Kooshka's Tail

This is Kooshka's tail.  I find it interesting to watch his tail twitch.

For Gregor Mendel's 189th Birfday...

The Battle of the Peas

I won’t eat them

I won’t eat peas

Take them away

If you please

“C’mon, give peas a chance,”

She says

No, no, no.

I’d rather be dead!

“Don’t play with your food!”

(I push them around)

I try to leave

“Sit right down!”

“You can’t leave

Until you’re done,”

“And you have eaten

Every single one”

I take a nibble

I fake a bite

I spit them out

With all my might

Upon the floor

To the dog’s delight

I won’t eat them

Not without a fight!

They hold my nose

So I can’t breathe

“You’re gonna eat

All those peas!”

I clench my teeth,

I’m turning blue!

“Dontcha know there’s starving children

In Timbuktu!”

Well, go ahead

Give them my peas

Send them away

C.O.D.

I won’t eat them,

You can’t make me!

I won’t eat them,

No-sir-ree!

“I’ve had enough of this,

Go up to bed

And no dessert for you!”

(That’s what he said)

“But in the morning,

For breakfast, you’ll see,

A big, round plate

Of cold, green peas!”

You can’t do that!

It’s not fair!

No dessert?

And the peas still there!?

Well if it pleases you,

I don’t care

I’ll take you up

On your dare

Morning comes

I awake

Cold, green peas

The kind I hate

“Cap’n Crunch

Will have to wait

Until you finish everything

On your plate!”

Oh nooo!

This just can’t be

Dontcha remember?

I don’t like peas!

Wait a minute!

I’ve got a plan

As I sneak the peas

Into my hand

And drop them slowly

So they can’t see

Into my pocket

Secretively

Big, fat smile

On my face

All those peas

Have gone away!

“So, son,

How’d they taste?”

“Not too bad,”

I say in haste

Mother? Father?

May I be excused?

I have finished

All my food

“Yes, son,

Now get ready for school”

Tee, hee, hee. 

Parents are so easy to fool!

Sitting in the classroom

Just thinking about

The nasty green peas

That I can do without

This is not really

Where I want to be

But it’s better than eating

Those cold, green peas

Recess comes

Time to play

Tackle football

On the agenda today

They kick the ball

I try to block it

Smooshed all the peas

In my pocket!

Right in front

Of a girl I like

“Hey, everybody!

Look at Mike!”

Big, green stain

On my jeans

All the kids laughin’

And being mean

“He pea-ed his pants!”

Someone exclaimed

As I hang my head

And cry in shame

School bell rings. 

I’m not feeling well

I just went through

A day of hell

Home for dinner

What’s this I see?

A big, giant plate

Of broccoli!

The battle of the peas

I may have won

But the war of the vegetables

Has just begun!

© 1997 Michael Swiencki

Happy Birfday, Terry!

Welcome!

I am Bosco.
Thanks for coming to my blog! 

In this blog I will be exploring electrical projects that I like to make.  I will post video and pictures and tell you a little bit about the project.  I have been attending Burlington County College for the past 2 years and have recently graduated with highest honors from there with an Associate of Science in Engineering.  I am currently finishing up a few more courses so that I will also earn an Associate of Science in Mathematics by the end of summer.  I will be attending Drexel University in the fall, seeking a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering.

 I am new to electronics.  I enjoy it and like to figure things out and make things work.  Even though you can buy all kinds of electronic things for mere pennies nowadays, it is still fun to make them yourself, hack into things and make things that you can't find already manufactured.  It is also fun to scour thru thrift stores looking for electronic gadgets that you can rip apart and figure out how they work.  I like to up-cycle, recycle and reuse all the parts I find. 

One of my current projects wasa pair of Nike Air Force One Light Shoes that I wore to graduation.  It is controlled by an Arduino and I wrote some code that does the 7 different effects.  By pushing a button, you can switch between the different effects.  There are only two outputs (I connected every other light to each other in parallel).  Here is a video of it:

I also decorated the top of my mortar board in electroluminescent wire for graduation with a "Hi Mom!"  The battery pack was hidden in the cap.  It also has a blink mode so it flashes on and off like a neon sign.  Both of these things were a big hit at the graduation. 

Initially I thought that I wouldn't be allowed to attend graduation if I showed up with all the electric gear.  Underneath my gown, it certainly looked as though I was the Unabomber and was going to blow up the entire graduating class (ala the scene in the movie "Heathers").  But everyone loved it!  Even the President, as he was handing me my degree, was looking down at my shoes, instead of into the camera for my grad picture. 

     My next project: I am doing a couple of instructables for the LED contest, a "Wheel of Fortune" and a pressure-sensitive brake light.  Will post more in the coming days. CYA!