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About Me

A mathematician at a famous university went to look around the new auditorium, and when she got there, she found the dean of the faculty staring at the ceiling and muttering to himself, "...forty-six, forty-seven, forty-eight..." Naturally she interrupted the count to find out what it was for. "I'm counting the lights," said the dean. The mathematician looked up at the perfect rectangular array of lights and said, "That's easy, there are... twelve that way, and ... eight that way. Twelve eights are ninety-six." "No, no," said the dean impatiently. "I want the exact number." ---*This is a story I'm quoting from a book on mathematics. It seems this is one of many stories told between mathematicians when the non-mathematicians leave the room. I would not call myself a mathematician, but I appreciate the humor and the underlying frustration. If you get it, you are likely a kindred spirit. If not, don't worry about it, it's not meant for you.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Stephen Hawking, Mike Dean, Pepper Keenan (like to see what he's like sober), Neil Fallon (again), Dan Maines (didn't get to talk much when I met him), Vincent Abbott, Jimmy Carter, The Dalai Lama

My Blog

busters of myths

Why do they even bother with testing some of these things? Apparently there's been some discussion on the internet regarding whether a plane could take off if it was on a conveyor belt running backwar...
Posted by on Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:27:00 GMT

Chess

Chess is a great game. And with the internet I can now play just about whenever I want. The problem is that people on the internet are a bunch of worthless pieces of crap. That's not just true of inte...
Posted by on Mon, 12 Nov 2007 23:43:00 GMT

Kettlewells Peppered Moths

I used the example of peppered moths in support of natural selection in an earlier blog. I just found out that this evidence has been challenged. I was going to do some research and write something of...
Posted by on Tue, 02 Oct 2007 06:40:00 GMT

A quick one

Some stupid questions: If we evolved from monkeys then why are there still monkeys? Why didn't they all evolve? Why don't they make the whole plane out of the same stuff they use for the black box? T...
Posted by on Fri, 28 Sep 2007 02:32:00 GMT

A kid in a field

I was walking thru a field near where I grew up and I saw a kid in the middle of the field crying. I walked over to see what was wrong and saw that he was holding a $100 bill. I asked what was wr...
Posted by on Fri, 28 Sep 2007 02:06:00 GMT

Crap

Well, crap. Down just released their new album and I'm broke. Joined a band and it disbanded. Job sucks and it's just getting worse. In all honesty though, I'm not that worried about it. I've got my f...
Posted by on Fri, 28 Sep 2007 01:45:00 GMT

Math: Those who get it and those who don't.

This is a story I'm quoting from a book on mathematics. It seems this is one of many stories told between mathematicians when the non-mathematicians leave the room. I would not call myself a ma...
Posted by on Fri, 01 Jun 2007 04:53:00 GMT

Letter to the MPA

This is an email I wrote to the Music Publishers' Association: I was disturbed to learn that the MPA is attempting to stop the online sharing of sheet music and tablature. For many of us unable to pla...
Posted by on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 04:25:00 GMT

I want to know.

I enjoy knowing things. Not pointless things like whether this shirt is in style or those pants are trendy. That's useless and a waste of time. I want to understand the way the universe works. I want ...
Posted by on Thu, 04 Jan 2007 22:16:00 GMT

A bulletin I got from a friend

I must send my thanks to whoever sent me the one about rat poop in the glue on envelopes because I now have to use a wet towel with every envelope that needs sealing. Also, now I have to scrub the top...
Posted by on Fri, 17 Nov 2006 12:55:00 GMT