I was walking in the park today (more on that later) with my iPod’s earphones in my ears, but they earphones weren’t turned on. And guess what? They squeaked and creaked like the complicated, rubbery-plastic, copper-wirey things they are. Is it just that my earphones are old, or do yours do the same thing?
Or do [...]

Real estate is in bad shape right now; if you’ve bet your retirement on property that won’t bring in any cash or you’ve faced an unwelcome foreclosure and need a place to stay, you might consider purchasing a secure parcel of land for your later years. Here are a few ideas.
Lunar Property
No joke about this: [...]

“Symkyn” is the name of one of the main characters in Chaucer’s “The Reeve’s Tale.” The name is actually Simon, but “Symkyn” is a diminutive used as his nickname. How come it is the diminutive form of a name that is always used for endearment or familiarity? How come small things are always so irresistible?
There [...]

Think: There is an infinite amount of whole numbers. There are half as many odd numbers as whole numbers. Therefore, the amount of odd numbers must be less than infinite.
But: Since the amount of whole numbers can grow forever without running out, there will always be more odd numbers. Therefore, the amount of odd numbers [...]

This poem is a little joke. A molossus is a metrical foot with three stressed syllables (´´´), and I wrote this ditty after one of my professors said that the word “molossus” sounds like a creature from Jurassic Park. Critique, anyone?
On a night when the crickets were chirping slow
And the windows were clouded with cold,
A [...]

If you are around babies a lot, you probably know how hard it is to take them to a fireworks show. The younger ones get frightened out of their wits. Those same babies, however, at the older and more experienced ages of three or four, spend days asking when the Fourth of July will come [...]

“Two teens paralyzed in recent car accident. Fortunately, third teen was already paralyzed.”