Christmas gift ideas for Ms. P

Just in case you are going Christmas shopping for me this weekend, here are a few things at the top of my wish list:

Awww

This is a real Panda! China has this "Panda Diplomacy" and this one will be sent to Japan as an friendship envoy. For safety reason, he sits as a passenger with his feeder, not in a cage. Fastening the seat belt, wearing a diaper, eating bamboo. Source: Amazing Things In The World

vapor cone cray-cray

Beautiful Destruction

I need a new background for my fish tank widget over there on the right.

So far I have had a coral reef, a Great White shark, a piranha, a bowl of Alphabet Soup, and a snow globe.  Now it's a Nemo scene. Leave your suggestions for fish tank backgrounds here.

New comment format:  INITIALS and CLASS PERIOD ONLY!!!!

Wormhole alert!

Watch some vid about wormholes here.

I feel so connected ...

Ahhh... the elusive and lovely hippopoticorn:

Please, please get me this shirt as an end-of-year present (size 2x ... so I can sleep in it ... ya know...).  Oh, Mr. Sorensen would also like one.

Get ready for CMT time ...

Last March I had a little competition in which you posted your CMT Practice Test with triumph (on the fridge, on your bulletin board, etc.) to show us all how proud you were of your accomplishment. Well, I got some pretty great photos ... but this one by far takes the cake:

BEST CMT PHOTO
Grace, period 8

The Real Homer Hickam

From Homer's site: If you have only seen the movie October Sky, we hope you understand that it is not the complete story of Homer's Rocket Boys adventure and that some of it is not accurate. That's OK. It's still a cool movie! However, you will not be able to do your homework or write truthfully about Homer's boyhood if you have only seen the film. You must read the book. That's OK, too. It's a really cool book! We think you will like it even more than the movie.

OK, so how can you get more information on the book? Well, there were actually three books in what we call the "Coalwood Trilogy." Rocket Boys (also called October Sky to match the movie title), The Coalwood Way, and Sky of Stone. All are great books you will enjoy reading. Go to our Books page to find out more about them.

If you'd like to see photographs of the real Rocket Boys, then and now, and also learn more about the little town of Coalwood, West Virginia, where they grew up, go to our extensive Coalwood page.

Be sure to go to all of our other sections for more cool stuff including our Movies page which has a lot about the film, October Sky.

ARE YOU A STUDENT WHO WANTS TO KNOW MORE ABOUT HOMER AND HIS LIFE STORY?Click here to read his biography. Also, please visit our FAQ page for Homer's answers to many general questions about his life and times.

visit Homer Hickam's offical site here.

Floating Tiny Teepee!!!!

[excerpt from Tiny House Blog:] William Woodbridge is a 21 year old second year university student. He has a unique way of looking at life and how he lives as a student is quite different than the usual.

Williams lives in a teepee and a floating teepee at that. Will says “It’s deliciously hippyish.”

This story is from the Tiny House Blog. See the rest of the pictures and story there!