- Destry's "chutes & ladders" card game + poker + knot game
- poker (was this the same night as Stacey's hair?) - Jos's baking soda & vinegar volcano - Coming up with names for Stacey's business - Rise-up singing - the hustle + electric slide + basketball - frisbee golf - sparklers + cheesy American pudding desserts + Donald X's movie game - origami flowers & birds - Lou's readings on e-mail/the Net by Geoff Nunberg- charades
- fingerpainting 24Aug97 - The Dictionary Game
14Sept97 - A reading of "The Importance of Being Earnest", Act I
(hmm, we did finish that, but I'm not sure when . . .)
21Sept97 - Recess in the playground across the street
- We played Jeopardy with Trivial Pursuit cards (I won a keychain Etch a Sketch!)
18Oct97 - We carved pumpkins
25Oct97 - We checked out "Rockett's New School", a piece of interactive software that Mattheus worked on
1Nov97 - Choosing works for Destry's art portfolio
18Jan98 - Making cartoon flip-books
25Jan98 - Playing "Stinky Pinky": a person thinks of a two-word rhyme and gives a clue that everyone else uses to figure it out. For example, someone might offer the clue "Serendipitous Fowl" for the rhyme "Lucky Ducky."
8Feb98 - Viewing travel photos from Matt's (and Patti's) trip to Uruguay
15Feb98 - Making play-doh
22Feb98 - Playing "Mind Reader": each person thinks of a word and writes it down. Everyone reads their word aloud in turn and if exactly two people have the same word, they each get a point.
1Mar98 - Playing with Bob's LEGO set
15Mar98 - We all took the Nerdity Test (my score was 40 out of 100. whew!)
22Mar98 - Playing Monopoly (en Francais, sil vous plait)
7Apr98 - We chopped down a walnut tree in Jos's yard!
12Apr98 - Destry microwaved some compact discs
19Apr98 - Pictures from Chubbs's trip to New Zealand, plus an article in the Cornell Chronicle about the mysterious Cornell pumpkin
26Apr98 - Poetry readings, from D.H. Lawrence to Gary Snyder
3May98 - Listening to the loons on the CD from Natasha's mother, and microwaving marshmallow Peeps
10May98 - Writing stories: everyone gets two slips of paper. On one, they draw an action, on the other they draw a thing. The papers all get mixed in a bag, and ten are pulled from the bag and laid out. Everyone writes a story trying to incorporate as many of the icons as possible, then we take turns reading.
17May98 - Making aritificial pineapple out of butter, ethanol, and a little bit of base.
24May98 - Reviewing California's state initiatives on the June 2 ballot.
31May98 - Hearing Jos perform in the Albany Community Orchestra (she plays viola).
7Jun98 - Watching Iron Chef!
14Jun98 - Playing cards: hearts.
21Jun98 - Listening to Jos's childhood records: Frog & Toad and Winnie the Pooh.
28Jun98 - Artless Murray's School of Dance fun.
5Jul98 - A gender awareness quiz from one of Matt's books (I'll have to ask about the author).
12Jul98 - Admiring the view of the San Francisco skyline from Potrero Hill (this photo isn't from Potrero Hill, but it was all I could find online).
19Jul98 - A screening of films by one of Destry's friends.
26Jul98 - (Spontaneous) playing with Aaron's new laptop and camera.
2Aug98 - Play "guess how old that watermelon in Joyce's kitchen is". (Answer: about 10 months)
9Aug98 - A walk to see some of west Berkeley's historic buildings.
16Aug98 - Making collages on Jos's big roll of plotter paper.
23Aug98 - Learning how to juggle
30Aug98 - A walk around Robert's neighborhood in Kensington.
6Sep98 - Just what does YONAS stand for, anyway?!? (Yonas Official National Assembly & Symposium -- not, as Mattheus suggested, You're Only Naughty After Sunset)
13Sep98 - Listening to Jos practice her talk on climate and crop data for Mexico.
20Sep98 - The Laughing Club. er, how to describe it? You all laugh until . . . well, you laugh. Includes the HaHa game, where you all lie on the floor, with the your head on the preceding person's tummy, so you're arranged in a little zigzag; the first person says, "HA!", and then the second person responds, "HA HA!", and the third person shouts, "HA HA HA!" and pretty soon everyone's in hysterics. really.
27Sep98 - An introduction to American Sign Language.
4Oct98 - Drawing lessons from Robert
11Oct98 - A look at the thermochromic properties of CoCl2 in concentrated saline
18Oct98 - Artwork from Destry's drawing marathon in NYC
25Oct98 - What's that thing on Natasha's door? And what's that softw^D^D^D^D^D thing Aaron's been working on?
1Nov98 - We watched Matt's video starring Patti, we played with the camcorder, and then there was a pinata for Matt's birthday!
8Nov98 - A word game by Donald x (sorry no details, sworn to secrecy).
15Nov98 - No meal.
22Nov98 - Hey, there's a green spot on the map. Let's go see what it is! (a park near Chubbs & Joyce's new home in Pinole)
29Nov98 - Filling in more space on the mural at Tasha's place.
6Dec98 - Birthday cake for Aaron!
13Dec98 - Trimming the Christmas tree.
20Dec98 - No entertainment (other than hosting Aaron's dad, Al).
27Dec98 - No dinner.
3Jan99 - Tea bag balloons
10Jan99 - Poetry and short story readings.
17Jan99 - Can you fold a sheet of paper in half 8 times?
24Jan99 - Photos from Chubbs's and Joyce's trip to the Philippines.
31Jan99 -
7Feb99 - Watching an episode of Bill Nye the Science Guy.
14Feb99 - Jagged Little Cake (dismembering the lovely pink heart-shaped cake for Valentine's Day).
21Feb99 - Knife sharpening! no, really...
28Feb99 - A book exchange.
7Mar99 - A Donald X glyph game.
14Mar99 - mystery missives.
21Mar99 - Shaving Destry's head.
28Mar99 - Watching Teletubbies and Barney.
4Apr99 - Viewing a model of the house Robert designed.
11Apr99 -
18Apr99 - Relieving Chubbs of possessions before his big move to the Philippines(!)
25Apr99 - What can you do with popsicle sticks and a hot glue gun?
2May99 - The Simp^D^D^DMarginals sing the blues
9May99 - Edible entertainment: chocolate fondue
16May99 - A memorial to Shel Silverstein (readings from Where the Sidewalk Ends)
23May99 - Meet my (Lou's) parents at my graduation party :-)
30May99 - Meet Simon the Aussie (learn about tucka, roobahs, etc.)
6Jun99 - Crafting icosahedral art objects
13Jun99 - Tug o' war!!! Jos bought some really fat rope from the hardware store and we tugged of war.
20Jun99 - Listened to Buddy Conner and the Edwards Street Ensemble in a live performance
27Jun99 - A digital camera shoot for Chubbs, who's in the Philippines
4Jul99 - Watching fireworks at the Berkeley Marina
11Jul99 - A screening of our friend Danny Yoon's film, "Post Concussion"
18Jul99 - Retiring an American flag
25Jul99 - Readings from Miss Manners
1Aug99 - Watching Buena Vista Social Club
8Aug99 - Watching "Coriolanus" in the park.
15Aug99 -
22Aug99 -
29Aug99 - Tonight's theme: songs about food
5Sep99 - What are these things? blech, very bitter. oh wait, they're cocoa beans!
12Sep99 - Hello.
19Sep99 - I asked everyone to make a list of 5-10 things they'd like to do during their earthly existence.
26Sep99 - Housewarming dinner and dance at The Knit^D^D^D^DPaper Factory.
3Oct99 - Let's strrrrrretch. Everybody! [crack] ahhhhhhhhhh.
10Oct99 - Pictures from Jeff's journey to see the eclipse in Turkey.
17Oct99 - Did we play The $100,000 Pyramid?
24Oct99 - Nope, not Prince Rupert's Tears, nor blown sugar. Instead, another reading of Geoff Nunberg's essays.
31Oct99 - Trick or treat? (hint: not treat)
7Nov99 - A second screening of Danny's movie.
14Nov99 - Lost missives from Mattheus.
21Nov99 - Stained glass cookies (cut out sugar cookie shapes for frames, fill with crushed Lifesavers, and voila!)
28Nov99 - Origami elephants! (no animal races this time though)
5Dec99 - Ornamentos from Robert's Christmases of years past.
12Dec99 - More holiday cookies!
19Dec99 - Playing Apples to Apples at Jos's
26Dec99 - no dinner (too busy dodging mistletoe)
2Jan00 - no dinner (too busy dodging missiles)
9Jan00 - Playing Apples to Apples at Matt's (who didn't know we'd played it at Jos's)
16Jan00 - A reading of a vignette written by my father about our first trip to the first Price Club, back in 1976.
23Jan00 - Looking at elementary school pictures of Jos and reading from her childhood book of elephant jokes.
30Jan00 - Recalling recent dreams (sorry about the pepper spray, Matt)
6Feb00 - A Stuff Swap
13Feb00 - A reading from Giant Robot Magazine (issue 9) about having the same Chinese name as Martin Yan (yikes!)
20Feb00 - Pictures from Curtis's and Aimee's time in Nepal
27Feb00 - Readings of personals ads from Madras
5Mar00 - Making pipecleaner + cottonball sheep
12Mar00 - Mattheus showed us his autobiographical short film (on his new G4!)
19Mar00 - If it please the court, counsel (Heather) would like to read a sentence of one page in length, from her revered legal texts
26Mar00 - Watching the Academy Awards (I kid you not)
2Apr00 - Pictures from Jos's trip to the Philippines (to see Chubbs and Joyce) and to Hong Kong
9Apr00 - Do you remember your first kiss?
16Apr00 -
23Apr00 - We watched the lip synch contest from Palmer Station, featuring Stacey as Ken (q.v., Aqua)
30Apr00 - We watched a recording of the variety show put on by this past summer's crew at Palmer Station in Antarctica. Highlight: the glowing pickle demo
7May00 - We played The_Whole_Brain Game (my emphasis) and we had fun looking at Robert's book of 3D (blue/red) topo maps.
14May00 - Thinking about making linoleum cuts
21May00 - Recording our congratulations to Mattheus on his completion of his Master's degree from SF State, using the nifty digital video camera that a whole bunch of people bought for him
28May00 - Celebrating Mattheus's graduation and watching said video
4June00 - Gary offers his professional opinion
11June00 - A video about Art Cars
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9July00 - Matt and Gary take us on their trip to France
