Gentle Readers, Dr. J.’s been horrifically busy of late, so he hasn’t been able to write much of substance and you’ve had to suffer the slings and arrows of My Little Pony jokes and puppy pictures, and not much Gormotastic … Continue reading →
If you are a parent who thinks it’s OK to dress your 4 year old daughter up to look like this, then parade her in front of strangers, you should reexamine yourcore beliefs before Czar and ‘Puter showup on your … Continue reading →
Island Dweller writes in: Your Czarness, Esteemed Associate has sent me an article courtesy of a website he visits (as do I) called “Virtue Online.” This article has to do with a sometimes touchy subject, homosexuality. In particular, it deals … Continue reading →
A trio from Island Dweller, who now posts here more frequently than our own Confucius,* now concludes: Your immenseness: It would seem we have our lower-level supervisor who, according to the media, was directly responsible for providing guidance to anti-tea … Continue reading →
Part of the game’s weird charm are the clunky-looking graphics. But the game isn’t intended to dazzle you, but to provide a powerful learning environment. Царевич has developed a crazy affinity for the game Minecraft. If you don’t know what … Continue reading →
The Czar has a surprising experience the other day. He had the luck to strike a casual conversation with a total stranger—a 20-year-old nursing student. This makes her absolutely a Millennial, and the Czar would like to share some pieces … Continue reading →
This is Jack MacRae, who is one of the coolest guys around. In addition to his skills at animal care, he teaches some superb survival courses and tells some pretty funny stories. Today is the Царевич’s seventh birthday, and he … Continue reading →
The Wall Street Journal has a nicely balanced online piece on tweens’s use of the Internet. Instead of the usual scare-your-pants-off fear mongering, the essay takes a really solid look at the more popular sites and social media that todays … Continue reading →
So the news media is afire with reports of kids—yes, ordinary, good stay-at-home kids like yours… especially like yours—drinking hand sanitizer to get drunk! And many are ending up in a hospital! And here is a video we pulled off … Continue reading →
The Lil Med Student had his first baseball game (if that’s what you want to call it) this weekend. He was 2 for 2 at the plate (without using the tee), with 2 runs and an RBI. Defensively, he scooped up … Continue reading →
This article is at the intersection of Education & Health, and on the kids side of town, so you knew Dr. J. was going to have to comment on it. Published in the journal Pediatrics about two weeks ago, it … Continue reading →
Being a time-traveling robot, one doesn’t always think linearly so I have a couple thoughts that have been bouncing around the ol’ neural net and I figured I’d do a quick dump on each. ‘Puter would counsel me to say … Continue reading →
Unlikely as it seems, these words were spoken by Adam Urbanski, Rochester Teachers Association (union) president, in the context of difficult contract negotiations. It was an acknowledgment that a union cannot be so greedy that its employer can no longer … Continue reading →
The Czar loves stories like this. Three high school students discovered a radio pulsar in the constellation Ophiucus. Way to go! Above, the students receive official confirmation of their discovery. Hannah Mabry, center, hopes to become a radio astronomer and … Continue reading →
I’m going to tie together a few seemingly unrelated threads today. First, we have this study that finds that toddlers “neither plan for the future nor live completely in the present. Instead, they call up the past as they need … Continue reading →
You remember the IBM PCjr, right? Well, what you didn’t know is that there’s a Ghettoputerjr, as well. And he’s a chip off the old fatherboard. Mr. & Mrs. ’Puter were at a parent-teacher conference when the -teacher party bushwhacked … Continue reading →
