"Think something of beauty..."
3 years ago
Colorado
Colorado had a huge storm today.
I just ate lunch on the patio.
I love Wilmington.
And in other news, only partially applicable, is that it was a coworker's last day today. She has worked in our department for over three months. I suggested to my boss that we should do something for her and my boss decided she would take us out to lunch. She sent out an invite via Microsoft Outlook, and both my coworker and I accepted. Today, at 11, my coworker came into my office, and asked me not to come to lunch. It was very hurtful. My boss was put off by this, and insisted that I go. Lunch was terribly awkward.
The only upshot to all this?
She's leaving to move to Colorado.
For Olivia
OD ~ I can't comment on your blog. The link doesn't work. You may want to try a new template. But YAY for you getting rid of those other hideous colors. Aside from the comments link not working, it looks MUCH better. And so, in lieu of a comment, I'll make a blog post directed at you, with a little something everyone can enjoy.
Candy corn is the only candy in the history of America that’s never been advertised. And there’s a reason. All of the candy corn that was ever made was made in 1911. ~ Lewis Black
A Hurrah for Tom!!
Yay! Tom's high school has finally sent out his transcripts, and he is now officially enrolled at the local community college. Of the 9 classes he needs to take before applying to the university, 6 are either online or night classes, which works so well with our current schedules.We are also trying to think smart about all this. Tom has a required pre-calculus course, which the college allows you to test out of for credit. So we acquired a pre-calculus book on craigslist.org for $10 and I am teaching Tom pre-calculus. Then, the test is $92. For less than half the price he can get his credit, and get taught one on one, in a flexible environment.
I am so happy for him!
(photo from http://www.cfcc.edu/)
Math Jokes...
A mathematician, a physicist, and an engineer are riding a train through Scotland.
The engineer looks out the window, sees a black sheep, and exclaims, "Hey! The sheep in Scotland are black!"
The physicist looks out the window and corrects the engineer, "Well, all we know is that some of the sheep are black."
The mathematician looks out the window and corrects the physicist, "Strictly speaking, all we can say is that is that there exists a field in Scotland containing a sheep, at least one side of which is black."
The engineer looks out the window, sees a black sheep, and exclaims, "Hey! The sheep in Scotland are black!"
The physicist looks out the window and corrects the engineer, "Well, all we know is that some of the sheep are black."
The mathematician looks out the window and corrects the physicist, "Strictly speaking, all we can say is that is that there exists a field in Scotland containing a sheep, at least one side of which is black."
A newlywed husband is discouraged by his wife's obsession with mathematics. Afraid of being second fiddle to her profession, he finally confronts her: "Do you love math more than me?"
"Of course not, dear - I love you much more!"
Happy, although sceptical, he challenges her: "Well, then prove it!"
Pondering a bit, she responds: "Ok... Let epsilon be greater than zero..."
"Of course not, dear - I love you much more!"
Happy, although sceptical, he challenges her: "Well, then prove it!"
Pondering a bit, she responds: "Ok... Let epsilon be greater than zero..."
Q: Why do Universities have Mathematics departments?
A: It's cheaper than institutionalizing all those people.
A mathematician organizes a lottery in which the prize is an infinite amount of money. When the winning ticket is drawn, and the jubilant winner comes to claim his prize, the mathematician explains the mode of payment: "1 dollar now, 1/2 dollar next week, 1/3 dollar the week after that..."
Heisenberg is speeding down the road, and a cop pulls him over. The cop says "Sir, do you have any idea how fast you were going?" Heisenberg says "No, but i know exactly where i am."
An engineer, a physicist and a mathematician find themselves in an anecdote, indeed an anecdote quite similar to many that you have no doubt already heard.
After some observations and rough calculations the engineer realizes the situation and starts laughing.
A few minutes later the physicist understands too and chuckles to himself happily as he now has enough experimental evidence to publish a paper.
This leaves the mathematician somewhat perplexed, as he had observed right away that he was the subject of an anecdote, and deduced quite rapidly the presence of humor from similar anecdotes, but considers this anecdote to be too trivial a corollary to be significant, let alone funny.
An engineer, a physicist and a statistician are in a hotel when a fire starts.
"Pour water on it!" Cries the engineer
"No, remove the oxygen!" Says the physicist.
The statistician, seeing their disagreement, frantically runs round the hotel starting fires
"What the heck are you doing?" The other two ask
"Creating a decent sample size."
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