run, run, as fast as you can - September 01, 2010 23:33 - By: NoisyPenguin
You can't catch me, I'm the gingerbread man!



Dr. Pants is the oldest of three boys. When each of his younger brothers was born, his dad got gingerbread men - two big ones and two (then three) small ones to talk to Dr. Pants about how his family was growing and changing. Dr. Pants remembered this and wanted to get gingerbread men for Mr. Poop after the baby was born so we could talk about our family with him.

Neither of Dr. Pants' brothers were born in the holiday season (one in April, one in July), so I have no idea where his dad found a bakery with gingerbread men, but I can [more]

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sine cosine, cosine sine! - May 20, 2010 02:42 - By: NoisyPenguin
*originally posted March 15, 2009*

Three point one four one five nine! Sunday, March 14 was Pi Day, because Pi (the number) is 3.14..., and math nerds all over celebrate this magically irrational number by eating pie. I am a recovering math nerd, and Dr. Pants is a practicing math nerd. If you are a super nerd you eat your pie at 1:59 and 26 seconds. We are not hardcore enough to do that. Okay, so I didn't bake the pie early enough. If I had there's a chance we would have. We regularly watch reruns of Star Trek: The Next Generation. I think we might qualify as super nerds.



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