They trade Juan Soto and they have to face Jacob deGrom. Of course my hometown Nats, owners of the worst record in baseball, would emerge victorious over the first-place New York Mets. Makes about as much sense as anything else in … Continue reading
Last week on Math and Musings I mentioned that every kid I’d ever talked to about Great Wolf Lodge in Williamsburg said it was the greatest place on earth. Adults I talked to said it was expensive. Well… they were both right. … Continue reading
According to my sources, Math and Musings is now the 78th-highest-rated show among News Commentary offerings of Apple Podcasts. In Mexico. I swear this is actually true. … Continue reading
On Friday’s podcast I referred to a book by an incorrect title, an embarrassing error with an unfortunate corollary in my own life. The name of the book is Bushville Wins!, the story of the early days of the Milwaukee Braves. … Continue reading
Remember when we were growing up, when television in summer was an endless string of reruns? Maybe a “replacement” show or two if you were lucky. Like so many things now accepted as givens, we didn’t know what we were … Continue reading
For years I thought the word memento (as in, like, a souvenir) was actually momento, similar to the word “moment.” It captured a moment in your life, no? Turns out it’s actually related to the word memory, which in retrospect makes much more … Continue reading
I barely recognize the names and faces any more, and embarrassingly nearly I’m old enough to be some of the players’ dads, so watching baseball’s All-Star game is only so interesting for me these days. Seeing games that are 25 and … Continue reading
The official halfway point of the baseball season was a dozen games ago, but now’s as good a time as any to take stock of the good and bad. The good? My team in the Junior Circuit, the team of … Continue reading
Many times previously on this blog and on Math and Musings I have detailed unusual food items and my quest to obtain them. It is now over, for I have discovered the ultimate expression of such. Strawberry… Milkshake… Frosted Flakes. Let … Continue reading
Much of the discussion in yesterday’s math class centered around “7-Eleven Day,” one of the great national holidays in which one can get a free small Slurpee at 7-Eleven on 7/11. That would be July 11. (Suckers in other countries … Continue reading