Teaching science in school a good thing?

I'm all for emphasizing the teaching of science in our schools to help build a nation of competitive people, but sometimes, things can go too far. A recent event has made me wonder just what they are teaching my kids!

Xam recently completed a science unit at school on genetic engineering. A few weeks later, I noticed a disturbing trend - bumps.  Bumps on everything.

The pumpkins growing in our garden suddenly had bumps...   

There's a weird bump growing on Rekoop's head...

When I dug up my Russian Banana potatoes, they looked more like mutated, atomic structures...

And now, there's a bump on the bottom of Xam's foot. 

 

Hmmm.....

Weather causes Primal Screams?

Recently, our neighbor has developed a weird habit of letting loose violent, mapcapped primal screams early in the morning. It doesn't happen every morning - just on seemingly random occasions. But, now we think we see the connection!

We were recently on Intellicast.com checking the weather when we stumbled upon the Bad Hair Day Map: http://www.intellicast.com/Health/BadHairDay.aspx   
We were so enamored with this map, we started checking it every day. It was shortly after this that we noticed a strange connection that caused us to pose a scientific question: "Was our neighbor more likely to let loose a primal scream on days of higher frizz factor?"

We did some research. Here are the results:

Coincidence -- We think not!

Need ideas for removing blueberry stains from concrete

Last July we got 10lbs of blueberries from a farm in Michigan. The boys had just seen the film 'Despicable Me', and they thought it would be fun to have some minions of their own. So they took the blueberries and started doing some experiments with them.

The blueberries weren't organic (and were possibly genetically modified as well), and the experiment went badly. The result was 10 lbs of very mad, very vicious, cannibalistic blue fruit!!! (They ate our camera, so Kire drew a picture of them.) 

We didn't know how to kill them, so we locked them in the basement until they ate each other. 

Unfortunately, now we have some very messy blueberry stains all over the basement concrete. So, if you have any ideas for removing the stains, send them our way!  

ALERT - Dr. Doomy-Doom has new, evil, 'Chase-Yourself-Mirror'

This entry should serve as a warning to everyone about a new evil machine that Dr. Doomy-Doom is experimenting with. It is designed to keep you busy so you won't thwart Dr. DD's evil plans. 

Last week, we received a shipment of boxes. It included a note saying it was a raffle prize we had won.

There was a box addressed to each family member, including ones for each fish in our fish tank. Inside each box was a mirror. When each of us looked into the mirror, it started to run away, and we were compelled to chase ourselves.

We were all taken in by the scheme except Xam - who ended up saving the day. Even though the mirror was right in front of him, he couldn't find it! 

Trebron's Great Idea

Earlier this summer Trebron was outside working on the house in the hot sun. After several hours, he came in and said, "Man, I wish I had a big crane. Then I'd take this huge piece of corrugated roofing, and I'd hoist it up overhead to block out the sun." I said, "That has got to be the stupidest idea I've ever heard!"

Oh wait, here's my Dad working on his house. Umm... Is that his crane holding up a piece of corrugated roofing to block the sun? Hmmm.... 

Need advice - Trouble with Xam

We are having some trouble with Xam. If you have any advice, please send it our way. He keeps "marking his territory" in public places. No matter what we do, we can't get him to stop. It's very embarrassing...

Snunkie and the Bamboo - a Haiku

Today, Trebron and Sirk decided to write a children's story. Let us know what you think!

Snunkie and the Bamboo

This is Snunkie Snail.

He lives on a bamboo plant.

In the living room.

Snunkie writes a poem.

The poem's a Haiku in slime.

On the bamboo stalk.

"I am very bored.

There is nothing to do here.

Set me free, you scum!!!"

The End.

P.S.  Snunkie died of boredom about 3 weeks later...