First day of spring

What a great day. The buzz of lawnmowers showed what a good day it was. I should of mowed the lawn, dug the garden, but instead Charlotte helped me wash the cars.

After lunch we all went to Portrush and parked on the East Strand, where a Surf competition was happening. We spent a while building sand castles. We did have a walk around town, ice creama and the White House (as well as bumping into Alex and Christine).

In work this week..

One of the boys has been peeing round the toilet seat. It happened last friday during quest in teh Coffe shop loo, so a trap was easyto set. To be honest I was fairly certain who it was, but D is a herbitual lier. I mean, if you see him do something, he will still lie about it. So the trap was set yeaterday, he peed in seat, so i went up to him and said "you can either go out now, or clean the toilet seat you peed over". D stood up , said " It wasn't me, I'll clean it" and went on to do a faily good job of cleaning it. I was impressed, and told him so, that he took responsability for what he did wrong. The odd time there are these small victories.

R.I.P. Steve Rogers 1941 -2007

Captian America is dead, again. Killed by a sniper under the orders of the Kingpin, our hero is dead. Comic fans have not met tis with shock. Why would we. There uses to be a saying that nobody in comics stayed dead, except for Uncle Ben and Bucky. That was untill Bucky turned up alive and well (in a story line similar to the one happening in DC where Batman's dead Robin turned up alive and well). The doors to heaven are said to be a revolving door in Marvel universe. In my reading time i have had seen nearly every charicter to have a shock death, only to turn up again alive and well. So it is not about if Cap will rise again, but when, ie, when Marvel needs another sales boost.

In other news, Lalla Ward, who played Romana (II) in Doctor Who is married to evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins (who had an interesting interview with William Crawley here.)

Bought 'Bacon Sandwiches and Salvation' by Adrain Plass today, really nice poke fun at the church book that makes you think. Encyclopedia of terms used in church (not origional, but funny).

eg Raised from the dead: (1) restored to life after physical decease (2) brought up as an Anglican.

Funny ha ha.

Bebo

After a news story about Bebo being used by young people to arrange violent clashed in LondonDerry made me check out the site and see what it is used for.
I was shocked(which seems to be the way alot of people are).

• It was very easy to find people. You can hide your page, but most poepl I tried to find didn't.
• Young people put far toomuch detail on, such as full name, age, school, town they live in and photos.
• The way it is used by some to promote secctarianism, and to cultivat the justification of this by peer feedback.
• It is pandemic of some young people having this tecno age need to be in near constant communication, and the need to be part of a grouping or sub-culture.

I really think this can be a great tool, but is being used as a weapon by too many, and too few adults do not know it is there.

Knock, Knock

We were teaching Charlotte to tell jokes and decided to start with a knock, knock joke. She eventually managed to get in the way of it, and laughs at it alot (like most 3 year olds), even if she has no idea what it's about.
Here is the joke, so join in.

Charlotte: Knock, knock.
You: Who'se there?
C: Boo
Y: Boo Who?
C: Don't cry!

Now she has managed that, she has gone on to other jokes.

C: Knock, knock
Y: Who'se there?
C: Cook.
Y: Cook who?
C: Don't cry!

So we are not quite ready for the Empire yet. But at tea time yesterday, without warning, she came off with this one.

Q: Why did the Banana go to the doctor?
A: It wasn't peeling well.

We have no idea where she learn't it, but it was funny.