LaTeX in blogger.

I found a nice website that allows you to put LaTeX inline with blog posts and other things. For example:

 X = \{ x | x \in (1, 2) \}

All I had to do was add some javascript to my template.

Glacier Animal Identification Updates

It's that time again! Rebekah's family was in town a couple weeks ago and we took them to Glacier and really hit the jackpot for animal sightings. I thought I would start out with the new identifications by updating some of the animals already featured in this series:

Bighorn:

Rebekah was able to catch a video of some young bighorn practice their head crashing skills. We also got the chance to pick up a bighorn skull in the discovery center (there were lots of fun things in there). Their horns are really heavy, I'm glad they don't like to headbutt people.

Marmot:

As always the Marmots were not shy for attention. Once we reached Cracker lake we had one very curious hoary Marmot walk right in front of me posing every few seconds.




But not all the attention went to the marmot:

Moose:

We saw several moose with antlers this time on our scouting trip before Rebekah's family came.





Then when they came we saw one as we were hiking on the trail.





I'll have more updates soon with new animals!

Out of the blue.

Here is another stack from When Do I Get a Brownie:






“Drop the fire sword”

Time is of the essence when it comes to brownies.

When do I get a brownie?

So awhile back we were inspired by a blog and since the game either didn't have a name or we didn't remember it, we decided to call it “When do I get a brownie?” (A quote from Rebekah's mom). The game is kind of a visual telephone game where a phrase is interpreted as a picture, which is then interpreted again as a phrase. To play, each person (6-9 people is best) starts with as many blank squares of scrap paper as there are people. Each person then writes a phrase on the top piece of paper and passes their whole stack to the next person. When a player gets a stack they read the phrase and place that piece of paper on the bottom of the stack and draw a picture that represents the phrase. The stack is passed again and the player that gets the picture looks at it and then places it on the bottom of the stack and writes what phrase they think the picture represents. The game then ends when the stack gets back to the original phrase writer. Once everyone is finished the stacks are shared and much hilarity ensues.


While we were making Triple Chocolate Coffee Bean Cookies the other day we played “When do I get a brownie?” with four players passing the stacks two rounds (we also added a fifth stack to make it a little harder to remember which stack was the one you started with). Here is one of the stacks:



Cindy started out with “Wet socks are bad luck”.



Clara followed with some lovely wet socks (most certianly unlucky on their own) and a crossed out four-leaf clover.



Rebekah interpreted this as “Gym socks dripping with sweat are not a good luck charm.” A reasonable interpretation.



I then drew a charm necklace featuring a four-leaf clover, rainbow, gym socks (crossed out and dripping), fuzzy dice, and a pony (quite the charming necklace). My attention to detail here caused quite a backlog.



Cindy then interpreted that as “Charm bracelets should never have socks” (a truism I'm sure).



Clara then took the quick route with the impression of individual charms (one slightly detailed towards a four-leaf clover) an implies arrow and a no socks sign. I think I would have interpreted this one as “Beads imply no-sock-wearing hippy”.



Rebekah instead thought that that meant “Charm bracelets are not gym socks”.



I was still in the mindset of “necklace” so I quickly drew a charm necklace that only a geometry teacher could love not equaling socks. I'll post some of the funnier stacks so that all can enjoy.

Glacier Animal Identification VI

First let me say that these animals are most certainly wild and should never be directly approached. Always respect the animal's space.



While their name is misleading as they are part of the antelope rather than the goat family, the Mountain Goat is the certainly deserving of the mountain part of their name. They pretty much ignore other lifeforms and go about their business knowing that they could climb straight up a near by cliff and get out of harms way if needed. All the rest of the animals seem to know this too so they don't bother. Some eagles are a threat to the babies and the nannies will defend against such attacks. Here are a group of goats by the trail waiting out the wind:



When they are not getting blown around in the wind they seem to be fond of posing for pictures. This one even cooperated in trying to make the ledge look as precarious as it could:



Baby mountain goats are quite possibly the cutest creatures in Glacier (Rebekah has told me this).



Much of our time in Glacier is spent documenting baby mountain goats and their cuteness.







We have much much more, but really you just have to see them in person.

Update:The videos do not show up even though they show when previewing them in the editor. I assume this is a temporary issue that Blogger will figure out soon.

Glacier Animal Identification V

Bighorn Sheep are pretty much sheep with big horns. Their bodies are pretty big too, but they tend to be pretty docile creatures. They can get away for most any predator by using their excellent climbing skills and the rocky terrain.



We have some other pictures of bighorn but they are not on this computer, so we will post them later.