Sunday, October 29, 2023

Meta Rock-Paper-Scissors

So Henry came up with new words to say when playing Rock-Paper-Scissors. One of them is "Eee." Eee beats everything (except Ree). "Un" beats "Ree." So, as you can tell, why on earth would anyone say "rock"? If I say rock, then you could just say Eee and beat me. If I say Paper you can say Eee and beat me. If I say Scissors you could say Eee and beat me. So really I would have to say Eee. But if I have to do that, then you would say Ree. So I would have to say Un. But Eee beats Un.

So, as you can tell, these simple rules changes takes Rock-Paper-Scissors to the next level (albeit in reality it's still an A beats B beats C beats A scenario).

You can also say "Galaxy," which beats everything except Eee. You can also say "Nothing," which beats everything except Eee. If both of you say "Nothing," it's not a tie, you both get a point.

So with two other things that beat everything except Eee, the odds have shifted a little. Now you want to say Eee more often. Which means you want to say Ree more often. Which means you want to say Un more often. But if you say Ree or Un more often, then the other person can just say Galaxy or Nothing to beat you. "Nothing" beats "Galaxy."

Henry made up this version in 2nd grade during dismissal.



Sunday, October 15, 2023

Design Notes on my Greek God Game

 I will put these note pages up with no context, except for the fact that these are for this game.









Sunday, October 8, 2023

Little vacation to L.A.

A month or so ago I got Heather a ticket to see a concert in Las Angeles, California. It was the TwoSet Violin Worlds Tour. TwoSet is a fun music (violinist) YouTube channel that Heather watches. 

The show was October 3rd, a Tuesday. It also happened to fall within my October break, which went from September 25 to October 6. So we made plans to go.

We packed on Monday. On Tuesday we drove to L.A. There are a lot of homeless people in L.A. apparently. That night Heather went to the show and the three kids and I hung out in the car and McDonalds. That night we stayed in a hotel.

On Wednesday we woke up, ate, and then went to the beach. On Wednesday night we left California and drove straight home so that the kids could go to school on Thursday. Which is what they did.

Below are some pictures.