Archives: Weekly Thoughts
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Wild Cards! – 12/29/14
1. Special Math Dates – Mini-Challenge/Offer #1. Here’s your chance to challenge me! 🙂 I mentioned (see above, as well as #5 on Special Days 2015) that I think every day is special numerically. If you want to test that, feel free to send me* your birthday (or some other favorite date), and I’ll tell you…
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Photo of the Week – Dec 15, 2014
EAGLE EYES Taken on a visit to Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Reserve in New Mexico in Feburary 2012, while visiting Marvin and Claudia De Jong, who were volunteering there. They made excellent resident guides. (The De Jongs, not the eagles. :-)). For a revisit to an earlier-shared shot from the same reserve – a Sand Crane…
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Aunt Edna; It Could Be Verse – 12/15/14
To see this month’s It Could Be Verse! ditty (the normal feature on the 2nd Monday), visit the link in the line above. (Those who know me should get a knowing grin from this verse. :-)) For a look at this month’s nugget from “Aunt Edna”, (the ‘normal’ 3rd week feature), check out Aunt Edna’s…
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Wild Cards! – 12/15/14
** PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU SEE #5 BELOW ! ** 0. Last Call for Christmas Gifts If I get your order by this week – the earlier the better – you can get your gift before Christmas. Don’t forget the ‘10% off’ Christmas sale! All of our Christmas suggestion items will be 10% off all month. Visit Christmas Suggestions 2014. 1. Bosque Sand Crane Flyaway…
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Photo of the Week – December 1, 2014
PENNY LANE, LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND Through no fault (or achievement) of its own, one of the better known streets in the British Empire (perhaps the world?). As you can see the sign has had LOTS of visitors. For a shot of the actual lane itself (rather than the sign), see the link in the Wild Cards! section.…
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December Reminder/Announcement
This was mentioned last week, but it was buried where most of you don’t look (see below Wild Cards), so quickly . . . . . Be aware that in December, the mailings will operate on a different schedule. They will be delivered on the 1st (today), 3rd (15th), and 5th (29th) Mondays, and will NOT arrive on…
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Wild Cards! – 12/1/14
0. Cyber December? Today is typically Cyber Monday. We will celebrate with a Cyber December sale throughout December. Unfortunately, the ‘free shipping’ discount from November is expired, but it will be replaced by a ‘10% off’ Christmas sale! All of last month’s Christmas suggestion items will be 10% off all month. Visit Christmas Suggestions 2014. 1. Education Thought for the…
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Photo of the Week – November 24, 2014
Spider Rock, Canyon de Chelly National Park, Arizona The only National Park owned and operated entirely by the Navajos. Little known, but incredibly beautiful scenery, and incredibly fascinating history. (It was in this canyon, in 1863, that the Navajos were defeated by Kit Carson, leading to their removal to Bosque Redondo in New Mexico. Worth…
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Math is not a Four Letter Word! – 11/24/14
COUNTER-INTUITIVE? There are several places in mathematics where ‘the truth’ isn’t quite what it might feel like it should be. This is obviously good and bad. On the one hand, I’m VERY aware -from years of teaching- that this phenomenon can be frustrating, and contribute to the all-too-familiar feeling that math is just a set…
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Wild Cards! – 11/24/14
1. Christmas Gift Ideas – Last Week for Free Shipping All month we’ve been sharing ideas for Christmas gifts – for yourself and others! – and offering FREE SHIPPING. Visit Christmas Gift Ideas for all options, including new ones. (Newly featured this week are PHOTOS themselves, as well as a NEW Special Offer.) 2. BT Solutions! I…