It would be weird not to say anything about this year’s World Series, right? Kind of a classic, not that it went down to a final game or whatever but that nearly every game itself was riveting. The Milwaukee Brewers were the better team, I thought, and yeah, it was no surprise they won, but I never found the action uninteresting or dull.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Banana Ball hasn’t killed this sport yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Today on Math and Musings<\/a><\/em> you will not hear me and Franklin talk about any<\/em> of this, choosing instead to go the intellectual route and discuss some contemporary literature. The new Diary of a Wimpy Kid<\/em> offering, Fight or Flight<\/em>, reached bookstores (yes, they still have those) on October 20, and Franklin and I had the entire book read before the end of the 21st. I’ve written about the Wimpy Kid<\/em> series before<\/a> and called its author, Jeff Kinney, the greatest social critic of our time. I think I’m calling him the Shakespeare of our time as well because dang, this guy is prolific. A book a year and they’re all gems, worthy of inclusion in your home library.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And a podcast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Enjoy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It would be weird not to say anything about this year’s World Series, right? Kind of a classic, not that it went down to a final game or whatever but that nearly every game itself was riveting. The Milwaukee Brewers … Continue reading