{"id":1871,"date":"2012-06-04T21:29:07","date_gmt":"2012-06-05T02:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zingman.com\/blog\/?p=1871"},"modified":"2012-06-04T21:29:07","modified_gmt":"2012-06-05T02:29:07","slug":"thumbnail-image","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zingman.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/04\/thumbnail-image\/","title":{"rendered":"Thumbnail Image"},"content":{"rendered":"

Over the weekend the kids\u2019 school had their annual carnival. This is the major fund raiser for the school, and a pretty large-scale affair, taking over the whole north parking lot and athletic field with rides like a ferris wheel and roller coaster and fun house, and food and your classic midway games. It went on for four days and every family has to volunteer. I spent an evening working one of game booths, handing out bean bags to throw, and the occasional stuffed animal to a winner. At the start it wasn\u2019t too crowded and I had a chance to go around and study a few of the games and figure out what makes them so hard to win. It\u2019s a similar design psychology to trade show exhibits and magic acts. I figured out a reliable method for a couple of them, and all the ones involving throwing darts I\u2019m good at, and the ones involving throwing balls or beanbags not so much. I accidentally won a giant lizard tossing a ring onto a milk jug. We named him Carlos Sebastian Bach in honor of the Mets’ no-hitter. Between hanging out and working we were there three of the days. The kids had a great time. The last day had some dramatic, intense but brief rainstorms. At one point it was torrentially pouring and bright sunlight at the same time.<\/p>\n

In other news, Lizzy painted her nails to look like the flags of various nations.<\/p>\n

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