• About Me

    I’m an opinionated Grumpy Old Man. I enjoy the intellectual give and take that goes along with that, but have very little patience for stupid people (Note: there is a big difference between “stupid” and “educated”. Some of the stupidest people I’ve ever met have a PhD…). Beside arguing, I like to build things in almost any media. Right now I’m mostly building in wood, Lego, and a bunch of different electronic media. I teach in a number of different venues - from preschool all the way through graduate school. Subjects range from talmud to neuroscience to engineering.

    For fun, I like to bash people with swords (OK, so they’re made of foam. It’s still fun). Although I spend a lot of my time in a wheelchair, I manage to keep pretty active (Like bashing people with swords). I am a libertarian, and have a hard time finding anything good to say about government or politicians. OK, politicians might make good sausage, but that's about as good as it gets.

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What is the deal with Home Schooling?

Posted on June 20, 2007 by sphyrnatude

It seems that everyone has heard of home schooling, and that everyone has their own ideas about what it is and who does it. That said, this being a blog, here are my thoughts on the rational and reality of home schooling.
Let me start by saying that I home schooled my oldest daughter for part of [...]

Filed under: School, family, parenting, teach, teaching | 2 Comments »

Diet control drug humour

Posted on June 20, 2007 by sphyrnatude

Folks, this one is just too funny.
miracle-diet-pill-with-teeny-tiny-side-effect
An Angry Sparrow type diatribe about a new over the counter diet pill that might have unfortunate side effects. Put down the coffee unless you want it all over the keyboard.

Filed under: Good Things in Life, life, news | 1 Comment »

How to deal with car tantrums

Posted on June 20, 2007 by sphyrnatude

I was recently speaking with a friend who is car shopping. He was explaining that he and his wife could not get the car they wanted and could afford because it did not have the option of an in-car-theater for the kids. It turns out that his kids have always insisted on full-immersion entertainment for any trip [...]

Filed under: family, parenting | 4 Comments »