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Some months ago I took part in a panel discussion on sports fandom led by Doug Hill, creator of The Sports Fan Project (among other things–Doug’s the only person on Earth I say with certain has more hobbies and side … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: September 2026
Two sloppy losses in a row and then beat the defending Super Bowl champions. Yeah, sounds about right. “Hey Google… who won the Commanders game yesterday?” The Commanders yesterday played the Seattle Seahawks. The final score was 33-31 Commanders. “I … Continue reading
Today on Math and Musings Franklin and I discuss school calendars and the controversy surrounding such in Loudoun County, Virginia. The episode was recorded this past weekend, prior to the school board’s “meeting” on Tuesday. I didn’t need to know … Continue reading
An article at The Athletic yesterday (I’d link it but it’s on the pay side) notes that in the modern era of sports analytics we are now all football nerds. They offer a few new stats and acronyms, one of … Continue reading
This Friday on Math and Musings you’ll hear me and Franklin discussing school calendars more in depth, but for now consider this. Because we started way earlier than one would ever consider necessary, we’ve now been in school for more … Continue reading
Today on Math and Musings Franklin and I discuss our recent trip to the U.S. Botanic Garden in Washington, D.C., no relation to our recently surpassing 2,000 posts on this blog. I promise I’m not going to call out every … Continue reading
Today’s bellringer: If a blogger posts upon his site three times a week, how long will it take for him to have a thousand posts? (Pause to get calculator.) How about two thousand? Three times a week is about 156 … Continue reading
Discussion about last night’s game between my hometown NFL team–that would be the Washington Commanders–and the Philadelphia Eagles has centered mostly on the 4th quarter “excessive celebration” penalty called against Stefon Diggs. It was Diggs’s first game in burgundy and … Continue reading
“Celebrate” is the wrong word. Today on Math and Musings Franklin and I remember and pay tribute to the events of September 11, 2001, on this its 25th anniversary. Hard to believe it’s been a quarter of a century, then … Continue reading
Two of the most noteworthy things I ever did in life occurred on back-to-back days in September of 2006. It was September 9 and September 10, as a matter of fact, and though it doesn’t seem possible, I realize now … Continue reading