Today on Math and Musings Franklin and I discuss Disney World again, this time focusing on the rides and experiences that make for the happiest place on Earth.
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Monday I noted that most of my students, when asked which team they thought would this year’s Super Bowl, responded with the Philadelphia Eagles.
Those who didn’t say Eagles said the Steelers.
So much for that.
Now, whom to jinx next?
Last week the “survey question” in math class was which team was going to win the Super Bowl.
Most of my students said the Eagles.
I was struggling with what this week’s survey question should be; sometimes the solution presents itself.
Today on Math and Musings Franklin and I discuss two of our favorite things, and for the first time from one of our favorite places.
Yeah, recorded on location in Walt Disney World, Franklin and I are talking about food… at Disney World.
Highlights include a discussion of the new Space 220 restaurant at EPCOT, also featured on the newly rekindled Franklin’s Food Review.
Enjoy!
I live in the United States, which means I meet a lot of people from Upstate New York.
(That joke takes a minute to sink in, so I’ll pause here momentarily.)
For a long time no one claimed to be from Upstate New York, but now in the Bills-are-actually-good era, folks are no longer embarrassed to admit it.
Me? I’m from the Southern Tier, not Western New York, so I just can’t.
I don’t like snow, I call it soda, not pop, and I still don’t like the Bills.
Most people, at the end of a vacation, regret having wasted time and think about all the cool things they could have done if only they’d been a bit more ambitious.
Not here.
Franklin and I have been calling it the “16 days of Christmas,” and God damn have we squeezed every last bit of it.
But there’s got to be a morning after, and today we return to school, but still basking in the glow of that epic fortnight plus.
I’ve been out of town on vacation the past few days so I’m not really certain, but word on the street is we have now crossed over into the year 2026.
Hmm.
For a review of 2025… check out today’s episode of Math and Musings.
When someone asks me my favorite holiday I never hesitate in my response.
New Year’s Eve.
Some people start celebrating at 11:59 p.m., some people start at 11:00, some people start at noon.
Me?
I already started.
Tomorrow, December 30, is a big day in the sports world. It’s the birthday of possibly the greatest golfer, basketball player, and lefthanded pitcher of all time.
Never heard this one before? Tiger Woods, Sandy Koufax, and LeBron James all share a birthday?
And tomorrow, December 30, 2025, is an especially memorable milestone for two of those gentlemen. Koufax turns 90, which means, since he famously retired at 30, he’s now been out of baseball for two-thirds of his life.
Tiger turns 50 tomorrow, which would have been major (pun intended) news if not for the various recent injuries that have derailed a potential senior tour career.
Still, you never know.
And LeBron turning 41? Well, he’s got pretty much every other NBA record… 10 more players to pass on this one.
And you have like the coolest birthday ever.
Today on Math and Musings Franklin and I celebrate all things Christmas, reviewing the holiday and our schedule leading up to it.
Spoiler alert: we did pretty well.
Enjoy.