I don’t do this much anymore (once a year, as a matter of fact), but I have done it 325 times. And now Episode #326 of Politics After Dark is live at a little corner of the Internet called YouTube, a website … Continue reading
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Today on Math and Musings Franklin and I preview a very exciting event happening tomorrow: one of us turning 43 years old. Tune in to find out who. … Continue reading
“Things repeating 40 years later” has been a theme of this blog and its accompanying podcast for the better part of a year now. The Boston Celtics, a panoply of college basketball teams (Houston, Auburn, St. John’s, Duke), even my … Continue reading
An earlier incarnation of myself used to refer to weeks like this as “birthday weeks.” Yeah, it took a whole week to squeeze in birthday activities back then, back when we had to go places and do things in real life. … Continue reading
Today on Math and Musings Franklin and I discuss two streaks which both started on May 30. One began in 1982, and one began in 2008. One is a little more well known than the other, but it’s the other one … Continue reading
The most useless and overrated word in the English language is please. It’s polite and all, sometimes pretty, and can fool some people some of the time, sure. Some even call it magic. I never do, and like honor to … Continue reading
Today would have been my paternal grandfather’s one hundred-thirteenth birthday. He was born on May 26, 1912, not quite witnessing the Titanic wreck but catching two world wars, the Great Depression, the moon landing, etc. He also saw the New … Continue reading
Today on Math and Musings Franklin and I discuss in full the tasty new dessert offering teased here last Wednesday. The Wendy’s Frosty has collaborated with Oreo, possibly out-Oreo’d the Oreo, and now been given the Franklin treatment as well. … Continue reading
Last night’s NBA matchup between the Oklahoma City Thunder and Minnesota Timberwolves wasn’t exactly a nailbiter, but don’t worry, The League will make this thing close for TV by the end of the series. Gotta love the Final Four of … Continue reading
“Economy remains stable.” This is the page-one headline from my local weekly (that would be Loudoun Times-Mirror) last Friday, no doubt allaying fears among the anxious citizenry, so used to scrolling through doom-and-gloom pieces on social media. “Economy remains stable.” Can’t … Continue reading