Imagination doesn't have boundaries, it does not know limitations, it does not make assumptions and it does not shy away from an opportunity. Is the coolest, most wild, free formed, way of thinking we experience in our lives. Is that comfortable expression of thoughts that allows us to travel into the unknown with no fear. Which is a … Continue reading The wings to imagination, a review of Rory’s Story Cubes
Geek Parenting
Waiting for Ready Player One
Ready Player One is the story of a boy named Wade Watts whose reality places him in the year 2044 living in a world alarmingly not so unimaginable to us. A future in which an energy crisis and the consequences of global warming have driven humans to escape into a virtual world called … Continue reading Waiting for Ready Player One
Talking about privilege with our kids
A few years ago I came across this Buzzfeed article that talked about how a high school teacher had explained the term privilege to his students. He had given each one of them a piece of scrap paper and asked them to crumple it up. He then provided the students with a very simple set of rules. … Continue reading Talking about privilege with our kids
Attending Wizard World Comic Con in Portland
The Portland Wizard World Comic Con took place at the Oregon convention center in Portland over the weekend. It started on Friday February 17 and lasted until Sunday February 19. The company that produces this convention, Wizard World Inc., also has this event on 15 other cities across the United States including Chicago, Orlando, and Saint Louis. … Continue reading Attending Wizard World Comic Con in Portland
Womanhood
As a kid growing up in the 80s and 90s, I remember having this feeling that my being a woman was a "condition". That it limited my abilities and my future. That it meant a lot more than a gender and it dictated the positions in life and in society that I could aspire to, and how … Continue reading Womanhood
Reading “The Story of Life, A First Book About Evolution”
Evolution is a Science term that I was never really taught much about. Schools touch on this topic on Biology courses in a very subtle manner, if you ask me, or at least this was the case when I was a kid. As an adult, I have come to learn more about it and learned … Continue reading Reading “The Story of Life, A First Book About Evolution”
The power of villain stories
From Skeletor, Ursula and Gargamel, to Rita Repulsa and Mr Burns, the antagonist characters from my childhood stories were always a bit of a mystery to me. Why did Gargamel hated so much the Smurfs? Why couldn’t Mr. Burns remember Homer? Geez man, you just talked to him a few days ago. You have been to his … Continue reading The power of villain stories
Reading “Fascinating, The life of Leonard Nimoy”
Looking through the children's books section in Amazon a few weeks ago, I stumbled across this book, “Fascinating, The Life of Leonard Nimoy". The book was described as a biography and a children's book. Having not read the reviews, I was not sure what was it about this person's life that made it so inspirational, other that the fact that … Continue reading Reading “Fascinating, The life of Leonard Nimoy”
Attending the San Diego Comic Con with kids
For those of you who have attended the San Diego Comic Con before it will not come as a surprise how much of an ordeal it may be to attend this event every year. Add to that the family factor (bringing kids to the convention) and you are left with somewhat of a puzzle to … Continue reading Attending the San Diego Comic Con with kids
Quirks and Comrades 