Last week we received word that my wife’s childhood babysitter had passed away. She was 94 years old, and by all indications had lived a full life. I aspire. Though my wife had not seen her in over 20 years … Continue reading
Yearly Archives: 2022
I’ve said for years that one of the weakest things about soccer is that games can end in ties. With all eyes on Earth watching the World Cup yesterday what do we get? A couple of blowouts. Awesome. And in … Continue reading
I don’t usually rely on clickbait expressions to attract listeners to my content, though I do use a provocative word in the title of today’s episode of Math and Musings. Nothing sexy or scandalous, just something always on everyone’s mind… Gas … Continue reading
Today’s hot take: the last few days of November, from Thanksgiving until December 1st, are the most useless days of the year. You just want November to be over so Christmas can be in full swing. Of course if you’ve … Continue reading
I’ve never seen the Johnny Depp version of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and I’ve never seen the Jim Carrey version of How the Grinch Stole Christmas. If God himself rewrote the Bible or if Tchaikovsky rescored The Nutcracker I wouldn’t touch either … Continue reading
On today’s episode of Math and Musings you’ll hear me talk about my recent trip to Natural Bridge, Virginia. For most people the highlight of this locale is, well, the natural bridge, a 200-foot tall stone edifice rising above a tributary of … Continue reading
Citizens of the world have a new obsession, though I’m told this has been developing for some time. I’ve always heard that soccer (a.k.a. football) is the world’s most popular sport, but in the past few days we’ve taken it … Continue reading
It wasn’t long ago we called it the NFC Least. Remember 2020 when the then-Football Team won said division with a losing record? Well don’t look now but every team in that division has a winning record, including the aforementioned WFT, … Continue reading
It took them 37 years to come up with… vanilla. Sixteen more years to come up with… strawberry. And then, a mere five months later, Wendy’s did it. Peppermint. Frosty. Add one more to the Christmas list. … Continue reading
One word: told’ja. Maybe that’s two words. Anyway, that clinking sound you heard was Larry Csonka tapping glasses with Taylor Heinicke while hanging out with Eli Manning and Tom Coughlin. The sneer was me. Ha.