the necessary boxes for a fantasy film: Good and evil mages, a half-elf dude who is also a thief, a fighter guy (I'm calling him Madmartigan, okay?), and a priestess.

This is the first film of the trilogy, and currently has a Kickstarter, which ends Monday (tomorrow!) at 4pm PST.  $15 will get you the digital download of the film.

I'm ridiculously excited, if you can't tell.

(images via robbieandbobby.com, Kickstarter)