Twenty years ago I ran for a seat in the New York State Senate. Well, sort of. My campaign ended when my petitions were invalidated by the State Board of Elections, an organization ironically vested in ensuring public elections actually … Continue reading
Each of the past four summers Franklin and I have made a voyage to that magical land known as Atlantic City, New Jersey. Want to hear about it? Tune in to today’s episode of Math and Musings. … Continue reading
It’s blasphemous for a math teacher to say, I know, but as noted previously I think “Pi Day” is overrated. That would be the March 14 Pi Day. Most of the world reads dates with the day in front of … Continue reading
Forget Spain and the World Cup, forget a pair of Yankees-Dodgers classics. Forget, too, the fact that my son this weekend increased his baseball winning streak to five games, the last four in four different states. For all the trivial … Continue reading
Today on Math and Musings Franklin and I discuss our recent trip to the Delmarva Peninsula by way of Annapolis, Maryland. Of course we hit up the famous Chick ‘n’ Ruth’s Delly, squeeze in a little history, and watch a … Continue reading
So it seems Monday’s post didn’t actually post until Tuesday, and I assure you, dear reader, it had nothing to do with the fact that I was “on vacation.” (I’m kind of always on vacation, so that’s a moot point anyway.) … Continue reading
Saturday night my son and I were in Salisbury, Maryland, to see the Delmarva Shorebirds take on the Kannapolis Cannon Ballers. (I swear both of those team names are real.) The Shorebirds are the single-A affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles, … Continue reading
As suggested Wednesday, soccer, at least for American rooters, has now been replaced by other things. Luckily there is baseball, sweet baseball. For a greater explanation, tune in to today’s episode of Math and Musings. Enjoy! … Continue reading
Like most Americans the past few weeks I invested far too much in this thing called soccer and the tournament known as the World Cup. Monday afternoon my son and I shared a pair of authentic experiences, first watching the … Continue reading
Thus far in my life I’ve been fortunate enough to have attended literally thousands of sporting contests, ranging from tee ball and Pop Warner to various professional leagues. Ask me the greatest one I ever saw and I’d probably stumble … Continue reading