Usually when my local school district cancels school for “snow” I laugh, because there’s usually about three flakes on the ground. I’m from an inhospitable land where it actually snows, like, a lot, and if there’s six or seven inches of … Continue reading
Last week I finally got around to watching The Unseen Alistair Cooke. Apparently it’s more than a dozen years old, but has become available on the PBS app only recently. (And is disappearing quickly too so I suggesting getting on it … Continue reading
I’ve read half a dozen books so far over this prolonged winter break, though I’ll admit one of those books I read twice. Well, no, it’s two separate books, but damned if the two aren’t very similar. Leigh Montville and … Continue reading
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again now: New Year’s Eve is my favorite holiday. For a further discussion (uh oh, here comes the commercial), tune in to Math and Musings today, available wherever podcasts are sold.
Remember when TV shows followed the school-year schedule? New season starts in the fall and ends in spring? Yeah, neither do most people. They probably don’t remember when Curb Your Enthusiasm started either, because it was about a billion years ago. … Continue reading
When I set out to do something I never don’t do it, so saying I had a perfect score on my Christmas list this year is like noting that the earth managed another spin yesterday. I’ll admit I had one slight … Continue reading
‘Twas the day before Christmas and all through D.C., Two-dollar Big Macs for you and for me! Let the Wizards keep winning as the Caps rest a while, And Santa, give the Football Team a reason to smile. We all … Continue reading
Among the differences between my hometown of Binghamton, New York, and my adopted home of Loudoun County, Virginia, is that the saps in Binghamton had to go to school three days this week while we had to go none! For … Continue reading
I’ve heard it said you can’t go home again. No, you definitely can, though perhaps a part of you wishes you hadn’t. “Home,” currently, in the place I so often deride, I’m reminded why I do. But for a handful … Continue reading
It’s here. The last day of school and the final day of announcing my “Christmas list” on Math and Musings. Now it’s time to go home.