House update: Wednesday

My aunt reports:

Today for lunch, Gill, Dan, David, John and I had boughten
tourtiere with salsa and salad.

Dan bought goods and chattels, including cladmate shiplapped (duh?) and
the inevitable drywall. Gill chauffeured. This afternoon, Gill will prime.

Dan shot himself in the finger with the finishing nail gun but suffered no
serious injury except to his how-could-I-be-so-stupid index.

David and Dan did flooring on the first floor.

Carol A has come over to the house to do plugs--her fav's.

David is off camping in Muskoka tomorrow. (See Dan's index above.)
Cheers all, Helen

Annals of stupidity

In case you thought only North American schools came up with silly ideas, this was just forwarded to me by a colleague: Brain Gym exercises do pupils no favours

While all the proper grown up public intellectuals like Rod Liddle are getting a bee in their bonnet about creationism being taught in a handful of British schools, I've accidentally stumbled upon a vast empire of pseudoscience being peddled in hundreds of state schools up and down the country.

I'll lower you in gently. It's called Brain Gym, and it's a string of very complicated exercises for kids to do which "enhance the experience of whole brain learning". Firstly, they're very keen on water. "Drink a glass of water before Brain Gym activities. As it is a major component of blood, water is vital for transporting oxygen to the brain." Heaven forbid that your blood should dry out.

You really should read the whole thing. Oh dear oh dear.

(Oooh, and there's a follow-up!)