Schools across the country today, including my own, will take pause to remember lives lost and sacrifices made on and after the events of September 11, 2001. It may mean little to the participants, born decades after the event, though … Continue reading
The NFL has a knack for putting great games in primetime, and now they’re doing it on other continents as well. This weekend we’ve already had three, and by football standards the weekend isn’t even over yet! The only lousy … Continue reading
Today on Math and Musings Franklin and I talk about our travels through the southern part of Virginia… what I like to call “real America.” Among other things we’re going to greasy spoon diners and minor league baseball games. Ain’t … Continue reading
Over the weekend I had the pleasure of visiting City Island in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, home to FNB Field and the Harrisburg Senators. The Sens are the AA affiliate of my hometown MLB team (that would be the Washington Nationals), an … Continue reading
If you ever find yourself in Arlington, Virginia, and you head anywhere other than The Italian Store on Washington Boulevard (they have another location on Lee Highway as well), you are wasting your time. Situated inconspicuously among several other restaurants … Continue reading
Today on Math and Musings my son and I discuss at great length today’s “holiday.” (It’s always good to pause for reflection at this point.) ‘Round these parts it’s Labor Day wrap-around weekend or some such thing, also known as sop … Continue reading
In better times I’m fond of noting the fickle nature of baseball, that a team who loses 10-0 one day can win 10-0 the next, that some games end 2-1 and others end 14-12, and that sometimes the worst team … Continue reading
I thought I was so clever last Monday when describing the relative unlikelihood that Yankee slugger Aaron Judge would one day break the all-time home run record. I didn’t realize that he would hit one or two every day following this. … Continue reading
School bells have rung and children have sung, but it’s still summer vacation on Math and Musings. On today’s episode Franklin and I discuss the first week of school… from a safe distance. Recorded long ago, we mused upon the possibility of school. … Continue reading
I’ve been a fan of Jerry Seinfeld for over 30 years, but until last night I’d actually seen him perform live only twice. (Pause for effect.) Make that now three after last night’s show at Wolf Trap, conveniently located 10 … Continue reading