Happy Mother's Day to all you moms out there, and especially my mom, Lynn, and my kids' mom, Colleen.

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Dad never talked about his experiences in WWII. I found out from his obituary that he had run radar operations in England.

(eta) Thanks, Dad

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It was rather an expensive weekend, but worthwhile. I really needed a break, and had dozens of things to do -- I'm glad I took the two days off again this week.

Saturday I ordered new batteries for Colleen's scooter. It turns out that ( Read more... )

We had a good Christmas weekend. And week, for that matter, though it had ( Read more... )

We had eight people for Thanksgiving -- the three residents, Naomi and her ( Read more... )

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Happy Pi Day!

Google's logo is worth a look if you're reading this on 3.14.

Here's wishing you a very happy and delightful Christmas, Hanukkah, Newton's Birthday, or whatever you happen to be celebrating this year. I hope you're having fun.

Like a lot of people on my friends list, I've been looking for inexpensive gifts to give people, and especially my kids (who are not on this filter, BTW). One of the obvious zero-cost options is lessons: guitar for the Y.D.; maybe simple Perl or Javascript programming for the Wolfling.

I've offered, of course, but I think they're a ( Read more... )

Today is, among other things, Newton's Birthday, which makes the flower_cat's gift to me of a copy of God Created the Integers: the Mathematical Breakthroughs that Changed History by Stephen Hawking particularly appropriate.

It's an anthology of some of the most important papers in mathematics ( Read more... )