Spoofed

These two recent spoofs made me chortle (or do I even chortle? At least giggle. Okay, there were smiles...):

1. First, Stephen Colbert provides his take on both Sesame Street and the famous marshmallow self-control experiment (a bit of profanity bleeped out but not especially well):

And, just for kicks, here's a video demonstrating a bit of the fascinating original study: 

2. This spoof of Ken Burns's documentary style (The Civil War, Baseball) in Vowels, a short film by Sam Cherington and friends, was also fun:

Up with humor! Jazz hands all around!

Whatever you say...

Hats off to these dads for enacting on film, exactly, the family stories as told by their kids. You'll laugh. Presenting Kid History:

There are other episodes. Enjoy.

(via Stacy Julian)

Nose--->Grindstone

Today (and yesterday) I have been focusing on putting my nose back to the academic grindstone, researching and working on my qualifying paper in my extra (kids-in-school) time.  

My nose may be hitting the grindstone but my mind is wandering all over the place.  The toughest part is blocking out all of the enticing and suddenly urgent matters that call me from all corners of the house. Not to mention that, since my studio and the guest bedroom are one and the same, there is a comfy bed that begs to host a nap every day after lunch. 

While I do enjoy learning more about preventive family interventions and program retention, blogging about it is another story.  A boring story. So while I work away at toughening my tender grindstone:nose I'll leave you with a quote I read in this interview:

"If you are irritated by every rub, how will you get polished?" ~Rumi

And I *have* been irritable lately.  I needed that.

All of this is just to say: I'll be back soon.

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Song:  Life is Wonderful  |  Jason Mraz

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