tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777572921251253526.post82165710685491099..comments2023-09-28T07:27:40.721-07:00Comments on Sardines in a Can: We Are The Champions, My Friends (sing it like Queen or it sounds like John McCain)Carol Pavliskahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03368979644107669048noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777572921251253526.post-36679528779689301102009-04-16T07:58:00.000-07:002009-04-16T07:58:00.000-07:00Thanks for posting your story. I enjoyed reading ...Thanks for posting your story. I enjoyed reading it! As a father of a kid who has been in Odyssey of the Mind competitions for the last 11 consecutive years (that's right - 11 years) and our team has been to the world finals 3 times previously, they had never won a Ranatra Fusca until this year. It is a huge honor. Our team has placed in the top 20 in the world for each of the last three years, once placing 3rd. We are going again this year, having placed 1st in both regional and in the state finals, but for our kids, being awarded a Ranatra Fusca at the state finals this year was the highest honor they have ever received. Congratulations to your team and to you!!!!! No one who hasn't witnessed it can appreciate the formation of a creative coherent solution from the weeks of chaos at the beginning. Seeing them work as a team and pull it all together is an awesome thing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777572921251253526.post-25411873689659344932009-03-09T21:37:00.000-07:002009-03-09T21:37:00.000-07:00I have just found your blog and loving your writin...I have just found your blog and loving your writing style. I was glued to my screen reading this story. Thanks for a great blog, I'm sure I'll be back regularly!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777572921251253526.post-28089332340711449842009-03-05T19:07:00.000-08:002009-03-05T19:07:00.000-08:00How fantastic, Congratulations!!!! Excited for al...How fantastic, Congratulations!!!! Excited for all of you. Hello to all of you.Stacy Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15235060516906342122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777572921251253526.post-36406692370087968042009-03-05T11:44:00.000-08:002009-03-05T11:44:00.000-08:00oops! that was me.oops! that was me.The Other Katiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07082913814196906863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777572921251253526.post-20112396379157518722009-03-05T11:43:00.000-08:002009-03-05T11:43:00.000-08:00aaahhh! I'm still mentally flipping out! They won....aaahhh! I'm still mentally flipping out! They won...everything! It's unbelievable! And I never thought of us as "over-shadowing, over-achieving older siblings" but I guess it is true... <BR/><BR/>You're right, it would make an awesome movie! With cameos of the actual team as "competition", smirking at their movie-version selves. You know, like how Stan Lee is in all the Marvel movies.<BR/><BR/>As for the title of the post... that song came to mind as soon as they came home on Saturday and told us! It was stuck in my head all weekend. :-DMentalMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18278030114279292954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777572921251253526.post-13321136466083267922009-03-05T10:20:00.000-08:002009-03-05T10:20:00.000-08:00Now wasn't that worth 19 kids with hot-glue guns?Now wasn't that worth 19 kids with hot-glue guns?simplynicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03297621690461299655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777572921251253526.post-55744091574124070172009-03-04T15:25:00.000-08:002009-03-04T15:25:00.000-08:00That is awesome!!! Congratulations to everyone! I ...That is awesome!!! Congratulations to everyone! I love that story.Brendy Vaughnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18177571467141978464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777572921251253526.post-29424783901206408702009-03-04T13:46:00.000-08:002009-03-04T13:46:00.000-08:00Skye here, from BlogHerAds. Please email me as so...Skye here, from BlogHerAds. Please email me as soon as you get a chance, thanks!<BR/><BR/>skye at blogher dot comSkye @ Planet Jinxatronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07516561141953659264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777572921251253526.post-26111029065085154512009-03-04T13:34:00.000-08:002009-03-04T13:34:00.000-08:00Thanks Pamela and Juliana! Pamela - are you gonna...Thanks Pamela and Juliana! Pamela - are you gonna have that baby or what? When are you due?<BR/>My word is clierses. Which sounds like the plural form of something you'd hear in health class or sex ed. An STD maybe? Or (gulp) gentalia? Hmmmm....I DO NOT believe these are random. There is a method to the madness of verification words.....Carol Pavliskahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03368979644107669048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777572921251253526.post-80776535012794989722009-03-04T13:01:00.000-08:002009-03-04T13:01:00.000-08:00this is so exciting! kudos to your team, Ms. Carol...this is so exciting! kudos to your team, Ms. Carol!!! i'm so happy for them. <BR/>and it's awesome that they placed first in all 3 categories! wow<BR/>congrats!!!! :D<BR/><BR/><BR/>word: geadowni<BR/>.... get down? eee? ha<BR/><BR/>ok and this is just wrong.... pormoJulianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01732484568208610782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777572921251253526.post-69105649102812942362009-03-04T12:54:00.000-08:002009-03-04T12:54:00.000-08:00finished reading.and yes, that? is. sweet. and my ...finished reading.<BR/>and yes, that? is. sweet.<BR/> <BR/>and my word is teeffort.<BR/><BR/>team effort.Pamelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13652737346135197054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777572921251253526.post-33349746264021471362009-03-04T12:38:00.000-08:002009-03-04T12:38:00.000-08:00Okay, so thanks for the Renatra Fusca explanation....Okay, so thanks for the Renatra Fusca explanation.<BR/><BR/>Going back to reading now.Pamelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13652737346135197054noreply@blogger.com