I had a special treat tonight.. I got to kick off the science fair at Richmond Elementary School.. All three boys went there.. and its the place I got my start as a mad scientist performer.. I remember doing a science show for max’s kindergarten class in 1993.. .From then on, I did several shows a year for each of Max, Sam and Gabes classes.. and eventually for all the teachers in that school.. then the district, then the region.. then..the state.. the the northeast.. It all started here for me and it felt very good to be walkign around in there again. The science fair was wonderful.. there were about 50 kids showing there smart stuff.. there were projects on hydroponics, on magnetism, on electricity, on languages of cats even .

I really liked one kids project on fulgarites.. fulgarites are pieces of melted sand cased usually by lightening.. these were caused by a downed high voltage line in the wind storms last fall.. how cool is that ?

Around 6L30 everyone filed into the cafeteria and my show began. I was so surprised to see as many of my freinds there with young kids.. here’s Sara my work buddy with her daughter Dahlia (hey.. where’s dahlia ? )

it wasa nice size crowd, lots of familiar face.. I only had 30 min, so I gave an abbreviated version of my show.. I think  it went pretty well..

Even my buddy Erin was in the roo.. still not completely sure how she ended up there..

I loved being back in the school.. I left a sam stone in the library .. i remember reading all three kids books in there.

I had lots of helpers as I reloaded the car.. As I got in.. I guessed that it was 7:58 PM.. I turned on the car..and was surprised to see that I had guessed exactly right.. then I realized, I was looking at the trip odometer.. how funny I thought..

Then I looked at the clock..!

The world has wierd ways of tellign you things.. what did it just say to me ?

nite all, nite sam

-me