ThorHulk

Today we caught a bus into downtown San Jose. From the window I saw a man at a street corner holding a sign. He also had two flags I didn't recognise sticking out of his backpack. To those motorists who acknowledged him he waved and saluted with two fingers held out, Winston Churchill style. The sign said "Bring our troops home". In Seattle we frequently went past a man with a similar sign but his sign said "Guns and Ammo" and had a giant arrow pointing at his shop.

We got off the bus at the Convention Centre in downtown. A comic book fan convention was happening and the square outside the convention centre was packed with realistically costumed teenagers and adults who weren't concerned with being mistaken for Comic Book Guy from The Simpsons. No I mustn' be too critical - I used to like comics when I was a young 30 years old. Who knows, If I had known there were comics conventions I too might have made a giant polystyrene foam hammer and dressed up like the son of Thor and the Hulk. (Apologies to comics fans who actually know who this character is).

We also visited the Tech Museum of Innovation. This turned out to be collection of interactive displays for children.

I am sure these interactive displays are great for teaching kids about science but whenever I visit one of these museums, the kids are monopolising all the cool things to do and usually smashing them to bits without seeming to learn anything. In my science museum the coolest interactive exhibitions would be reserved for certain select adults namely me.