Current location: Atlantic City, New Jersey, for my annual pilgrimage to said town. I’m working my way on doing everything here but for two things. One, I don’t plan to spend a nickel at any slot machine or gaming table. … Continue reading
The Double-A affiliate of the San Francisco Giants (that would be the Richmond Flying Squirrels) play in a stadium 2,872 miles from Oracle Park. That’s the greatest distance between an affiliate and its parent club in all of organized baseball. … Continue reading
Some weeks ago I suggested on this site that the Edmonton Oilers were poised for some sweet, sweet revenge in this year’s Stanley Cup Finals. I should have known Canadians are way too polite for such things, and I guess … Continue reading
He always said your first line was the most important. After all, sometimes that’s all people read. He also said to take great care with a person’s obituary. Because for some people, that’s the only time their name ever appears … Continue reading
Today on Math and Musings my son and I celebrate the last day of school, 2025 edition. (Eventually you have so many “last” days you’ve got to start labeling them.) For Franklin it’s his last day of elementary school. Kind … Continue reading
The past few days I’ve been obsessed with Season Five of Phineas and Ferb. Released a decade after Season Four, the new season finds Phineas, Ferb, and the gang in the midst of summer yet again, and it hasn’t disappointed this … Continue reading
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
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