Well, World Maths Day has been such a success that my students had trouble getting on the clogged servers this AM. Sad, really. Then one of my students noticed that he could edit the .html code on the login page and save it as a new .html page. Load the new page and "ta da!" — we get in. Of course he gets a prize! :)

        

World Maths Day is underway, and addictive as ever! The 2010 version has been revamped, with the rules now providing a more "level" playing field (500 games per contestant for individual prizes; as many games as you want to contribute to the record). The actual day is easily the longest on record, as each year the World Maths Day planners make World Maths Day 48 hours long!

Someone hit my website searching for "World Maths Day Cheats." What kind of person feels the need to cheat on a free, fun contest?

Egad.

        

Compare this 1-square-foot patch of desert dirt, after the rainy season, to all of Mars. Pictures from Mars have impressed me with their total lifelessness. It may turn out that life is rare in the Universe, not because of any "wasted space" but more because that much Universe is needed just to make one planet with life on it.

        

It's not much, barely anything. But I'll take what I can get:




SEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeee-More!

        

I have to say that I sort of like the Spanish translation of "Wry Mouth," as evidenced here.

        

http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/01/pl_arts_found/2/   :)

        

here.

        

"New Age Beverages" — where did we go wrong? ;o/

        

Right-click to embiggen the picture and view the pink sign. It starts, "we are OPEN ALL DAY / Friday Feb. 12 / 11AM to 11PM...," which is what caught the attention of my sense of humor.

Amarin Thai restaurant, San Diego. Good food.

The fellow next to me is a perfect Man-On-The-Street stranger, who has noticed me taking the picture and is informing me that the restaurant is very good, and frequently has lines. It turns out he was right. "Yelp," it turns out, is a website that does restaurant reviews fairly well.

        

More contemplation of my life just leads me to believe more firmly in the idea of "dying to myself." Funny to have that moment of realization, like the anti-hero in the film "Falling Down:"

        

We had a lot of fun with this last year; I hope it becomes an annual event at our school.

        

I don't *think* this is a circular argument; just an amusing one.

        

Looking for nice, crisp resolution for short posts

        

Sigh.

        

Arrangement title page, scrap, by me for high school jazz ensemble.