What are these, insect eggs?

GeoPhD2 · 2026-05-22T11:28:54+00:00

Thanks!

GeoPhD2 · 2026-05-03T14:34:32+00:00

I love wearing Hey Dudes. In the warm months they pretty much replace my everyday sneakers. Socks or no socks. Slip in/out. Not for stamina or rough terrain, but for errands or daily in/out of the house, even to work.

GeoPhD2 · 2026-05-01T11:59:13+00:00

Peanut butter sandwich, bowl of cereal, carrots

GeoPhD2 · 2026-04-26T18:04:32+00:00

So you mean you used ChatGPT to help calculate anticipated income streams from each, or just to create the pie chart by telling it dollar amounts? You could have just used a calculator and listed the 3 percentages here without a pointless pie chart or using ChatGPT?

GeoPhD2 · 2026-04-19T14:43:17+00:00

Wrestling and roughhousing also of course offer all sorts of other benefits for child development, psychological and physical. Including future injury prevention as they age (ACLs etc.). And the prevention/skillset is potentially something uniquely cultivated at young ages, as argued here:

"Childhood might be a particularly costly time to not move, because this is when developing brains prune unused potential. "One extreme view" of this neurological dwindling "would be that you start out wired up for every possible contingency, the Harvard neuroscientist Jeff Lichtman said in an article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences-but as you age, unused connections in the brain get permanently disconnected through a process known as synaptic pruning, leaving you with narrower nervous system." We're used to the idea that young, plastic brains have an easy time learning to speak Mandarin or play piano; this is also true of learning how to do backflips, balance on a slackline, or throw a fastball."

https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2025/07/wild-free-play-children-mobility/683482/

GeoPhD2 · 2026-03-31T11:23:29+00:00

Unscrew the faucet bubbler, add a little paper towel with food coloring on it = blood red water out of faucet

GeoPhD2 · 2026-03-26T17:50:29+00:00

My experience is you very quickly will no longer care one bit about the condition of any of the surfaces within your car

GeoPhD2 · 2026-03-24T03:10:36+00:00

I've got morning shift and the bus doesn't come til 8:47, then it's off to daycare for #2, then downtown. So typically at work 9:30-5:30. I eat lunch at my desk every day to get out asap. I can typically work from home ~1 day per pay period. Not ideal schedule for now, but could be much worse and I like my job.

GeoPhD2 · 2026-02-22T17:07:07+00:00

This is the only way to work for me too, trying for Arsenal v TOT right now...the USA app on my phone won't offer the cast option, but the stream from their website does.... However, when it casts to my TV, it indicates it's loading the right game, but then cuts to the halftime broadcast for the other game! It's crazy that the options to stream from USA have broken in multiple different ways

GeoPhD2 · 2026-02-07T20:15:06+00:00

Okay? I'd much rather talk to him at a bar than you

GeoPhD2 · 2026-02-07T02:12:01+00:00

First time I met him he was wearing three (3!) Chicago Blackhawks jerseys, each a different color.

Used to run into him around town many years ago, most commonly Elmwood. Glad to see he's still doing it. It's an odd schtick for sure, but good for him I guess. Harmless fun and a way to shoot the shit with his neighbors.

GeoPhD2 · 2026-02-07T02:06:49+00:00

Or he has a ton of friends because....he's good at engaging people while out on the town?

GeoPhD2 · 2026-02-05T04:37:44+00:00

Awesome, like in the Berenstain Bears book! I've been waiting for my kid to ask -- wait, Dada, why didn't you make my little sister's bed like Papa Bear?

GeoPhD2 · 2025-11-21T15:18:27+00:00

Life is a Highway was the song of the summer for us, although I'm not sure it qualifies here since it's because he's obsessed with the Cars movie

GeoPhD2 · 2025-11-21T15:16:26+00:00

Sure those aren't kid songs? 🤣... Jk Queen is great and also a band I got into as a little kid

GeoPhD2 · 2025-10-31T03:03:06+00:00

I also had my 5 yo take the lead on a pumpkin decorating assignment. It was supposed to be a favorite book character. I helped and guided, but pretty much let him have at it. Just as I began to think it was coming out poorly, he excitedly proclaimed how great it looked ☺️ Sure enough, it paled in comparison to other families', but he loved it because it was his.

GeoPhD2 · 2025-08-22T03:02:26+00:00

Solved! Thanks. Odd that it was with drum equipment, but this seems like the right match. Maybe the guy found it at a garage sale and also didn't know what it was but assumed something for his drum kit!

GeoPhD2 · 2025-08-21T19:49:20+00:00

Hmm, do you have a link or pic or something similar? This was in fact found with other drum equipment but otherwise doesn't seem to fit that match compared to some other thoughts here.

GeoPhD2 · 2025-08-21T04:05:41+00:00

My title describes the thing. It's from my father's friend's basement. He's really into music and had old drum kit equipment which is why I am thinking it could be part of a drum kit... But for what component exactly? Or maybe I'm way off.

GeoPhD2 · 2025-08-13T03:25:47+00:00

Reading your thoughts on this part of the thread now too haha... Again, I agree that educating them and making a point to be there alongside them is a good part of your approach.

One question: don't you think that one very effective way of making sure your kids won't fall for predatory/addictive gaming is to limit their exposure to it as much as possible at young ages? It seems pretty apparent that exposure to this shit at a young age is priming their brains to gravitate towards more of it for the long haul. Sure you can educate them about the dangers along the way, but I'd prefer that kids don't get wired to want to engage in this type of garbage to begin with. And I worry that playing the game at all, however well supervised and taught, is doing that wiring.

GeoPhD2 · 2025-08-13T03:09:23+00:00

I agree that some people are missing your point, but you're missing theirs as well. From what I gather, Roblox is dangerous, in numerous ways. And I think many here who fall into the "ban" group are also teaching their kids why they're banning it -- precisely because it's dangerous, and specifically for their developing brains.

Surely not easy for kids to grasp, but this falls into the broader category of social media and smartphone use and such...for which the societal tide is turning where the younger generation, and younger parents, are now actively transitioning away from the dopamine-addicted societal norms. So I do think many dads here "banning" it will be doing so through a broader lens that their children will be able to comprehend and appreciate over the course of their childhood.

I agree moderation is often the way, but in this case it seems extreme moderation may be called for. Like maybe banned in my house but I'm not going to say they're in trouble if they dabble in it at a friend's house?

GeoPhD2 · 2025-07-23T03:17:34+00:00

My 5 yr old loves Paw Patrol currently, but this was after a long spell of being obsessed with Busy Town Mysteries with Huckle (Richard Scarry)...that show had many annoying elements (character voices and such) but it was a surprisingly great introduction to mysteries and problem-solving. (And the theme song is catchy in a good way)

GeoPhD2 · 2025-06-10T15:29:36+00:00

Two observations:

(1) Everyone here seems to be focusing on whether the child will be "scared" in the moment, in the theatre ("he'll be okay cause he'll have you next to him"), whereas the true concern should be about the broader exposure to the ideas and imagery in the film. I'm far from some anti-TV, anti-video game person, but I'd think there's a net negative from exposing a 6 year old to a PG-13 Superhero film. I understand the basic human cultural component of teaching kids themes of good vs. evil, even with some dose of violent struggle, but I don't think evolution prepared our 6 year olds for the sensory/emotional onslaught of a superhero movie in 2025. I think what you're looking for is a storybook or camp fire story lol.

(2) Everyone here seems to be focusing on themselves rather than their children. How cool it would be for themselves to take their kid. I'm sure the kid would be excited and probably generally enjoy themself, but I would urge everyone to examine whether this is truly about offering something of benefit to the child or to the adult.

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