Ken Martin’s Blog

Two of seven of us got it. Not counting the cat. Can I escape? It is, in my highly educated medical opinion, not pretty.

Came home after a brief visit to work. Helen sick. Jack recovering. Even the cat threw up. Later: Playing team Scrabble. Jack’s on my team. He notices we drew an N. “Man, if we only had two Ts. Then we’d have TNT!” Thank you, Warner Brothers. :)

Jack is sick. Tummy sick. Oh, man. Eeeew. Note to self: Don’t let a stomach flu coincide with a broken washing machine. The recently noted spy photos of an upcoming video iPod are fake. The hoaxer made a step-by-step video of the creation of his popular deception. The scale tells me that I was unaffected by the [...]

I have this image of Google as a benevolent servant robot from 1940s science fiction that is ever-learning what its masters want and cheerfully providing it. Until, one day, its brilliant master plan becomes evident only via the repentant hindsight of mankind’s subjugation. That said, hey, look at this cool new thing Google’s built! (via) Google [...]

Sure, maybe for the sake of argument I can give you that eating a whole tube of Ritz crackers is not a great weight loss strategy. And perhaps - possibly - topping said crackers with 0.4 pounds of five-year-old cheddar cheese is similarly less than ideal. So what? OK? What’s it to you anyway? All right?

I have a real affinity for ‘old fashioned’ science, where simple objects can be made to show things which you can see or touch. It’s a refreshing diversion from buttons and screens. Well, here’s something I have to try. Sure, we all have heard that objects with mass have gravity, but it’s always just lingered as [...]

I woke up Saturday with with the latest delivery from the Cold-of-the-Week Club. But there would be no relaxing and sleeping it off. The usual Saturday tasks: tidying, Anna at ballet, more tidying. Then it’s off to Grandma Martin’s 90 birthday party, which was very nice. Good conversation with family I haven’t seen for a [...]

Another good class. Concepts are settling down well in my head, I think, but vocab is getting me. I could tell that I didn’t have me vocab cards with me as much last week. We read more of 1 John 2. A little tougher going for all of us. I well understand the idea that [...]

“I’m not going to get married when I grow up.” “Why not?” “Because then I’d have a whole bunch of kids and they’d drive me nuts.”

Argh. I’ve gotta talk to my PR department. I’m not getting my props. I had a cat box exhaust fan running long ago. Oh well… cool to see I’m not the only goofball with the idea.