Blue Moon MISCELLANY!

• I don't understand why the Republicans want to fire Obama. He's doing such a great job covering up his predecessor's war crimes.


• Did anyone else notice that Romney basically promised to drag us into another cold war with Russia? Not to mention the usual neocon saber rattling?


• I've been saying this since 9/11/01, and it bears repeating: the real lesson of 9/11/01 is that we can't avoid blowback from our foreign policy forever. More on this here.


• Most geek culture is a huge waste of time that could be dedicated to much cooler and geekier pursuits (such as finding exoplanets or creating a 3D model of the Milky Way). I'm not excepting my own love of EVE Online or Doctor Who here. And yet, I have to admire someone who has the skills, time, and dedication to pull off really good cosplay. Take this lady for example.


• Thank heavens.


• If you are so inclined, try out this restaurant. Don't let the fact that the owners and chefs are my high school classmate and his brother frighten you away.


• My geometry teacher eulogized here. He demanded rigor and discipline from his students and was very hard-nosed about things like holding hands in public; but didn't put us down when we managed to do something actually impressive. For example:
  
  

  Mr. C: And this Pythagorean triple generator will work for ANY value you give it. For ANY positive integer you will get a complete triangle from this.
  
  Me: Mr. Connelly, I can think of an exception.
  
  Mr. C: No you can't.
  
  Me: Try 1.
  
  Mr. C: (Pauses.) Well.. let's see. You put one here....and the other legs of the triangle...are one...and zero. Which .. gives us a straight line instead of a triangle. (Pauses.) Good! Good!
  
  The girl in front of me turns to me and silently claps her hands.

  
  
  Good luck wherever you are, James Connelly.

Blue Moon MISCELLANY!

• I don't understand why the Republicans want to fire Obama. He's doing such a great job covering up his predecessor's war crimes.


• Did anyone else notice that Romney basically promised to drag us into another cold war with Russia? Not to mention the usual neocon saber rattling?


• I've been saying this since 9/11/01, and it bears repeating: the real lesson of 9/11/01 is that we can't avoid blowback from our foreign policy forever. More on this here.


• Most geek culture is a huge waste of time that could be dedicated to much cooler and geekier pursuits (such as finding exoplanets or creating a 3D model of the Milky Way). I'm not excepting my own love of EVE Online or Doctor Who here. And yet, I have to admire someone who has the skills, time, and dedication to pull off really good cosplay. Take this lady for example.


• Thank heavens.


• If you are so inclined, try out this restaurant. Don't let the fact that the owners and chefs are my high school classmate and his brother frighten you away.


• My geometry teacher eulogized here. He demanded rigor and discipline from his students and was very hard-nosed about things like holding hands in public; but didn't put us down when we managed to do something actually impressive. For example:
  
  

  Mr. C: And this Pythagorean triple generator will work for ANY value you give it. For ANY positive integer you will get a complete triangle from this.
  
  Me: Mr. Connelly, I can think of an exception.
  
  Mr. C: No you can't.
  
  Me: Try 1.
  
  Mr. C: (Pauses.) Well.. let's see. You put one here....and the other legs of the triangle...are one...and zero. Which .. gives us a straight line instead of a triangle. (Pauses.) Good! Good!
  
  The girl in front of me turns to me and silently claps her hands.

  
  
  Good luck wherever you are, James Connelly.

2012 PREDICTIONS Update

Since we're now about two-thirds of the way through the year 2012, let's see where I am on my predictions for this year.

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2012 PREDICTIONS Update

Since we're now about two-thirds of the way through the year 2012, let's see where I am on my predictions for this year.

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