Where have you been? Oh, I’ve been here. But why so quiet? I don’t want to talk about it. About what? I’ve fallen into a deep funk. Run out of pretty things to say.? The Monarchs fluttering and Goldeneye blossoms waving in the wind have lost their luster. And I just sit here looking around and […]
Tag Archives: grouchy
Reading Our Books
Tue, 7 Sep 2010, 07:00 PM (-06:00)
It was the end of the day. The fair and industrious Trudy was sitting in the green recliner with her feet up. She was reading a book. I was sitting in the beige recliner reading my book. Periodically she would chuckle and sometimes laugh out loud. I turned to watch her. She was smiling and chortling […]
The Elder Statesman’s Lie
Wed, 25 Aug 2010, 04:13 PM (-06:00)
Former Senator and elder statesman Alan Simpson recently ignited a firestorm when he sent an insulting email regarding Social Security to Ashely Carson, Executive Director of the Older Women’s League, an organization that advocates on behalf of older women. The headlines have included his accusation that America has become a “milk cow with 310 million […]
Sureity
Thu, 1 Jul 2010, 09:13 PM (-06:00)
1. Definitions. 1.1. Let Eu denote a universal set of outcomes that we are interested seeing realized. And let E ⊂ Eu denote some particular subset of outcomes. 1.2. Let Pu denote a universal set of people. And let p ∈ Pu denote a particular person in that set of people. And let P ⊂ Pu denote some particular subset in […]
Birds
Tue, 22 Jun 2010, 11:23 PM (-06:00)
1. Hummingbirds The Turks Cap has only barely begun to bloom in the backyard, the red flowers peeking out from the one plant by the Pine tree. I didn’t figure that we’d see Hummingbirds much until we had more of those red blossoms, but yesterday there was one flitting between the wild Sunflowers. I didn’t […]
Eigenvalues, Phone Numbers and Externalities
Thu, 13 May 2010, 09:09 PM (-06:00)
Cleaning up some papers sitting atop my dresser this afternoon, I found a sheet that had the following three things on it. 1. In the center of the page was a statement of the eigenvalue problem: Lf = λ f, residue of a project that never got off the ground. 2. On the right side […]
Saturday Morning Triptych
Mon, 10 May 2010, 04:04 PM (-06:00)
1. Bun Run A good day for a taco.  The sky was grey but not ominous.  The temperature was comfortable.  A slight breeze blew as I put a book under my arm and walked out the door to go to Torchy’s. A mile into the walk, I came to the big street and waited for the […]