Hello, Fluffsters!

Random trivia for you. Did you know that some trailers (as in the thing people drive) can cost more than a normal home?

Yup.

I just saw a very interesting video about some trailers that movie stars sometimes use when they’re on the go. Apparently these trailers are made special for them, and are designed to be kinda like the mansions a lot of these people are used to.

But it’s interesting all the detail that goes into them.

Some of the trailers are even two-storied!

You should totally watch the video.

Have a great Tuesday!

Hello, Fluffsters!

So, I’m really happy. I have a new shiny!

What? No!

I got a new computer! Can’t you tell?

Well, I’m using it to write this fluff post…

…Uh… No. No. Of course I wouldn’t think something like that…

But yeah.

So, I’m still getting to know the computer. I can’t quite tell whether it’s going to get a male or female pronoun associated with it yet, but it’s a sweet little machine!

It has its quirks, but so far they’re reasonable. For example, to save space, the “end”, “home”, “page up”, and “page down” buttons are hidden on the arrow keys. But it’s also got some really nice speakers! And some easy volume control sorts of things. F6, for example, is insta-mute. F7 is volume down, F8 is volume up. And it has an easy airplane mode button!

Also, it can go into tablet mode. And it’s thin, so it basically kinda works as a tablet!

As I said, it’s a sweet little machine.

Well, I hope you have a good day! Smile, it’s almost the weekend!

Hello, Fluffsters!

I bought a new Shiny a couple days ago. It’s a pretty little ring. It’s also my first pretty little ring that I intend to wear on a regular basis. I’m not posting pictures of it, because I’m a bit too lazy to do so. But it’s a silver ring, and it’s got a red stone in the middle. It’s really fun having something on my right hand. Basically, it provides instant “twiddle” ability.

It’s really fun. Any time I’m feeling fidgety, I can just twist the ring around, or pull it half off my finger, put it on, switch fingers, twist it some more, and just generically be fidgety without actually being destructive to something. Or way too active.

It’s really fun having something I can play with.

Happy Monday!

Hello, Fluffsters!

I’m a bit weirded out… Yesterday, I saw information about a remarkable new “thing” in San Francisco… apparently, some kids wanted to go cow tipping, but they were in the city. So they went car tipping instead. Seriously.

As I said, I’m just a bit weirded out…

Thoughts?

Hello, Fluffsters! Happy Thursday!

So I was just spending a bit too much time looking at animated gifs of dogs and other cute things, and a couple of the pictures included dogs who couldn’t get up slides. This reminded me of some days when I did nursery work.

There was a small little slide there. You know. About the right size for 3-4 year olds to play on safely.

And there was this one little boy. He was an absolute sweetheart. He was about three when this incident happened, maybe three-and-a-half.

However old he was, like every other kid his age, he had a desire to climb up the slide. It was small enough that I let him try- he was clearly safe.

Well, at one point he must have heard that if you get more speed, you can go higher up the slide.

So after a few tries of only making it up a few inches, he decided to back up and run.

The problem is that there was a step about two feet away from the slide. So when he went back to the base of the step, he got a little bit more height on the slide. Note enough to get up, but enough to see that his idea kinda worked.

He then decided to go back even further. He started just a bit beyond the top of the step. (It’s a long step. More like a porch, leading into the Church building. So, there’s also only one step. It’s not like he was running down a staircase or anything.) But yeah. So he started on top of the step, stepped off, and then started to run.

There was no real discernible difference.

So he went back further.

The big issue with the step, though, was that whenever he got to the “step-down” part, he always slowed down, to approximately the same speed. No matter how far back he started, he always made it approximately the same distance up the slide.

It was quite amusing to watch, though, and left him more tired out and therefore less restless for story time! It’s definitely one of my favorite memories of being a Church nursery worker.

How about you, Fluffsters? Do any of you have any fun “working with kids” memories?