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Dec10
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Category Archives: Life
Dec9
cement.
when the pre-k friends meet up with their second grade friends
there is much to celebrate and talk about.
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“friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.”
-woodrow t. wilson
Dec8
puzzled.
headed off to the puzzle house
to try out an ‘escape room adventure’
just going in was a bit scary
and i thought
we might have to escape right away
but
eight of us
ventured in
and
read a story
memorized details
then used
codes that we had to translate and crack
black lights
a laser
a microscope
a tangram puzzle
a piñata head
hidden and found things
boxes
math
logic
wild guesses
opinions
ideas
sweat
spiders
stars
moons
crystals
locks
a lot of darkness
and a little bit of wit
we had one hour and made it through two rooms
never got into the third
but
what an adventure
and
eight of us ventured back out.
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“there are always wonderful mysteries to confront.”
-david e.
Dec7
interlocking.
a couple of enterprising 5-year olds
create the raised walkway
many 3s, 4s and 5s
try it out
for quality control
offering their suggestions
when
they
or
the boards
fall down
rebuilding as they go.
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“in most vital organizations, there is a common bond of interdependence,
mutual interest, interlocking contributions, and simple joy.”
—max depree
Dec6
scent.
and what exactly does 3am smell like?
i imagine a pungent blend of
stale liquor
smoke
24-hour diner grease
sweat
breath mints
and
marker ink from a phone number hastily scrawled onto a cocktail napkin?
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“the fabled musk deer searches the world over for the source of the scent which comes from itself.”
-ramakrishna
Dec5
comfort.
it’s december 5th
happy national comfort food day
make the most of every minute.
Dec4
how to wash ‘n roll away your winter blues.
Japan’s Hot Tub Rollercoaster Takes Water Parks to a New Level
A city in Japan is teasing plans of the world’s first spa-themed amusement park.
In a concept video, Beppu City on Japan’s Kyushu island showed off an idea for a new “spamusement park.” The video featured visitors at typical amusement park attractions—a carousel, ferris wheel and roller coaster—but instead of seats for each ride, there were hot tubs.
In the video, visitors entered the rides wearing only a towel—which begs the question: Are visitors to the potential site supposed to walk around in wet towels all day? Also: How does the water stay inside the ride and off electrical equipment? And how are we keeping all these rides clean?
Despite many logistical questions, the spamusement park could become reality.
The mayor of Beppu declared that once the video reached 1 million views (a somewhat low bar in 2016 for a video of people in towels riding roller coasters), the city would begin working on the onsen (hot spring) amusement park. The video has been viewed more than 2 million times since it was uploaded last week and the mayor announced in a statement that work has begun. However, it’s entirely possible that the rides shown in the video will not actually happen.
“We are still discussing safety issues, for example, whether we could actually run hot water inside a roller coaster,” a spokesperson for Beppu’s tourist department told The Japan Times. “But the rides will be something fun.”
Beppu is already an onsen tourist destination—there are more than 2,000 hot springs for visitors to choose from. However the city recently launched an initiative to become the “spa city of the world.” Last year, Beppu welcomed 437,764 foreign tourists.
No completion date for the project has yet been announced.
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credits: travel and leisure magazine, cailey rizzo, bravo
Dec3
“the limits of my language means the limits of my world.” -ludwig wittgenstein
grandie b
read her book to us
out loud
proud and confident
while
younger grandie j
watched and listened
and
when she was done
he said
he was happy she could read the words
but he seemed
a
little bit
envious
and
sad
because he wasn’t sure how to read yet
until
suddenly
he had an idea
and
i saw
the lightbulb go on
just before
he announced
that he would
‘read his book to us in spanish’.
and
he proceeded to
show us the cover
as he
read us the title
and then
patiently
read
each and every page
in his version of spanish
taking his time
nodding and facing the book towards us
turning the pages
at appropriate times
pointing out the pictures
all while
happily smiling
confidently
chattering away
in a his brand new version of spanish
that was so very, very advanced
that we
the listeners
didn’t even
know the translations
but we understood
that he was proud
and
he was reading
and
when he was finished
he snapped his book shut
and said
in english
“that’s all.”
brilliant.
muy bien, and gagglesmithjong kipisanlomita paskajonti to you!!
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“if you want to talk about something new,
you have to make up a new kind of language.”
-haruki murakami
Dec2
pull.
Dec1
dusting.
‘the purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.”
-pablo picasso
I didn't have my glasses on.... 