Yesterday afternoon (and long into the night) I got to see the “Outlaw Music Festival” at Merriweather Post Pavilion, proof again that it’s often fun to root for the bad guys. If the headliners really were on the run from … Continue reading
Today on Math and Musings Franklin and I do our best to describe our recent trip to Glenstone, the most incredible museum you’ve never heard of. Until now. You’re welcome. … Continue reading
When it goes on the blog it’s there forever, and I want the following cemented among my observations. Bobby Bonds is one of the most underrated Major League Baseball players of all time. Bobby Bonds played 14 seasons in MLB, … Continue reading
Not long ago I read a book titled My Wild Ride in Baseball and Beyond, the autobiography of a man who spent nearly 50 years in MLB. Davey Johnson never won an MVP and he’s not in Cooperstown, though he’s been … Continue reading
Today on Math and Musings Franklin and I discuss our recent excursion to the old country. Last weekend we visited both my hometown of Binghamton, New York, and a town I actually enjoy visiting… Watkins Glen, New York. No auto racing … Continue reading
In From Box Scores to Test Scores I devote a section of the text to the famous “fencepost” problem of mathematics, and the related “off-by-one error” I’m fond of calling the OBOE. The fencepost problem is described simply enough. For example, … Continue reading
I’m a guy who likes to plan things. For example, I can tell you what I’m giving as gifts for the next 10 Christmases. I can tell you what I’m eating for lunch on a Tuesday three weeks from now. … Continue reading
Today on Math and Musings Franklin and I discuss our first days of school this year. Of course today is not a school day but a “holiday,” and if you’re wondering what holiday you’re just as in the dark as anyone else. … Continue reading
On the subject begun Monday, that sometimes meh can still be pretty good, last night I was treated to a few tunes, free of charge, the last installment of a summer concert series just down the road from me. The … Continue reading
Two items knocked off the O’Connell schedule this weekend I’d wanted to accomplish for some time. Number one, I finally made it to that Yala Greek Ice Cream in Georgetown. It’s been the talk of Instagram, etc. since it opened … Continue reading