Today on Math and Musings Franklin and I continue “snow day season” with an episode recorded weeks ago as the snow fell outside. Actually it wasn’t snowing at all; our county school district just closed that day because they knew we can’t handle driving when there are more than two flakes of snow on the ground.
Monday night’s College Football Playoff finale didn’t exactly work out as I had hoped, though I suppose it sort of did work out exactly as I’d suspected. Over the past 35 years I’ve gotten used to Notre Dame’s football team being pretty good, not a champion however.
I could say the same thing for my beloved New York Yankees the past 15 years: pretty good, not a champion. And with them it’s even more embarrassing because they spend so much more money.
Actually I’m not sure whether the Yankees or the University of Notre Dame spends more money on their near misses; I just know I’ve seen two silver medals in a row.
Thanks for great seasons, guys, but if the Commanders lose in the Super Bowl I’m launching an investigation.
At the beginning of this NFL season I probably could have told you three of the four teams competing in this coming weekend’s conference championships. Chiefs, Bills, Eagles… the usual suspects.
The team I never would have guessed is my local team (that would be the Washington Commanders), who’ve managed to surprise everyone inside the DMV and out, now sitting one game away from the Super Bowl.
And still that’s number three among things to gloat about this morning.
You may have heard about a college football game and a presidential inauguration today, and unlike last fall I plan for today to be a sweep. One of them’s pretty much a guarantee (that’s Trump), and the other I’m thinking we can make happen… with a little luck of the Irish.
It feels like forever ago now, but last Monday began a streak of four consecutive snow days ’round these parts. Franklin and I recorded an episode of Math and Musings every day.
This is the first.
Enjoy.
With a 3-0 shutout win yesterday my hometown NHL team (that would be the Washington Capitals) now sit half a dozen points against the next best team in the Eastern Conference. (That would be the New Jersey Devils, who’ve played two more games than the Caps.)
I’m feeling a bit spoiled these days, with football and hockey success, the recent four snow days in a row, and only a handful of days left in the Biden administration.
If the Wizards didn’t have the worst record in the NBA I’d actually be a little worried.
Doink.
It was the most beautiful sound I’ve heard in quite some time, the pleasant clang of a football careening off a goalpost, just right, to bring happiness to the nation’s capital.
My hometown NFL team (that would be the Washington Commanders) survived an incredible back-and-forth game last night in Tampa Bay, Washington’s first playoff win in 19 years.
We’ll call this one the luck of the uprights, following the luck of the Irish I witnessed last Thursday night as the college football team of my youth and beyond (that would be the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame) secured a spot in the finals of this year’s College Football Playoff.
Everything’s comin’ up Mikey!
Today on Math and Musings you’ll hear me and Franklin discuss a recent trip to Arizona, highlighted by our seeing a Notre Dame football win.
On TV.
And not the one last night.
Still a great win though.
And a great trip.
Enjoy.
Third snow day in a row is getting to be a bit much for Mr. O’Connell, to say nothing of Dad.
My boy though? Pretty excited.
And it’s all about the kids.
I often laugh at our local school district’s trigger-happy response to calling snow days when there are about three flakes of snow on the ground.
Yesterday afternoon when they called it there were zero flakes on the ground.
(Pause for effect.)
There are a lot more than that right now.
This one was legit.
On today’s episode of Math and Musings, Franklin and I discuss our “Christmas” in Binghamton.
Of course Christmas had already occurred by the time we visited, and by now we’ve long since returned, but as they say around Christmastime, it’s the thought that counts.