Friday Forecast
Hi: 60 F
Lo: 52 F
Saturday Forecast
Hi: 73 F
Lo: 52 F
Rain likely during evening hours
Sunday Forecast
Hi: 60 F
Lo: 43 F
Rain likely for morning hours
Discussion:
A slow moving storm system emerging out of the midwest with a trailing cold front will move towards our area. The first area of low pressure associated with the front will pass [...]
“If a cluttered desk signs a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk a sign?
—Albert Einstein
I don’t know about you, but I’d rather have a cluttered mind than an empty one. To me, cluttered is creative, filled with ideas, unrestrained. And in this column, I refuse to be restrained. I’ll write about my [...]
#10: I know this is obvious but I have to say it;
GOSSIP IS A NO-NO… plain and simple
#9: Girls, don’t say anything to anyone you wouldn’t want everyone, including dear old Nana, to know.
#8: Neither a borrower nor a lender be, never ever borrow or lend money, nothing ruins a relationship like money.
#7: If he [...]
SPOILER ALERT: Answers to the Monty Hall riddle!
Here is the answer to the Monty Hall/ Bertrand Box problem. There’s math for those of you who can translate numbers into english, and a nice picture for people who (like me) get tend to flip out when we see a large group of numbers. (I know [...]
Paradox Play
It’s amazing what I’ll do instead of homework. I was researching paradoxes for English, and I came across this deligthful riddle, a-la an old time game show. So in keeping with the random nature of my column, here it is. Originally part of Joseph Bertrand’s book Calcul des probabilities (its cool because it’s French), [...]
In the current swine flu era, everyone is hurrying to be protected. Hand sanitizers are being overused and every cough is accompanied by accusing shouts of “Swine!” Here in Maryland and in Washington, DC the outbreak of the H1N1 virus is significantly worse than in most other states. President Barack Obama decided to protect his children [...]
