September 19, 2012

Trivia Tuesday: Name That Gymnast Answers

Posted by Brenna Malmberg

How did you do? Most of these faces should be pretty familiar with all the media attention they received during and after the Olympics, but I threw in a few that were a little tougher.

1. Nastia Liukin: Not at this Olympics, but all-around winner and five-time Olympic medalist in 2008.

Source: brennamedia.com . . .


September 18, 2012

Trivia Tuesday: Name That Gymnast

Posted by Brenna Malmberg

At 1 p.m. this Saturday (Sept. 22), you need to be upside down. Yes. Turn your body in some way that you see the world from a completely different angle. Why? Because it's National Gymnastics Day!

To participate, you can handstand, cartwheel, flip, forward roll or really anything! When you do, take a picture and post it on the USA Gymnastics or brennamedia Facebook page. With USA Gymnastics, you can even win prizes. . . .


September 17, 2012

Green Speak Monday: The First Bird-friendly Wind Turbine

Posted by Brenna Malmberg

For $550, Raymond Green, an 89-year-old California resident, built a bird-friendly wind turbine.

Even though capturing wind energy doesn't kill as many birds as wind haters want you to think, a California military veteran decided to give wind turbines a different design for the birds. This new blade-less design is called the Catching Wind Power (CWP) Compressed Air Enclosed Wind Turbine. (It probably needs a shorter name.) The wind sock and compression cone allow for a quiet design that doesn't have to reach as high into the air. Even though this sounds great, Raymond Green has to perfect the model before people are going to have little wind catchers in their backyard. He is working with a New Jersey-based company to refine the creation. . . .


September 16, 2012

First Battlefield

Posted by Brenna Malmberg

Cole stands in unsafe, Confederate canon range at the Cold Harbor Battlefield.

Today, I visited my first battlefield. I really didn't have any expectations other than I didn't want any ghost soliders touring with us. Thankfully, that didn't happen. Instead, we first stopped at the Battle of Cold Harbor. It's down the road near Mechanicsville, Va., in Hanover County, kind of near Richmond. Inside the tiny information building, we gazed at some Civil War images and watched dots fight it out on a display map. . . .


September 14, 2012

Photo Friday: First Day of School

Posted by Brenna Malmberg

Last month, Cole embarked on a new adventure. He started his first day of law school. While he marched off on his 25 minute walk to the Law School building, I was working from my desk at home. So, we had no first-day-of-school picture.

That had to be fixed, but the moment and day was over.

So we staged it.

Next year on his first day of school, we are going to have to plan better so it can be authentic. Regardless, enjoy these two school pictures. :) . . .