Staff Picks
Many wondrous and strange places in the Solar System have been explored, thanks to the Hubble telescope and dozens of NASA missions to planets and large objects circling our Sun.
But what sorts of worlds are out there beyond the Solar System?
Continue Reading "Super Earths, Rogue Planets, Hot Jupiters and Diamond Worlds" →
Staff Picks
They have the ability to summon magic and they take symbols of female domestication and turn them on their head.
Why use a broom to sweep when you can use it to fly? Why boil herbs for broth when you could use them to destroy demons?
They are human, yet different. They are rebels. They are just like me, only better.
Also, cats.
Spotlight
On this episode of the Pint & Click Podcast, Dave, Tony, Joel and Charlie discuss I'll Be Gone In The Dark, a true crime book written by the late Michelle McNamara, an in-depth investigation of a brutal crime spree committed in the 1970s and 1980s by an assailant known as the Golden State Killer. Have a listen below:
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Happening at the library
We do NOT anticipate any interruption to regular DPPL service during the course of the project.
The scope of work includes the repair of leaking windows; power washing all the exterior stone and brick; applying a sealant to all the stone and brick; and applying filler to joints that are significantly eroded.
Continue Reading "DPPL Exterior Repairs Throughout October and November" →
Kids & Parents
We all know that the brains of young children are primed to notice everything.
I was reminded of this one day when my (then) 3-year old child, eyebrows furrowed, tapped me on the hip until I turned the vacuum off.
3-year-old: “Who’s coming ovah?” (I miss those days of r-less speech!)
Me: “What do you mean?”
3-year-old: “Well, you’he vacuuming.”
Me (sputtering indignantly): “I do vacuum other times, you know.”
My inner voice: "Sometimes. Not very often. Oh no. He's probably right."
Me (reluctant sigh): “Grandma will be here in half an hour.”
In case you were wondering, 3-year-olds do self-satisfied smiles quite well.
So I had unintentionally created an association that “vacuuming = guests coming over.”
Could be worse, right?*
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