A bookseller, a reader and an imaginary friend
In her Huffington Post “Notes from My (Book) Shelf”column, the very generous and highly esteemed Roxanne Coady, owner of RJ Julia Booksellers in Madison, CT, writes: Serendipitous Moment of the…
Background television makes you stupid. Or perhaps you’re an idiot for failing to turn off the television in the first place. Either way, turn the damn thing off when you’re not watching.
My wife and I think that background television (the continued use of the television even though its audience is engaged in other activities) is the opiate of the masses. The…
Gratitude journal: The absolute euphoria of prime factorization
Tonight I am grateful for the inexplicable joy and near euphoria that my students experienced when successfully negotiating the prime factorization of numbers like 1,056, 2044, and 4,096. I really…
