tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818519199109196200.post5920441391007701067..comments2024-03-15T07:36:42.852-04:00Comments on Maxminimus: LFG and the Orient Express: Paris to IstanbulADGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16612897500610475937noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818519199109196200.post-4632605511170316492011-01-12T14:25:44.391-05:002011-01-12T14:25:44.391-05:00I take it back. I'll look for a pair of those ...I take it back. I'll look for a pair of those slip ons. Perfect.<br /><br />Nice to know Clyde's is still doing things right.Easy and Elegant Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09951907004091808223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818519199109196200.post-90609532618940424342011-01-11T06:08:35.938-05:002011-01-11T06:08:35.938-05:00Scale...and toot-toot back over your way.
NCJack....Scale...and toot-toot back over your way.<br /><br />NCJack...Duplicating the route without the experience of at least the current purveryor, would be, in my mind, kinda like trying to currently drive the Old Route 66 in a Ford Fiesta. If I can't do it in a gas guzzlin' GTO or something, it wouldn't be worth it.ADGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16612897500610475937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818519199109196200.post-74518625141542747382011-01-11T01:06:26.950-05:002011-01-11T01:06:26.950-05:00Glad to see you two having fun! Toot toot!Glad to see you two having fun! Toot toot!Scale Wormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09583891708651272779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818519199109196200.post-89362310652572939492011-01-11T00:21:03.859-05:002011-01-11T00:21:03.859-05:00Here's an idea: start up a new spare change j...Here's an idea: start up a new spare change jar for a trip on the Real Thing in about ten years. If they don't have one of that name actually running, you can probably duplicate the routeNCJacknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818519199109196200.post-88013565251764536232011-01-10T22:04:15.366-05:002011-01-10T22:04:15.366-05:00Lisa...of course. But only if you bring your own m...Lisa...of course. But only if you bring your own money. And the stilettos.<br /><br />YogaOne...the problem with the project wasn't an issue of insight. It was a matter of execution. You can't measure "woo-woo" which was eggzackly the problem with the original idea. They actually want an quantifiable endpoint and I'll be damned if I could find "woo-woo" metrics that we could capture.<br /><br />Barimatosity...Happy New Year to you. I trust that all is well with you. Thaks for the kind words but like I've said to others, LFG also has a stellar mom.<br /><br />ChuckHatt...I've always said that God gave me a girl to get me back for being a guy. I love the gallon challenge idea...I might have to try it my damn self. And God bless you for the sublime work that you've done as an educator. I remain in awe of the teachers that LFG has and has had so far. I'll just leave my comments right there but hopefully you get my point regarding what a calling it is when good teachers stick to the oft times thankless task of stamping out ignorance.<br /><br />Patsy...thanks. It's little affirmations like yours that keep me focused on building same said memories for LFG so that she'll say similar things as an adult.<br /><br />MegTown...yellow. Damn. So that's what happened to my marriage.<br /><br />Southern H and H...that's what I'm going for...LFG the English major!<br /><br />CTS...good point. I've retired the Belgians till the weather warms a bit.ADGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16612897500610475937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818519199109196200.post-91328539873768445542011-01-10T20:02:37.055-05:002011-01-10T20:02:37.055-05:00Can you just adopt me as your second daughter??? A...Can you just adopt me as your second daughter??? As for the height issue, I'll forgo all of the stilettos I own and I can easily dress like her just to have the experiences that LFG has. Hell, I can even play soccer. And doesn’t she take ballet classes? – perfect, 10+years en pointe experience – I’m there. Just sign on the dotted line… I’m very low maintenance and I don’t eat much (liquid sustenance is another issue) and I’d never critique your ensemble J. Here, let me get you a pen.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17758192397879891357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818519199109196200.post-52605509905685565302011-01-10T19:33:16.440-05:002011-01-10T19:33:16.440-05:00I LIKED LFG's first project idea, even though ...I LIKED LFG's first project idea, even though it's a little woo-woo. You might have a yoga teacher in the making. One with an English degree. Must run, the champagne is chilled. A certain Texan's goin' to jail!yoga teacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05551998007150554947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818519199109196200.post-59762676330794729952011-01-10T16:10:36.493-05:002011-01-10T16:10:36.493-05:00Merry New Year, o Single Parenting Exemplar. This ...Merry New Year, o Single Parenting Exemplar. This was a very charming read<br /><br />All best,<br /><br />BBarimahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16387094956196586964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818519199109196200.post-60665247503330363092011-01-10T14:44:34.337-05:002011-01-10T14:44:34.337-05:00.... I remember the "science" projects ....... I remember the "science" projects from when my boys were growing up. The 2 liter plastic bottle with volatile chemicals placed in the living room fireplace when ablaze, the potato gun that shot 150 yards into the sky and into the professor's ghetto across Stadium Boulevard. We must still have a copy of the projectile vomiting video of The Gallon Challenge, a filmed and edited experiment exploring the human capacity to ingest a gallon of milk in one sitting. You should be glad you don't have a pack of boys ADG.<br /><br /> I am proud to say that intellectual curiosity and danged male cussedness did pay off as the oldest is now doing stem cell research at Wisconsin and finishing a PhD. in Biomedical Engineering. <br /><br />CHChuck Hatthttp://chuckhatt.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818519199109196200.post-36378866950087933422011-01-10T14:34:51.813-05:002011-01-10T14:34:51.813-05:00Hello ADG,
Having been a 5th grade teacher for man...Hello ADG,<br />Having been a 5th grade teacher for many years, and being the proud parent of an excellent example of one, I'm afraid I'm going to have to weigh in here. <br /><br />I agree that academic rigor begins to take hold in grade 5. Students are capable of independent work and they have a ranging intellectual curiosity. The girls are coming in to their own as thinkers and social beings and the boys...... don't have a clue. Fifth was my favorite grade to teach and I am still in touch with many of my former students, now in their 20's.<br /><br />So good that you can help LFG with her work but many students don't have that advantage, and you'd be surprised how much this is NOT a function of socio-economic status. <br /><br />Not to criticize, but it's entirely possible to confer with your students so that they have planned for something doable and within the realm of the typical household laboratory before they go home and attempt to execute. Homework should be something a child can do with minimal family support. The heavy lifting should be done in the classroom. After all, teachers have them for the most significant portion of the day<br /><br />I do miss those times with my children. Such an important job to shape a young one's sense of self, to coach for excellence and also nurture the small child within. You're a good father ADG.<br /><br />CHChuck Hatthttp://chuckhatt.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818519199109196200.post-12258283079632967892011-01-10T13:49:07.724-05:002011-01-10T13:49:07.724-05:00How fun! Kids (at least this kid) adore theme rest...How fun! Kids (at least this kid) adore theme restaurants. My Dad used to take us to the Auto Pub in the GM building - still one of my best memories.Patsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02840629057159581688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818519199109196200.post-50446741118544695052011-01-10T12:34:05.315-05:002011-01-10T12:34:05.315-05:00we were going to paint a hallway yellow at our off...we were going to paint a hallway yellow at our offices, and then one of the psychiatrists said that people fight in yellow rooms more than in any other colour! nixed that one.Pigtown*Designhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13775512940294150252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818519199109196200.post-5718387531448662572011-01-10T11:27:01.594-05:002011-01-10T11:27:01.594-05:00You could have gone the Litmus Test route, as I di...You could have gone the Litmus Test route, as I did in 6th grade. It earned me last place and honorary title of "Most Likely to Become an English Major".<br /><br />P.S. Glad to know the Nat. Book Fest is worth the trip. Thanks!Southern H and Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04545345559970490228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818519199109196200.post-65321674881433212132011-01-10T09:57:05.808-05:002011-01-10T09:57:05.808-05:00Shouldn't the shoes at the end been Belgians i...Shouldn't the shoes at the end been Belgians in honor of our esteemed Monsieur Poirot? Great post; good luck on the project!CTShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01589743882460289493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818519199109196200.post-6944662766012062652011-01-10T05:37:32.321-05:002011-01-10T05:37:32.321-05:00MegTown...you know that I HAD to use it...it was t...MegTown...you know that I HAD to use it...it was too good not to.<br /><br />LimeGreenery...We are doing a color/taste experiment that's actually "do-able" compared to the other choice. Operating rooms...interesting. Jail cells?<br /><br />JRC...I love all of the Clydes. I do think the Friendship Heights locale is extra special.<br /><br />Gail...thanks. Don't break nothin' this year.<br /><br />KSA...thanks. And I'm lucky to have her. I hear you re the volcano. I think our repetitive experience with it is exactly why it is permanently etched in the school science project handbook as a forbidden opttion.<br /><br />Preppy101....thanks. I just want to get the science project DONE. I don't want no "county finals" experience!<br /><br />LaCroix...yes, you will see the shoe. And I wouldn't have seen it unless it was offered to me at a giveaway price. Thanks.<br /><br />James...as always...thanks. LFG's deportment and spirit is an equal, if not greater tribute, to her mother.ADGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16612897500610475937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818519199109196200.post-47007175445741466972011-01-09T18:24:37.526-05:002011-01-09T18:24:37.526-05:00frowed up, huh? i KNEW you were gonna quote that o...frowed up, huh? i KNEW you were gonna quote that one.Pigtown*Designhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13775512940294150252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818519199109196200.post-36383906109372371532011-01-09T18:23:12.353-05:002011-01-09T18:23:12.353-05:00I remember in 6th grade finding a science project ...I remember in 6th grade finding a science project in the World Book that involved breeding fruit flies...my mother nixed that in a heartbeat! How did LFG select that topic - or was assigned to her? Make sure she knows that green is used for operating rooms because of its soothing quality...that said, there ARE forty shades of green (thank you, Johnny Cash).ilovelimegreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13704346108310846391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818519199109196200.post-61444739078922572452011-01-09T17:46:25.089-05:002011-01-09T17:46:25.089-05:00Having lived two blocks from the Friendship Statio...Having lived two blocks from the Friendship Station Clydes, I have enjoyed many a pleasant meal at that travel themed spot. I now live closer to the Tower Oaks location now so I get to enjoy the hunting camp/lodge theme there. I will not comment about those shoes - except to say that I don't have room in my closet for them. <br /><br />Best regards,<br /><br />JRCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818519199109196200.post-53951141137543918272011-01-09T16:44:24.407-05:002011-01-09T16:44:24.407-05:00What a charming elderly couple aboard the Orient E...What a charming elderly couple aboard the Orient Express. Perfect, appreciative, couple to receive such an invitation (albeit staged). They complement each other, don't they? I wonder how many years they've been married. This was a lovely post, in so many ways...as usual. Thank you, dear friend.Gail, in northern Californianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818519199109196200.post-35081855243575143972011-01-09T16:28:31.834-05:002011-01-09T16:28:31.834-05:00I smiled at the baking soda/vinegar volcano mentio...I smiled at the baking soda/vinegar volcano mention. That was my only science project (2nd grade) though in 8th grade, I designed a better hand grenade using easily obtained hardware and household products. I didn't win that time.<br /><br />LFG's lucky to have you.K.S.Anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17377583042788502092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818519199109196200.post-87961137079334853572011-01-09T15:19:49.338-05:002011-01-09T15:19:49.338-05:00You have no idea how much your posts make me miss ...You have no idea how much your posts make me miss my children! Those exasperated moments in the midst of Science Project Hell are the best really. Nothing like that feeling of "having it all together" as she makes her way back to school and as you make your way to the next stop . . . I have a suggestion for future projects if you ever need it. It served us well - even earned a trip to the county competition ;-). XoxoSandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06173303399522862906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818519199109196200.post-69769544399904511892011-01-09T14:50:03.200-05:002011-01-09T14:50:03.200-05:00Unespected shoe model for an usually fuzzy diced A...Unespected shoe model for an usually fuzzy diced ADG ... I persume, we will happen to see it often at your travels 2011 ? ....Lacroixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18004838906551772716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818519199109196200.post-3753936896100287662011-01-09T08:57:56.612-05:002011-01-09T08:57:56.612-05:00I simply can not find the words to say what one he...I simply can not find the words to say what one hell of a job you are doing. But you know on the other side of the coin you are so blessed to have a little sidekick who enjoys so much of what you do together.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15005152935241167959noreply@blogger.com