Archives: Weekly Thoughts
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Photo of the Week – June 29, 2015
Hotel de Ville – Paris Located across the Seine from Notre Dame Cathredal,. Taken May, 2015. From the Across the Pond collection. For an alternate view from the other end, see Hotel2.
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Guest Voice – June 29, 2015
Rita Herrmann lives near Harrison in Northwest Arkansas. She’s another of the fascinating folks I met at a Blogging Workshop in Eureka Springs in April. I suspect you’ll meet more of these folks in the future. Rita has a marvelous way of taking simple occurrences in daily live and turning them into well-told, thought-provoking…
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Wild Cards! – June 29, 2015
FIFTH MONDAY!! As you know, 5th Mondays are a cause of celebration with the mailings. You’ve already seen the BONUS Guest Voice feature above, and there are a couple of extra Wild Cards, to boot. Have fun!! Did You Celebrate on Sunday?! It was, after all, the neatest mathematical day of the year!! And I forgot to…
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Photo of the Week – June 22, 2015
Low Tide in Stonehaven, Scotland Taken in May, 2015. From the Across the Pond Collection. For another perspective – and an example of the variability of Scottish weather! – see Stonehaven 2. These two pictures were taken less than 5 minutes apart!!
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Math Is Not a Four-Letter Word! – 6/22/15
The Absent-Minded Professor! It seems that we all love ‘absent-minded’ stories! Is it my imagination or do folks seem to link these stories with MATH professors? Well in this case, it would certainly be justified. Norbert Weiner was a 20th century Professor of Mathematics at MIT (and he was actually born in Columbia, MO!) All…
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Wild Cards! – June 22, 2015
Cartoon of the Week – Triple Treat Remember the great strip B.C. ?! I loved it when he’d have a dictionary open to a ‘definition’! I found these THREE on one page in my files this week – ENJOY. See B.C.definitions Krazy Pic Subscriber Alexis Avis sent this along this past week with only the comment “Hmmm!”.…
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Photo of the Week – June 15, 2015
Blooming Wisteria Taken in 2000. From the Ozarks Scenes and Seasons Collection.
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Aunt Edna’s Wisdom – June 15, 2015
“Five years ago?! I can’t even remember tomorrow!!” May 31, 2010
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Wild Cards! – June 15, 2015
Cartoon of the Week – Peanuts! If I had to list the cartoon strips that also had the best math-related strips, I’d have to include Calvin & Hobbes, Foxtrot, and Peanuts in the top 3. 🙂 Here’s an early Peanuts classic from April ’66: Peanuts & Math. Krazy Pic Who can doubt that the Universe has a…
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Photo of the Week – June 8, 2015
Have Any Of You Folks Seen My Parents? Taken in Bosque del Apache Wildlife Reserve in February, 2012. From the Maine to Alaska Collection