Perkins - i just got over a case of conjunctivitis. If i hadn't already scoured my entire house and laundered everything not stapled down i would share some of the virus with you. My advice: go around touching doorknobs, then your eyes.
Buffy: How bored were you last year? Giles: I watched 'Passions' with Spike. Let us never speak of it.
'Beneath You'
Natter 65: Speed Limit Enforced by Aircraft
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
erin_obscure - Feb 02, 2010 5:53:44 am PST #5579 of 30001
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
Cashmere - Feb 02, 2010 5:54:35 am PST #5580 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.
tommyrot - Feb 02, 2010 6:26:57 am PST #5581 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Perhaps someone might find this interesting: Take a Second Shot at Understanding Math
Mathematics tends to bisect people into either fascination or annoyance. If you're in the latter camp, or actually like math but can't quite get a hold of it, a Cornell professor is blogging a kind of re-introduction to math for adults.
§ ita § - Feb 02, 2010 6:27:45 am PST #5582 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Great. New Guy is out today, and I forgot to ensure he gave me explicit prep for the meetings he wants me to cover. One I can wing, one I've never been to before, and I have no idea what they'll want from me.
I knew he'd forget to give it to me of his own volition, but he was busy when I left yesterday, and it totally slipped my mind.
tommyrot - Feb 02, 2010 6:31:46 am PST #5583 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I have no idea what they'll want from me.
Some kind of duck-related dance?
Tom Scola - Feb 02, 2010 6:35:10 am PST #5584 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
§ ita § - Feb 02, 2010 6:36:24 am PST #5585 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Some kind of duck-related dance?
Homey don't dance.
At work.
Hil R. - Feb 02, 2010 6:37:06 am PST #5586 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Is that the math column in the NY Times? I read the first one and thought it was pretty good.
tommyrot - Feb 02, 2010 6:42:15 am PST #5587 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Is that the math column in the NY Times?
Yeah.
The best introduction to numbers I’ve ever seen — the clearest and funniest explanation of what they are and why we need them — appears in a “Sesame Street” video called “123 Count With Me.” Humphrey, an amiable but dim-witted fellow with pink fur and a green nose, is working the lunch shift at The Furry Arms hotel, when he takes a call from a room full of penguins. Humphrey listens carefully and then calls out their order to the kitchen: “Fish, fish, fish, fish, fish, fish.” This prompts Ernie to enlighten him about the virtues of the number six.
flea - Feb 02, 2010 6:46:33 am PST #5588 of 30001
information libertarian
I thought it was good, too, and was meaning to link it here.
It's fascinating having kids and watching them start to grasp numbers. Both kids went through a phase where they understood numbers up to 4, but not beyond. Casper now (6.5) can do addition and subtraction up to 20 (partly using her fingers) and is really good with change (can pick which coins you need to make 87 cents) but does not fully grasp the concept of the 10s and 100s places. I got her an abacus hoping that would help.