Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Lucy - The Movie

I haven't seen the latest Planet of the Apes movie, but it'll have to be awesome to surpass this hominid  related story. Great plot, effects, acting and an ending that keeps you thinking. My kind of movie.

Monday, July 21, 2014

Life's Not Fair-People Can Be: Summer Math Challenge

Life's Not Fair-People Can Be: Summer Math Challenge: To help keep our mathematical-logical side sharp this Summer, here's a collective project. The task is to use four 4s and accepted mathe...

Sunday, June 22, 2014

Summer Math Challenge

To help keep our mathematical-logical side sharp this Summer, here's a collective project. The task is to use four 4s and accepted mathematical symbols/operations to create expressions that are evaluated to result in the values from 1 to 100. 

For example, 44/44=1
4/4 + 4/4 = 2
And so forth. 

Who can get us to 3? 4? 5? All the way to 100?

Friday, June 20, 2014

The Longest Day of the Year

Actually, almost all days are same length, in terms of time. Every few years a second will be added to a day to synchronize astronomical time with man's chronological approximation. The first day of Summer occurs when the Sun is above the horizon longer than any other day of the year. Time is many things: fleeting, limited, precious, money, our ally or our enemy at different times. My sons gave me a nice watch for Fathers' Day, so time is something with which I can keep up.

Monday, June 16, 2014

If I was in charge of the NBA, I would

reinstitute the "3 chances to make 2" free throws once the limit of 7 fouls in a half has been reached in by the opposing team. This would also apply to shooting fouls. For fouls on three point attempts, 4 chances to make 3 would be applied. In addition, I would eliminate "fouling out." A player could accumulate unlimited fouls during a game.

Sunday, June 15, 2014

If I was in charge of the PGA I would

Allow players to carry 4 clubs in the first round of a tournament, 8 clubs in the second round, 12 clubs in the third round and 15 in the final round(s), or vice versa, player's choice.

Saturday, June 14, 2014

If I was in charge of _______ I would _________.

If I was in charge of the NFL I would award more or fewer points for field goals of different lengths. Less than 15 yds, 1 pt, 15-29 yds, 2 pts, 30-44 yds, 3 pts, 45-59 yds, 4 pts, 60+ yds, 5 pts


Sunday, June 8, 2014

Why is it that time seems to pass faster the older we get? Well, there is a mathematical explanation. When taught fractions, students are often shown a "pie" with equal size wedges to represent the fractions. Picture such a pie with 4 wedges. This represents a 4 year old. Now imagine traveling around the edge of the pie at a constant rate of speed. Now, imagine traveling, at that same rate of speed,  around the edge of a pie that has 40 wedges instead of only 4. How much more quickly will you traverse one of the wedges?
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My "official" website...at least the one with my name as the URL. A work in progress.

Thursday, June 5, 2014

Now this is Antiques on Augusta in Greenville, SC. What was it before?
Now this is the Woodward Medical Center in Greenville, SC. What was it before?

Monday, June 2, 2014

Nature versus nurture

Natural disaster contributes to life not being fair. Human nurture reflects how people can be fair.