The Green Bag

Dad and Mom have Fridays off all summer, and we wanted to make sure that we didn't just sit around and do nothing, or fill up those Fridays with busyness, so we've declared Family Fridays for the summer. A few Fridays are scheduled for us, like Emily's graduation party, but on our way back from Tom and Tiffany's wedding, we decided to go ahead and plan as many Friday activities as possible. We stopped at the Michigan Welcome Center in Monroe and picked up a whole bunch of flyers, and then added in other items we've wanted to do as well.

Today's activity was a trip to Lansing, where we visited the Michigan Historical Museum. We walked through a couple of centuries of Michigan history in a fairly short time. It would be nice to go back and spend a little more time in a few areas, but at times we were dodging some school tour groups.

The promotional videos over at firefoxflicks.com just keep getting better:

Via: reddit

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Marissa and her classmates were featured in The Tri-County Times for their participation and success in the state charter school spelling bee.

I've made a couple of major changes to the site. The other day, I installed the newest version of Gallery, which has some nice new features, including indicators for What's New, etc.

This evening, I upgraded the main site to the new and latest version of Drupal. I also went with a new theme this time around, and though this theme is missing a few features, I think that overall it looks a little sharper. I may tinker with it a little more if I can find some time.

I think everything is still working, but if not, let me know and I'll take a look at it.

When we were kids, there was always talk about digging a hole (through the center of the earth) to China. Thanks to the sandwich tool at zefrank.com, I now know that wouldn't work out so well. In fact, from just about anywhere in the continental US, you'd have to hit some small island in the Indian Ocean in order to dig through to dry land at all. (Best bet looks to be right along the northern border of Montana.)

if anybody cares I finally fixed the pictures from my birthday party on my xanga. you should be able to see them now.

Hey, family, you probably already kmow, but I WON 3RD PLACE IN THE STATE SPELLING BEE!!!!!!! YEAH ME!!!!!!! I didn't exactly get a trophy, But OH WELL!!!!! I had ALOT of fun!!!

This one courtesy of Daisy, from the Channel 4 website.

THE BIRTH OF A NATION
My comments and thoughts

There’s so much to say about this film, I hardly know where to start. While watching it, I experienced:

Surprise at some of the technical aspects in the making of the film.
Being impressed by the acting.
Embarrassment, evoked by the portrayal of African-American behavior.
Puzzlement, created by a statement regarding Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation – this sent me to my Encarta encyclopedia CD.
Understanding of the possibility that some portions of the population actually might believe this version of the Reformation of the South.

Nelson Rocks Preserve has an absolutely awesome disclaimer on their web site. It makes me want to go there.

Found via reddit.

This now supercedes my previous favorite disclaimer.