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November 26th - December 23rd, 2012

Watched Let's Play videos - Minecraft, Minecraft MOD reviews, Super Scribblenauts Unlimited, Happy Wheels, & Fez - YouTube Literal Trailers for movies & games by Tobuscus - YouTube Wilhelm Scream Compilation video - YouTube Homestarrunner.com Video Game Reviews by PBGamer, Nerd(3), RinryGameGame, & SkyDoesMinecraft - YouTube Yogscast - YouTube Vlog Brothers - YouTube CupQuake baking videos - YouTube Bravest Warriors - YouTube Netflix - Beakman's World, Angelo Rules, Jessie, Johnny Test, & The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron Vi Hart - SnowFlakes video - YouTube Played 3DS - WarioWare D.I.Y. (WWDIY), Super Scribblenauts, & Pokédex PS3 - Little Big Planet 2 (LBP2) Computer - Minecraft Online - ISO Ball, Electric Box 2, LEGO Builder, Light-Bot, & Pursuit of Hat iPad - Angry Birds Star Wars Kindle Fire - Bad Piggies, Draw Something, 100 Floors, GridBlock Homemade- Battle Game, a word game, & Antique Hunters Board Games - Candyland L

October 1st - October 28th, 2012

Watched Let's Play videos - Basement Collection, Braid, Minecraft, Minecraft Mods, Papa's Tacoria,  - YouTube 2008 Parham Family Slideshow & Music Video - DVD Vi Hart videos - Doodle Music , A Song About a Circle Constant , What's Up with Noises? , and What Was Up with Pythagoras? - YouTube Pucca - Netflix Lore In One Minute videos - YouTube Mythbusters - Netflix Smosh Pit Weekly - YouTube Eureka - Netflix www.homestarrunner.com Dear Dracula - Hotel TV Scooby Doo - Hotel TV Adventure Time - Hotel TV M.A.D. TV - Hotel TV Regular Show - Hotel TV The Troop - Netflix Vlog Brother videos - Top 10 Animal Power Moves - YouTube Terra Nova - Netflix LEGO 365 Slideshow - Blog Lost - Netflix Psych - Netflix Indie Game the Movie - Netflix What's Invisible? More Than You Think - YouTube Played Little Big Planet 2 (LBP2) - PS3 Bad Piggies - KF Minecraft - Computer/iPad TNT Robots - Online Castle Keep - Tile-based Board Game Blocks Skywire VIP Shu

September 3rd - September 30th, 2012

Watched Let's Play videos - Minecraft, Wii games, Universe Sandbox for Steam, Spelunky, and Portal - YouTube Jimmy Two Shoes - YouTube Eureka - Netflix Cake Boss - Netflix Futurama - Netflix Smash Lab - Netflix FRED 3: Camp Fred - Movie - Netflix iCarly - Netflix Fanboy and Chum Chum - Netflix Mythbusters - Netflix Spongebob - Netflix DC Cupcakes - Netflix Prototype This - Netflix Suite Life of Zach and Cody - Netflix Yogscast - YouTube Farscape - Netflix Warehouse 13 - Netflix ParaNorman - Movie - Theatre 'veggie master' veggie burger E ordered at Denny's Played WarioWare D.I.Y. - 3DS Minecraft - Computer & iPad Little Big Planet 2 (LBP2) - PS3 Lemonade Frenzy - Online Huebrix - Online New Super Mario World - 3DS Pokedex 3D - 3DS Infamous - w/ William - PS3 Bad Piggies - Kindle Words with Friends - w/Michele - Kindle Triple Town - Kindle 100 Floors - Kindle Worlds of WarCraft - Created board game Outside play - bubbles, sidewal

July 23rd - September 2nd, 2012

Watched Let's Play videos - Minecraft, Portal, Portal 2, Jelly Escape, Happy Wheels, and Mario ROM hacks - YouTube Electric Company - Netflix Jimmy Two Shoes - YouTube Yogscast - Minecraft Mods - YouTube Psych - Netflix The Suite Life of Zack and Cody - Netflix Mythbusters - Netflix Various YouTube videos Cake Boss - Netflix Sgt. Frog - Netflix The Garfield Show - Netflix Warehouse 13 - Netflix How to Train Your Dragon - Movie - Netflix A Town Called Panic - Movie - Netflix The Troop - Netflix My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic - Movie - Netflix Jr. Detective Agency - Movie - Netflix Angel Beats - Netflix Beakman's World - Netflix T.U.F.F. Puppy - Netflix World of Quest - Netflix Various Community-made short films on Little Big Planet 2 - PS3 Alphas - Netflix Futurama - Netflix Shrek Forever After - Movie - Hotel TV Adventure Time - Hotel TV Storage Wars - Hotel TV George Lopez Show - Hotel TV Jeopardy - Hotel TV Regular Show - Hotel TV Level Up

May 28th - July 22nd, 2012

A sampling of the stuff we've been up to over the last 8 weeks. Watched Let's Play videos - The Binding of Isaac, Portal & Minecraft - YouTube Yogscast & Yogscast - YouTube Mythbusters - Netflix Psych - Netflix Wizards of Waverly Place - Netflix House of Anubis - Netflix, Amazon Prime America's Funniest Home Videos - Netflix VlogBrothers videos - Jokes , Jokes and more Jokes - YouTube CrashCourse - Taxonomy - YouTube The Minutemen - Movie - Netflix X-Men Animated Series - Netflix Brave - Movie - AMC Theatre GLaDOS Siri video - YouTube Futurama - Netflix Word Girl - Netflix True Jackson VP - Netflix The Electric Company - Netflix Played Lego Little Big Planet 2 (LBP2) - PS3 Minecraft - Computer, iPad Spongbob Diner Dash - iPad Horseshoes - Lawn game Binding of Isaac - Steam Rush Hour - Puzzle board game Various Online Games (mostly Flash based) - Online Roblox -Online Wingeria - Online Contour Game - Online Bingo - Board gam

April 30th - May 27th, 2012

Watched Let's Play videos - YouTube.com House of Anubis - Nickelodeon The Avengers - movie Special Effects videos - YouTube.com Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends - CartoonNetwork.com Battleship - movie Mythbusters - Netflix America's Funniest Videos - Netflix MAD TV - Netflix Super Mario mod videos - YouTube.com Cake - Netflix Sgt. Frog - Netflix Skunk Fu - Netflix Reaper - Netflix A.N.T. Farm - Netflix House of Anubis - Netflix Played Nitrome.com games Little Big Planet 2 - PS3 Lego Wii Sports - Wii Homemade Lego board game - board game Dominoes w/ Michele - game Mine Shift w/ Bethany - tile-based board game Rory's Story Cubes - story dice game Angry Birds - iPad App Doodle Train - iPad App Various Online Games - Internet Minecraft - Computer Read/Researched/ Discussed Valve Employee Handbook ( would be a fantastic place to work! ) Ranger Rick Magazine National Geographic Kids Magazine Homophone, Homonyms et al

April 16th - April 29th, 2012

Watched The Troop - Netflix Sgt. Frog - Netflix Let's Play Minecraft videos by YogCast - YouTube Spotlight Vlogcast by Indie Statik - YouTube Jimmy Two-Shoes - YouTube Soul Eater (an anime) - Netflix Played Minecraft - Computer Plants vs. Zombies - Computer Peggle - Computer Bejeweled 2 - Computer Little Big Planet 2 - PS3 Various physics based games on physicsgames.com - Online Equate - Board Game Lego: Ninjago - Board Game Lego: Creationary - Board Game ModNation Racing - PS3 Castle Keep - Tile-based Board Game E playing Lego: Creationary Read/Researched What does 'linguistics' mean? Ranger Rick Magazine Lego Club Magazine Hanna Andersson Catalogue What do 'elijah', 'uriel' and 'parham' mean? Discussed Why do they call studying languages linguistics? Wrote Words to a song about a gamer nerd Labelled bags for our bulk food purchases at the food co-op Wrote & illustrated instructions to Spin-Jisto, a made up game

Mid-February - April 15th, 2012

So, it's time to play catch up, somewhat. I've got a new laptop, so I can actually type up things, unlike with the iPad! Here's a little bit of what we've been up to since mid February until now. Watched Let's Play videos (Minecraft, et al.) Vi Hart videos Netflix (various animated children's cartoons) Psych Monk Animated Ghostbusters Mythbusters Skunk Ninja iCarly Tin Tin (series) Robocop - Movie Played WarioWare D.I.Y. - 3DS Little Big Planet 2 - PS3 Minecraft - iPad and Computer Physicsgames.com - online Mine Shift - Tile-based board game Angry Birds - iPad Fruit Ninja - iPad Rory's Story Cubes - Dice-based story game Lego Creationary - iPad Whizzball - iPad Doodle Find - iPad Tamagotchi Connection 2 - 3DS Carcassonne - Tile-based board game Bingo - Board game Peggle - Computer Iggle Pop - Computer Plants vs. Zombies - Computer Minesweeper - Computer Various logic-based games - iPad Wand Charades Word With Friends (wit

July 11th - July 24th, 2011

Watch Science Nation video - sun spots Adventure Time Mythbusters Let's Play videos Spongebob Fairly Odd Parents Obsessives: Soda Pop Dude What Would Happen? Lego stop motion videos The Super Mario Bros. Super Show Play Doodle Train - iPad Aqueduct 101 - online Pirate Ship Little Big Planet 2 - PS3 Various other online games Sand Test Hangman w/ W - iPad Atari Greatest Hits - iPad Make/Do/Art Scratch programming Made a movie about a super hero Drawing Pictures in Photobooth - iPad E doing Edvard Munch's "The Scream" Go/Community Claire visits 1hr Brighton Heights Coffee Shop (Java N Cream) w/ Gyres 1.5hrs Burger King Sushi Tomo Human Motion Center - M's physical therapy Dr. Altman's Office - M's x-rays & check up Music Singing Fingers - iPad Bobby McFerrin Pentatonic Scale video Science NPR: Science Friday (July 22nd) - Exploring The Wild Life of Our Bodies - Yes, We Do Have Bananas, For N

June 13th - June 26th, 2011

Watch BrainPop.com - painting, polyhedrons, basic probability, Pi, bruises, Internet, computer viruses, skin, obesity, multiplication, Roman numerals and mean, medium, mode & range Super Mario Brothers' Super Show Hello Kitty Fairy Tale Theatre Spongebob Movie Spongebob Let's Play Videos - Mario ROM hacks Super Why! Attack of the Eraser & Jack and the Beanstalk Rugrats The Fairly Odd Parents Aaahh!!! Real Monsters Play Little Big Planet 2 - PS3 Little Big Planet - PSP Super Scribblenauts - DS Parcheesi Taboo Legos Mod Nation Racing - PSP WarioWare D.I.Y. - DS & Wii Various online flash games Scrabble w/ M (beat M) - iPad Casey's Contraptions - iPad Water Works - iPad Doodle God - iPad Doodle Devil - iPad E wins by a point Read/Research/Do Ranger Rick's Just for Fun magazine Chatting w/ Kendall via DS Scratch Programming website for animation inspiration Write/Draw Magnetic poetry w/ M - iPad Grocery List Drew id

May 2nd - May 15th, 2011

Watch Vi Hart videos Let's Play videos - Scribblenauts, Minecraft, Super Paper Mario Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends Adventure Time Homestarrunner.com BrainPop.com - Digestive System, Vaccines & Mars Mysterious Cities of Gold The Amazing World of Gumball Mythbusters Play Little Big Planet 2 - PS3 The Hacker - online Homestarrunner.com games Spite Cannon 2 - online WarioWare D.I.Y. - Wii & DS Legos Various flash games Various iPad games Physicsgames.net Make Made a movie Level designs in Little Big Planet 2 Write Letter to William on computer Go/Community Mad Mex Sarah, Ernesto & Azrael visit (3hrs) James visits & cleans (2hrs) Dr. Altman's office (M's 2wk post-op appt) Burger King Jill visits & drops off books (1hr) Erika visits (1hr) Sushi Tomo Human Motion Center (M's physical therapy)

March 16th - March 27th, 2011

Watch Let's Play videos - YouTube.com   Angry Beavers - Netflix Mysterious Cities of Gold - Netflix Pocoyo ( English & Spanish ) - YouTube.com  Play Lincoln Logs Frontier Logs Blocks Mr. Potato Head Little Big Planet 2 - PS3 Physics Games (Sugar, Sugar; Cover Orange, etc.) Wario D.I.Y. - DS Super Scribblenauts - DS Numbskull  Do/Projects Made Mobius Strips (for Mobius Monday) Everything Kids Egypt Puzzle Book Read Dr. Seuss's ABC: An Amazing Alphabet Book (read to Violet - 1yr old) 100 Rebus puzzles  Conversations/Research What is a Meme (and here & we both laugh as we were ' RickRolled ')? Is there a list of all the stickers in LBP? Oxymora , Spoonerisms & Palindromes . Spelling Dungeon Go/Community Mad Mex Trader Joe's East End Food Co-op The Gyres' (total 4hrs) Violet & River visit (total 6hrs) Other Helped w/ rearranging living room to make way for the 'new couch'.

March 15, 2011

Well, as you can plainly see, this blog has been severely neglected. But, that doesn't mean that we haven't been doing things! Here's a recap of the last couple days. Watch "Let's Play" videos - YouTube.com Pi is (still) Wrong Vi Hart videos - Vi Hart The Sound of Pi Math Doodles a la Vi Daily Doodles 09.10.09 Math Class Doodler Julie The Doodler videos - YouTube.com Pi Draw/Write/Art 'Adventure' Stories - pen & paper Screw Portraits The Book Surgeon Play Little Big Planet 2 - PS3 Powder Game - OL Super Scribblenauts - DS Read ASK Magazine Game Informer Magazine Lego Club Magazine Do/Projects Helped put together blog post on Uriel Fury for Pi Day Conversations/Research What does 'anachronism' mean?  Why is Wednesday called Wednesday? (What about the other days of the week? And the months too?) Pi One Million Digits of Pi Functions Discontinuity Is 'appreciate' from another language? (Wh

December 6th, 2010 (as a list of links)

Mathematical Doodling What is a Frock?  What is a Cerberus?       Ladon?      Sphinx?      Nemean Lion?      Chimera?      Lemaean Hydra? How do you spell "community"? Cartoon Network videos  We're leaving for Chicago tomorrow night at midnight and will return early in the morning on Monday, December 13th, 2010 -- should have lots to report on once we return.

October 10, 2010

Watch - Sushi Pack via KidMango & YouTube.com Play - Bug Wars - board game Build - building houses w/ wooden blocks Draw comics using markers, pen & stickers pictures using Egyptian stencils & markers Sat w/ M! & did about 8 pages in the "STUFF to do" binder Research - "violet", "ultraviolet" & "Wharf" on Wikipedia.com

September 21, 2010

Free Draw - http://www.nickjr.com/games/nick-jr-free-draw.jhtml Jackson Pollock - http://www.jacksonpollock.org/ http://www.crayola.com/coloring_application/index.cfm Wario Ware D.I.Y. (DS) - Level programming, design and creation Drawing - free drawing pictures - pencil, marker and paper Stick Friends - craft stick puppets State flags: Oklahoma & Pennsylvania - state flag poster Dancing - Freestyle dancing around the house Dice made up a game using number dice added up all the sides of a standard 6-sided die and found that they equal 21 made a graph to chart correct guesses of which color a color dot die had landed on after each roll for 2 dozen rolls. Tony-b Machine 3 - http://www.tony-b.org/ make your own music and record your finished tracks as well as programme your beats, patterns and melodies. State Flag - State flag poster The Celery Stalks At Midnight - book