Okay, I admit it – I was assigned some office work in junior high and was able to sneak a peek at my testing file when the counselor wasn’t looking. Fortunately for me, the scores didn’t indicate that I was a moron (which is probably why I can never vote Democrat, but I digress.) In fact, my IQ score was higher than “normal,” whatever “normal’ is. But again, I digress. The point is I am trying to make is that we all have a weakness, relative though it may be, and mine is math. In fact, when my not-as-yet-royal status as Queen IS acknowledged, I shall have a roomful of accountants with green shades and those funny little armbands to count all the tax money I shall be giving back to my minions, for I shall not trust myself to do any more bookkeeping! But, yet again, I digress.
If, perchance, I had seen these videos when in my mathematically formative years, I might have had a chance against some of my genius level classmates (yes, I peeked at some other scores while I had those few minutes alone with the files). While math is my weakest subject, the topic still fascinates me.
Like snakes:
Math snakes and curves
And then you study infinite elephants:
Infinite Elephants
Makes me see stars:
Stars
For me, it’s the mathematical equivalent of watching fire. Now, go get some aspirin for that headache.
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Just dropped into the ole mail box; South Carolina Hwy Patrol Statements These are actual comments made by South Carolina Troopers that were taken off their car videos: 1. “You know, stop lights don’t come any redder than the one you just went through.” 2. “Relax, the handcuffs are tight because they’re new. They’ll stretch after you wear them a… Read more »
I just realized that there’s no distinction between my last to bold portions. The second is from “Muslim” to “Allah)”.
I don’t know if I’ll post comments on Pajamas Media itself so if I do let it be known that my reactions were first posted right here on hamous.org. Thou Shalt Not! The WaPo’s ‘On Faith’ Blog Spikes a Regular Contributor When He Writes on Islam The bold is mine. From #2: In the New Testament (and other early Christian… Read more »
G’night all. No fog in the forecast for tomorrow morning. Just the usual cobwebs floating around the brain until it wakes up.
From a side link I spotted on my above linke: Mormon ‘mommy blogs’ getting noticed
Though I would not classify Lil’ Sis’s blog as a “Mormon mommy” blog, it is definitely laden with momminess. After all, who in their right mind can resist the Ninja Twins.
Poll shows Hatch may face tough re-election in 2012
That’s excellent news.
Sweet dreams, all you Hamsters. I have a tough work schedule for 2 solid weeks so I will be a zombie through the 28th. May perk up a bit on the weekend so I look forward to catching up then. In the meanwhile — What’s the frquency, Kenneth?
Synthetic Cocaine Sold As ‘Bath Salts’
Now watch that totaltarian draconian authoritarian support outlawing bath salts. 😈
CNN Apologizes For Guest Using Term “Crosshairs”
Good grief we’re being taken over by ture girly men. As for that Sarah Palin, she’s one butch gal.
Super Dave #76; My understanding is that humans in their prime can hear between 20Hz to 20 kHz. Especially within the last 5 years or so there’s been attempts to raise speakers way over 20,000 Hz like to around 30-40 Hz. Although no human can hear sound that higher there is a provable affect that going that high raises the… Read more »
78 Dude.
“Because I said so.” worked just fine for me. Anything to get the hell out of Math sooner and on to English or History or Creative Writing.
Ya geek. 🙂
Shanon;
Don’t make me go macho-nun on you.
After all these years we find out that Shannon is a math wimp. Tsk tsk.
🙂
73 Adee I can confidently say that “two out of three” is working out just fine for me. I did okay in math, but boredom crept in very early. It is aesthetically neutral for me. That some can get all excited about it dumbfounds me. 72 Darren “At this point multiplying the denominator with the whole number and then adding… Read more »
#73 Adee These seem to be the prime languages of the unfeathered biped: Words spoken & written; Mathematics spoken and written; Music played and written. And the several parts of the brain that command them. Very well said, but not surprising coming from you. The main thing is that this all comes from the good Lord. I could talk about… Read more »
Here’s a brief review of Hu’s visit to DC as posted originally at Drudge.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MM8dbWZ8Xw
#3 Tim
You always cheer me up with your offbeat humor.
These seem to be the prime languages of the unfeathered biped: Words spoken & written; Mathematics spoken and written; Music played and written. And the several parts of the brain that command them.
Time for Scouts.
Later.
This touched me. As the teen began to walk away, Diaz told him, “Hey, wait a minute. You forgot something. If you’re going to be robbing people for the rest of the night, you might as well take my coat to keep you warm.” The would-be robber looked at his would-be victim, “like what’s going on here?” Diaz says. “He… Read more »
duhmoose; I think most people’s problems with math can be traced back to a series of teachers early on who taught them that math is boring. Sort of like, “why do we need to do it this way?” “Because I said so,” the teacher would reply? Teach them the why first and all else makes a lot mor sense. Like… Read more »
Besides utterly hating school my academic weakness was/is English grammar. Spelling, punctuation, capitalization, etc. I was even placed in an ESL class my 10th year of school. The purpose was for me to catch up on my basic English skills and it actually worked. Later on in my life having to learn conversational Portuguese in two months was near tortue… Read more »
Well, I remember it like yesterday,…the day that the “Lame Stream Media” died. I can’t believe it’s been 13 years! FWIW; Matt Drudge became a Ka-Jillionaire after this because he had the bawls to print something that the “Lame Stream Media” were sittting on! The rest, as they say, is history. Monday, January 17, 2011, was Martin Luther King Day.… Read more »
#56 & 57, Oh trust me, I KNOW how that one went. ‘The contractor received and opened a letter he had been advised by addendum not to open. As the contractor made the error of opening said letter, a replacement letter will be sent at contractor’s expense. Any further delays caused by contractor’s error will be added to liquidated damages.’… Read more »
#62 SC, several years ago, I was setting up a multi-day seminar for 80 of our top techs, and was asking a vendor contact to round up a propeller head to come and present to them for a day. He accidentally cc’d me on an email to one of their engineers. He wrote, “Hey Jim, are you into spending a… Read more »
Some people should not be allowed to start a band.
/much less allowed on stage.
Tedtam
#54
The Tea Party is the old “Republican” voters that had no other place to go but the Republican play pen. So yeah you are correct.
That reminds me, has anyone seen Mike Hunt? 😉
#57 adee, I called the engineer and asked him to read his letter. He was of course aghast. The letter came in the mail so I’m sure full distribution was made. I’m sure there was lots of rolling on the floor but I never heard the aftermath. Oh, and it was a City of Houston project so many city employees… Read more »
#50 bob42
Dang Dammit, you’re right, that was what Belushi said after they were thrown out of school, When I saw the “Pearl Harbor” quote I thought of 1941. 😕
#59 bob420: or that he liked to take a walk on the wild side.
#57/58 Freudian slip perhaps? (Who’d have guessed that Freud was a cross dresser.)
#57 Adee: It’s a jungle out there. . . . . .(queue rim shot)
#56 SC, Shrieking LOL Any clue how recovery was made with any shred of dignity?
#47 Once upon a time an engineers secretary typed a letter for a pre-bid or pre-con meeting. Somehow or another she ended up inviting everone to a “beastiality conference”. The engineer missed it, signed and sent it.
The current caller on Rush is wissing me off. She needs to shut up and share the conversation. Damn libs.
…and I don’t see the VMG dismissing the Tea Party, either.
Heck, it’s looking more and more like the Tea Party is becoming the VMG.
/confused
Oh for Pete’s sake. You can find a blithering chucklehead supposedly representing any cause/group. The Left disses the Tea Parties because they see their grip on power slipping away.
I don’t quite know what to say about this one folks, except that I don’t paint all tea parties with the same broad brush. There is much diversity amongst the individual groups. However, if your looking for a reason that the VMG dismisses them and Palin, and the left disses them both, I think the above vid is a pretty… Read more »
I guess it would depend on the particular Apollonian.
#48 Super Dave, 1941 was good too, but I was referring to Animal House. When Animal House was in theaters, my future wife and I were sharing an apartment with another DJ and his gal. Because we all worked at different times (me: 10pm to 2am, he: 6 to 10pm, my gal: 9 to 5, his gal: 3 to 11pm)… Read more »
#43 Queen Tinkles:
I sense a full mooooon coming on anytime soon :>)
#39 #40 bob42, that was a great movie, I can’t open your links but I loved it when Captain Wild Bill Kelso lands his P-40 in the desert and taxies up to a gas station and fills up. When he leaves he grabs a Coke and breaks the neck off by hitting it against the canopy and chugs the whole… Read more »
LOL!
Work Warning: a few f-bombs and questionable words enclosed
Ladies, are you feeling under compensated at work? Would you like a raise? Become a lesbian. The wage premium paid to lesbian workers is a bit of a mystery. Sure, lesbian women are better-educated on average, are more likely to be white, live predominantly in cities, have fewer children, and are significantly more likely to be a professional. But even… Read more »
#43 I was wondering if that would get your dander up or not :>)
Looks like some of the southern domestic terrorist’s relatives were in Austin a few days ago…
#41 Boney
Hey! At least add a “w” in there! Tinkles, indeed! Makes me want to pee on somebody!
You can be at the front of the line, just for that suggestion, buddy. >8(
I just watched video of the Golden Globes emcee Gervais. It’s “funny” how the Hollywood elite don’t have a problem poking their fingers in the eyes of those they disapprove of, and even make threats against them, but they sure get bent out of shape when their foibles and vanity are made public.
They ain’t likin’ that mirror thing.
Tedtam – TT -Tinkles, yes, I think Queen Tinkles works just fine:>)