Parenting: Don'ts

Thanks to Andrea Gordon for pointing us to this reference.

10 Parenting techniques for the garbage can

http://www.parent-teen.com/parents/elivesay2.html

Parenting: Do's

Thanks to Andrea Gordon for pointing us to this reference.

10 excellent parenting techniques:

http://www.parent-teen.com/parents/elivesay.html

Bees and Pest Control

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Bees & Pest Removal - hive removal

Address : Toronto, ON Telephone : 416-410-8185
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Category : Beekeepers , Beekeepers' Supplies , Pest Control
Services Directory : North York , Toronto Central - East , Toronto Central - West

Science fun: mentos + soda = explosion

I'm old enough to never have done this in school, but I hear it's big in science classes these days.

I first read about it in The Star's article "Pepsi and Mentos -- How a high-school teacher's science experiment became an Internet phenomenon and taught kids about nucleation sites along the way."

The first paragraph reads:

Before hitting the big time, the "Mentos effect" was a schoolteacher's gimmick to make 13-year-olds listen up in science class. Drop an unwrapped roll of Mentos into a freshly opened 2L bottle of soda and stand back. The pop becomes a geyser of foam guaranteed to soak the ceiling of anybody foolish enough to try it indoors.

And the obligatory Google search turned up a bazillion sites describing this experiment.

But my favourite one is this from EepyBird.com. Two-hundred liters of Diet Coke combined with over 500 Mentos mints. It's amazing and completely insane.

Blogger hacks: label cloud

http://phy3blog.googlepages.com/Beta-Blogger-Label-Cloud.html

A most excellent and easy to follow post about implementing a label cloud in Beta Blogger!

Helpful hints: wasp deterrent

The Waspinator:

http://www.waspinator.com/

alternately, hang a inflated brown-paper bag in the area.

Wasps are territorial and will think that's another hive and steer clear.