Lindsey
5/31/2001
Here are the DETAILS for Gary and everybody else who wanted to know.
AURORA: We went to the Edgerton Science Museum. Edgerton was an inventor that grew up in Aurora. He wasn't born there though. I think he was born in Grand Island but I am not sure. There they had a bunch of cool hands-on things and also some very interesting things to read and look at. There was a little alley type thing that showed some things he invented. One thing he invented that is pretty popular was the STROBELIGHT. We also saw a presentation in the classroom about STROBELIGHTS. It was a neat presentation and everybody got to go up there and demonstrate something. There was also a room that was hands-on. There was a big bubble thing like the children's museum has and told about it. Everything they had set up told about it and how works or was formed. The coolest thing that I thought was neat was a room that was mostly black and you went up by it and posed and you could hear it count down 5..4..3..2..1..0 and then a strobe went off and you can stand back and your shadow casted upon the wall sticked there and looked like a photo in black. It was neat. They had a bunch of other things. We also had another demonstration in the classroom that was just a fun WHODUNNIT thing and you had to do fingerprints and look at pictures and stuff. I thought the EDGERTON MUEUM was neat.:):):):)
GRAND ISLAND: We went to the STUHR MUSEUM and it was about pioneer life. We saw how they lived and we made rope and saw the houses and the smokeroom and how they cooked and most of them had 12-13 children and they were smaller than my room (there houses were smaller than my room). We went inside just a little bit but not for long so I didn't see a lot of the inside but I know the outside was neat! I G2g bYE!

Thanks, Lindsey. Great write-up! --Gary

In honor of everyone who is now off for the summer, here you go! --Gary

Details, Lindsey! What did you do?? --Gary

Also, the people that brought you The Sims are working on a new game called Simsville -- it's like The Sims, except it's on a village level rather than a neighborhood level. Ever wanted to follow your Sim-people when they leave the house, instead of just hanging around waiting for them? Now you can! The game won't be out til early next year, but you can follow its progress here.

Lindsey-- either your teachers are playing a cruel trick on you, or you need to check the calendar. This is the third time you've said you have 9 days left! (Today, yesterday, and on the 18th.) Hope you get out someday! :-) --Gary

Interesting! For X number of days, people could write in as many items as they want, about anybody -- for example, one person could write in: "Tristen once ate a bug, and Paul has a Garfield tattoo"; and another would write in "Samantha has 25 pairs of shoes, and Tristen's favorite singer is Roy Acuff." I would post a message if we were short on Sean items, for example, so people could send more in. Then I would compile everything: "#1 has a Garfield tattoo"; "#2 once ate a bug and their favorite singer is Roy Acuff"; etc. The fun part of this is that you might not even recognize your own profile.... :-) Is that what you had in mind, Amanda? I'm ready if y'all like it. --Gary

Lindsey, here's the website for the Nebraska National Guard. Hope this helps. Good luck! --Gary

Websites do come and go; sometimes they change their address, sometimes they disappear altogether. If you find a link on our Links page that no longer works, let me know and I'll either track it down and fix it, or remove it. --Gary