Archive for 'Seriously, how did the dinosaurs die?' Category
new happy place
22 April 2008I watched this video 8 times before 9:15 this morning. And kind of teared up a little, but was mostly overcome with giddiness. As Work Friend Sarah says, “I thought that the best part had to be the giant squid. Then Steven Hawking showed up.”
Trust me on this one– and happy earth day!
via Aunt [...]
Smittens
5 December 2007I am not a loser of things. I like to think that I’m not a loser, full stop, but I might own a few too many melissa joan hart movies to really give that claim some weight. Anyway, I don’t lose things. I lost one thing in all of 2006, but I really got my [...]
this might be almost as good as spending the night at the museum of natural history. almost.
29 November 2007Guys, listen. They keep the Bronx zoo open late at night and you can GO when it’s DARK and see the siberian tiger nighttime enrichment sessions!! Among other things!! December 7-9 is the Dinosaur Dig themed activity weekend. And I get $10 with my work discount. So… we’re going, right? Who’s in on this? Emla, [...]
Dinosaurs By Moonlight 4: The Boyfriend Speaks
16 March 2007Previously…
When we last spoke, I was “threatening” to send character references to The Museum of Natural History in order to sway them into allowing me to spend the night there. After soliticing two of my childhood best friends, both my brothers, The Boyfriend, my father, and a former coworker about writing reccomendations for me, The [...]
I’ll tell you exactly what war is good for
6 March 2007I’ve been picking a lot of fights recently. The Musuem of Natural History fight is currently at an impasse, as they’ve stopped responding to my emails in their polite but clipped way that I always enjoy. I’m also still waiting for my panel of experts to turn in their character references (ahem, DAD. and jordan [...]
Dinosaurs by Moonlight 3: Son of Dinosaurs by Moonlight
23 February 2007To catch you up to speed, I’m currently campaigning The Museum of Natural History to allow me to participate in its Night At The Museum program, despite the fact that I am not 8-12 years old nor in a position to acquire and accompany an 8-12 year old child. Following our initial correspondence (Dinosaurs by [...]
Dinosaurs by Moonlight, part two
2 February 2007I was pleasantly surprised by the speedy response I received from the Museum of Natural History regarding my quest to sleep in the museum unaccompanied by a small child. I was not, however, pleasantly surprised by the nature of their response:
Dear Sir or Madam,
As of now, all of our sleepover dates are sold out through [...]
Dinosaurs by moonlight
31 January 2007Did you know that you can buy tickets to spend a night camping out at the Museum of Natural History? And they take you on a tour with flashlights to see the dinosaurs?? How has this not come to my attention yet? Oh wait, because the ageist tyrants at the AMNH say you have to [...]