Falling for October

Fall? Yes.

Fall is definitely here. The colors on the leaves are changing, there's a chill in the air, and there are only a few weeks left in soccer season. It's getting darker a lot earlier, and we find ourselves inside under blankets, keeping warm while we slow down our day. The Halloween decorations are up, and the pumpkins are on the porch, waiting for us to carve out their guts and cut holes in their skins. Gross.

J sometimes buys little bags of candy corn and pumpkin-shaped treats and puts them in a bowl on the counter. They're not as tasty as I remember from my childhood. It could be that I just enjoyed them more as a child, but it is probably because they now make them out of recycled newspapers and milk jugs. The way we recycle everything has really changed the food industry, hasn't it? I just read that my favorite pop, Diet Mountain Dew, is made entirely of water, caffeine, and grass clippings from golf courses.

What's going on at work for me? Nothing new, still working on the new product with a combination of Silverlight, C#, and SQL Server. Stop me if you've heard this one.

J and I went to the middle school teacher conferences last week. The teachers sit at tables in the cafeteria, and parents have a few minutes to talk to the teachers about the class and their student(s). M is doing very well in his classes so far, and has fit in well. He's playing soccer, and his practices are over for the season, with one game to go.

A Few Links
Scratch-built models:
Cannon model

Corsair airplane

A cat made from typewriter parts

The Missing Link
I found a link to the website that gave me the idea to put a new handle on my pocket knife, and I was wrong - the author used wood, not bone. I must have been thinking of another site...