Monthly Archive for: ‘October, 2011’

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  Boldly Go

  Unemployed?  Virgin Galactic is looking for spaceship pilots.  Apply now!

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  Joshua Defies Gravity

  Our dear little Joshua defied gravity today.  He rolled over for the first time! Janine has been trying to catch his first one on film for the last several weeks. She’s got like 20 or more “not quite” videos. But today he made it. Just …

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  How Not to Teach Math

  You’ve GOT to watch this TED video.  High School math teacher Dan Meyer gives a great talk about how math education is done so poorly today and what to do about it.  This guy needs to be promoted.  He should write his own textbook, or …

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  I’m With Mitt

  Several months ago, I half-jokingly went around telling people I was going to write-in the name of Dave Ramsey for President during the 2012 elections.  I even thought about printing my own T-shirt saying “Dave for President”.  (Wow — I’m not alone.  There are even …

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  The Divided States of America, Part 2

  In college physics classes, I learned about the Law of Conservation of Matter and Energy.  Income minus outgo equals retention.  It doesn’t matter what it is.  Water, altitude, BTU’s, pixie sticks, you name it.  It’s always the same equation. It works with money too. This …

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