Why is it that so many people say “daylight savings time” when the correct phrase so clearly is “daylight saving time”???? Do they think it’s like a savings account, where you put an hour of daylight in at one time… Read More ›
Life
Facebook “friends”
Listen in on this conversation: Teacher 1: I hear that you friend your students on Facebook. Teacher 2: Not exactly. I accept friend requests from current and former students. But I never initiate them. Teacher 1: Even so, it’s a… Read More ›
Get out the vote!
If you’re 18 or over, be sure to vote tomorrow! There’s a lot at stake. If you don’t vote, you have no right to complain.
After a long hiatus…
…I am once again resuming posting in my blog…
Friday cat blogging
Sasha just loves going to the vet:
Welcome back.
Yikes! I see that it’s been almost three months since my last post. There’s no particular reason for this — I just got overtaken by events. So… welcome back, and I’ll try to resume regular blogging right now. I have… Read More ›
Friday cat blogging
(For those who don’t know what Friday Cat Blogging is all about, see here or here or especially here.) Today’s observation is that chairs are for humans. William doesn’t agree:
Friday cat blogging
Vincent likes the riverboat too:
Friday cat blogging
Vincent is shy and doesn’t like having his picture taken:
Meeting across the River
Meeting across the River has a truly unusual and creative premise for a collection of 20 short stories. Its subtitle, Stories Inspired by the Haunting Bruce Springsteen Song, reveals the premise: every story (each by a different author) was inspired… Read More ›
Friday cat blogging
Rosie is cold:
Friday cat blogging
William and Sasha in their riverboat:
The true spirit of Christmas?
Note the combo of decorations in front of this house on Furnace Brook Parkway in Quincy:
Friday cat blogging
This is William of Orange, who seems to think that a plastic bucket in an old bathtub is a perfectly reasonable place in which to sit:
Friday Cat Blogging
Vincent posed specially for this photo, because he liked his contribution to all the strong vertical lines — particularly the line from his right ear through his front paws, the nearly vertical sweep of his tail, and of course all… Read More ›
Before and after
A major topic of high-school math is the study of transformations. My colleague, Jim McLaughlin, wants you to know that his desk has somehow undergone a miraculous transformation: Before After
Friday cat blogging & a geometry quiz
One of my students asked me what Friday Cat Blogging is all about. You can read the answer here or here or especially here. In other news, since today is Friday the 13th, we had to have a pop quiz… Read More ›
Friday cat blogging
Geometry was never their strong point. It’s hard to get them to understand what “parallel” means:
Halloween ups and downs
This year’s Halloween was the best and the worst. Let’s save the best for last. So the first question is, “How many trick-or-treaters did we get this year?” For perspective, we need to know that Barbara and I just happened… Read More ›
Learning Strategies 