Hi all,
Sitting about 15 feet from my letter typing fingers sits a 3 day old big
screen TV. Our belated family xmas present. Zach and his friend Derek
talked me into buying a bigger than planned tv, a 61 inch RCA dlp. Nice
TV, a bit better than the 20" one it replaced. Bright enough even during
a sunlight day in our living room. Zach tried his best to get it placed in
the family room downstairs, which just happens to be next to his bedroom,
but that's not happening.
Since we have the new tv, we are hosting the obligatory Super Bowl party.
10 or so of Zacks buddies. Hard to keep count as they are wondering in and
out between here, the garage (Zack is doing some car audio work on his
girlfriends newly acquired Saturn), and various snow banks. We also have
this fun xmas helicopter toy ( Vectron Blackhawk Flying Saucer ) that is
getting a good workout with various new pilots giving it a spin. It has
knocked over several drinks and give 3 free hair cuts so far, but it is lots
of fun.
Interesting ... we just saw Janet Jackson's breast pop out in the the Super
Bowl 1/2 time show. Zack and the boys used our Replay TV replay feature to
check that scene out ... several times :) And now a streaker before the
kickoff! Ah, American entertainment can be interesting.
On a more scholarly note, Nick was picked as a candidate for the
Presidential Scholars program: http://www.ed.gov/programs/psp/index.html
We had never heard of it before last week, when they sent him a letter.
They pick 20 boys/girls from each state, based on ACT or SAT test scores
(not sure which). We had thought that Nick had classmates with equal or
better scores, so we were surprised to see Nick was the only one picked from
Rochester: http://www.ed.gov/programs/psp/2004/candidates.html
Candidates can send in forms, recommendations, and essays, then in a few
months they pick one boy/girl from each state and send them on a site seeing
trip to Washington, including the White House. Nick is not likely to
apply, since he thinks his chances are pretty slim (not much
extra-curricular or leadership activities to cite), and if he did win, he
would have to go on a site seeing trip. He is not a big travel guy ... not
sure where he got that trait from ;-)
Bruce
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