Microwave Safety

For class this week, I presented a short public service announcement on microwave safety. Naturally, I wanted to capture my audience's attention, so I focused on all the bad things that can happen if you do not use a microwave properly. In my initial script, I started out with death as the worst possible consequence. Mommy thought this was a bit over the top, so the version above sets up death with other scenarios. I also try to illustrate each of the bad outcomes using my acting skills. For instance, if you burn yourself in a microwave, I jump up and down and yell

Hot, hot, hot, hot, hot!

A line I borrowed from Super Mario Galaxy. Mario says this when he falls into lava.

Check it out. It's important safety advice.

Victory

Today was the Pinewood Derby. This year, Mom pulled out all the science. She got a device to check things like the camber and width of the wheelbase. She got another device make sure the wheels were exactly circular. We hit the weight limit out to 4/100ths of an ounce. I helped too.

Well, all of that hard work paid off. My car came in second in the WHOLE PACK. I was first among the wolves, and I'm off to the Blackhawk 500---the big regional Pinewood race where Cub Scouts from as afar away as Sacramento come to compete. I can't wait.

Hooray for the Yoshi-mobile. And hooray for Mom!

Warriors

On Friday night, we went to see the Warriors take on the Bucks. It was Cub Scout day. Great game--the Warriors led through 3 quarters only to lose in the end. It was also an historic game. The Warriors only suited 8 players. One of them got injured and 3 fouled out, leaving only 4 players. By rule, each team must have 5 players on the court so Steph Curry played even though he had fouled out. Apparently, this is the first time in the history of the NBA that this has happened.

After the game, we shot free throws on the real court. I almost got it in as this video shows.