This has been floating around the internet for a few days, but in case you haven’t seen it, here is Volkswagen’s Superbowl commercial.
This utterly charming commercial made us laugh. The kid in the costume is able to express so much. The very end, when tiny Vader jerks around surprisedly is hilarious. I doubt we’ll see anything better than this on Sunday.
This is sooooo cool! A Seattle-area kid named Ethan is hosting a Lego Build fundraiser for Children’s Hospital this Saturday. For a $20 donation each participant gets a 100 piece Lego set and the opportunity to build for prizes! The most creatvie entries (as judged by a Boeing Engineer!) get prizes.
Lego Build for
Seattle Children’s Hospital
Date: February 5, 2011
Time: 10am – 11:30am
Doors open at 9:30 am for registration
Entry fee: $20
Location: (map)
Christ the King School gymnasium
415 N 117th St, Seattle, WA 98133
Open to ages: 5 – adult
(age groups to be judged separately)
5-8 yrs, 9-12 yrs, 13-16 yrs, 17-adult
Prizes awarded to the winners of each age group category. All participants walk away with a lego kit!
You can get more information (including Ethan’s inspiration for organizing the fundraiser) here.
I think every fundraiser I hold from now on will be a Lego build. What a fantastic idea, Ethan!
During my annual eye exam last week my eye doctor, who is normally very calm and reserved, excitedly told me about the “new technology” the office had acquired. It was an Optomap machine that takes a wide angle picture of the back of your eye. He was talking about this thing like it was a shiny new toy that he got for Christmas. I’ve never seen the guy crack a smile, let alone act giddy. I was ready to dismiss this as an upsell ($37 not covered by insurance) until he told me my pupils wouldn’t have to be dilated if I went the Optomap route. SOLD!
They looked at me a little odd when I told them I’d like a copy of the picture, but today it showed up in my inbox.
BEHOLD…my left eye!
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| The doctor said I had cute eyelashes. |
It looks a bit like something NASA took, doesn’t it? The bright dot in the middle is the optic nerve. The dark side to the right of the nerve is where the eye processes light, it’s dark because it dense with blood vessels. The dark spot to the left is a choroidal nevus, which is fancy talk for “a freckle”. The pictures revealed that I have some retinal stretching, which is normal for someone who is extremely nearsighted. Other than that, my eyes are perfectly healthy! Yay!
