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2/15/14


Today I don't want to be introspective. I want to just be superficial, which is kind of different for me, not in an arrogant way, just in a factual way. I thought it was interesting when I read an article about a guy who decided to follow Ben Franklin's schedule for a day. Ben left time for study and to deal with spiritual things. The author said he almost never did that, and it was an interesting thing for him to do. Thinking about big things like God and purpose and why we are here and doing research into those questions is something I grew up doing and something I do all the time. How can you not wonder about that? How can you just go through life and just go to work, come home, be with your someone, party sometimes and that is it. That is satisfying? Really? Don't you wonder about things as a whole? Don't you wonder why we are here or how, or do you just take science's or God's word for it and leave it at that. I guess in a way you could have more of your emotional energy available to fritter away on personal drama. That might be interesting. I know it is kind of a weight on me to wonder about my, and our purpose, to wonder what or who else is out there, and it is a huge itch I am just dying to scratch to see everything as it really is. I used to think I would just go to heaven and God would explain it all to me and I could live with that. Now I am not so sure I will ever know, and ugh, that is annoying.

But to live without that burden, to me is to live in a closet. To live in the small world of what I see now. I just need to get out into the air and breath and wonder, and make wild guesses and hope. So with that comes the burden of what I don't know, of making choices and just not knowing if they are the right ones because I can't have all the information. I can't see past death or into the new millennium, so I have to make some of my best guesses blind.

Thursday, December 8, 2011

First Lego League



Evan had the awesome opportunity to participate in First Lego League this year. For those of you who don't know what that is there is really no short explanation. The theme this year was "Food Factor". This means that all of the Lego robot missions and the research project we related to food safety. The team began by assembling all of the components for the mission table. Then each team member had a chance to work with a Lego robot to accomplish a variety of missions to earn points. The team also did a research project about how to keep sweet corn safe from a specific type of fungus. We went on a field trip to talk to a farmer and one of the team members contacted a researcher in Oklahoma for more information. The team presented a skit as well as their robot runs at our local library as part of the league requirements. So not only did they get to build with Legos, they learned computer programming, writing, researching, public speaking, and teamwork. I have to admit I like the idea of Lego league as much as Evan does. We didn't win any awards this year, but the boys did a great job at their tournament and we are looking forward to next year.

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