Bibleman: Combating Commandant of Confusion

The Bible Adventure Training Academy is interrupted when The Commandant of Confusion and his sidekick Chaos steal their secret weapon which helps the Bible Team put on the full armor of God "anytime, anyplace."

Scripture lesson: "Put on the full armor of God so that you can fight against the devil's evil tricks." Ephesians 6:111

Bibleman: Combating Commandant of Confusion is a Bibleman LIVE adventure. I was not expecting it to be live and was a little disappointed. The graphics weren't that great and every once in a while, the screen would become small and was placed in the left-hand corner which was annoying.

But overall, Bibleman is a great experience for children to learn more about the armor of God an how to use it.

(By the way, I received this movie for free from BookSneeze, and I am not required to write a "good" review.)

In loving memory of Chief Cherpa

Today the rainy weather seems appropriate...
Yesterday, when Doyle was getting a ride to Bible study Cherpa bolted out the door. Continuously mom tried to call him back but he wouldn't listen, as usual. That dogs personalty didn't fit his size.
Mom immediately rushed him to the puppy hospital, unfortunately, his pelvis was crushed, and there were only two options: surgery, (the chances that it would succeed were quite slim, and there was the possibility of him being in pain for the rest of his life) and...
Anyway, I thank God that we had that little dog while we did...

Cuttlefish

This report is not quite exhaustive...
I was originally interested in cuttlefish from "Sunday school" /youth group, when my leader put on a video about different animals that defy evolution. The next day was the first day after Christmas break, and in the morning, Ethan and I really didn't want to do school (I know, we are spoiled) My mom said since I was so fascinated by cuttlefish, that I could write a report on them for school, so I did.

My exhausting report on

Cuttlefish

Cuttlefish are amazing creatures. Sometimes called, “the chameleon of the sea” because of their incredible ability to change color in a split second.

Cuttlefish tend to range in size from 15cm to 25cm; their life span is about 18-24 months. Their diet consists of mollusks, crabs, shrimp, fish, octopus, worms, and even other smaller cuttlefish.

The scientific name for a cuttlefish is sepia. Sepia ink was used by artists for their paintings. For cuttlefish, this ink is a means of escape from predators.

If a large fish were to attack a cuttlefish the cuttlefish would eject a cloud of dark brown ink towards its attacker, which would coat its nostrils. Meanwhile, the cuttlefish is hidden from view and propels itself using a siphon which forcibly expels water and moves the cuttlefish backwards.

During mating season, some male cuttlefish use sexual mimicry to successfully impregnate females.(1)

The male to female ratio is about four to one but can get as high as eleven males to one female. Because of this, consort males (males with female partners) guard their mate almost constantly.

Large consort males mate the most; forcing smaller males use trickery and mimicry to mate at all. The techniques used by small males include waiting until the consort male is distracted by repelling other competition, waiting for females under rocks, or making themselves look and act like females to get close to females. When mimicking they get close to females about half of the time.

To mimic females, males hide their fourth arms, adjust the pattern on their skin, and act like egg-laying females. Shortly after spawning, females become lethargic and their body quickly deteriorates.

The eggs are laid in clumps and are coated in ink from the mother; this serves as a camouflage for the eggs. It takes 14 days for the eggs to develop and they hatch at a much further developed stage than an octopus. They immediately start feeding on suitably small shrimp.

1. Senior scientist Roger Hanlon and his colleagues at the Marine Biological Laboratory

BAM!

I'm sorry I haven't posted in a really long time, I have been kind of avoiding it because there is always so much readin- I mean work to do around here.

We went to the Boise Art Museum today (or BAM) because it is free on the first Thursday of every month.
I would've taken pictures, but there were no cameras allowed, so I looked up a couple of pictures of art by Ansel Adams (1902-1984), and James Castle (1899-1977) online.

Here's a picture of James Castle.
Wikipedia said that he was mute, illiterate, and mentally challenged.

He was also pretty poor, for pens he sharpened sticks and twigs, for ink he mixed stove soot and saliva.
Paper was scavenged from useless or found supplies (bulk mail, cardboard cartons, cigarette packages, or discarded
textbooks).
Here's one of my favorite of his drawings, it looks like a kitchen or maybe a living room

This one of the cat in a purple dress, I'm not sure what he used for the color, but it is very, hmm...
How do I put this?
Interesting.

Ansel Adams was a photographer, and he traveled around the World and took incredible pictures for a living, He was born is San Fransisco and was an only child.
These are only a couple of his very many pictures.