On today’s episode of Math and Musings you’ll hear me discuss Neil King Jr.’s American Ramble. It’s similar to the Jenkins story from last week… but better written and 40 years into the future. And damn I wish I’d thought of it first. … Continue reading
Holiday festivities this season have centered around striking a balance between what I can and cannot allow my nine-year-old son to experience. For example, 8-Bit Christmas? Yeah, he can handle that. South Park Christmas? Not so much. It’s not that I don’t think … Continue reading
In my front yard these days I have an eight-foot-tall inflatable Santa Claus. Every morning I wrestle with it for 20 minutes or so getting it upright and balanced properly. If you’ve ever seen an episode of Family Guy where Peter … Continue reading
A few weeks ago I wrote about Peter Jenkins and his book, A Walk Across America, and my book, The Other Side of the Coin. You didn’t think I was going to skip out on talking about it too, right? Enter today’s episode of Math … Continue reading
I’ve noted before that the days between Thanksgiving Day and the first of December are among the silliest of the calendar year. When Thanksgiving is over you just want it to be December. This year I’m trying to make the … Continue reading
I’ve been a teacher for the past 16 years. During this time I’ve seen dozens of movies and TV shows that involve an unspoken premise, that somehow it’s easy to enter the teaching profession. Like any other job, you show up, … Continue reading
It’s no secret that the little podcast I do is not live. Actually I think every podcast, by definition, is not live. Sometimes I record the things a few days ahead, sometimes it’s like weeks or months. Hence my having absolutely … Continue reading
On last week’s Math and Musings I mentioned briefly to my nine-year-old guest the magic of the night before Thanksgiving. Thankfully he knew nothing about it and I intend to keep it that way for as long as I can. Santa’s … Continue reading
Some artists are prolific, dealing in quantity as much as quality. Others, the J.D. Salingers among us, parcel out their genius more deliberately. For some it’s not their fault. Who knows how many more movies James Dean would have made … Continue reading
Never mind the barren trees, never mind the early nights, never mind the colder temps. The true sign of autumn turning to winter is Wendy’s swapping out the pumpkin spice frosty for peppermint. Yup, it’s on. For this and other … Continue reading