Beautiful thing about having a podcast and a blog is that if you forget to mention something on one you can mention it on the other. Today’s episode of Math and Musings celebrates the life and times of Queen Elizabeth II. Basically … Continue reading
I’m five years behind the times, but I’ve now seen every episode of Nathan for You, the Comedy Central gem from Canadian funnyman Nathan Fielder. Fielder is the star and the brainchild behind this summer’s HBO hit, The Rehearsal, which got me … Continue reading
And of the two games I was watching this weekend it was my hometown Washington Commanders who came away with a victory, not the heavily favored Fighting Irish of Notre Dame. My fault. I totally jinxed them with Friday’s episode of Math … Continue reading
Today there are a thousand and one obituaries celebrating the life and times of Elizabeth II, the British queen who served longer than any other, and second-longest-tenured monarch in all of recorded human history. Elizabeth died yesterday at the age … Continue reading
There is no manmade force or object that stops Yankee slugger Aaron Judge from homering each day. Just the cruel, cruel fate of Mother Nature and her ill-timed precipitation. After hitting home runs in three consecutive games (and a total … Continue reading
For the past several weeks I’ve been catching up on old episodes of Nathan for You, the Comedy Central offering which aired from 2013-2017. (“Old” is a relative term.) I’m sure I’m not the only person doing this, trying to find … Continue reading
Tomorrow begins a new season of one of my favorite pastimes: watching Notre Dame football. I’ve been doing it for more than 30 years. When you’re a kid you don’t realize that the players are not that much older than … Continue reading
In 1970 Reggie Jackson led the American League in two unfortunate categories: strikeouts and caught stealing. I’m sure at the time Reggie was given great flak for his high number of strikeouts. But caught stealing? Probably a shrug. Funny how … Continue reading
The jazz world suffered a shocking blow last Thursday when multi-instrumentalist bandleader Joey DeFrancesco died at the age of 51. I’ve read a dozen articles about Joey’s life and death but still haven’t found one that details the cause of … Continue reading
On today’s episode of Math and Musings I offer a shortened version of a presentation I gave to a room full of educators this past Monday on using sports statistics as a teaching tool. It’s basically a description of what I … Continue reading