My birthday was last week, and I had four birthday cakes. Here’s one Marty made. She’s the secretary of the Math Department at Biola: She knows my favorite number is 38. The card says: “Your favorite # written in base blueberry” When I showed up to class later that day, there was a cake on [...]
Tomorrow (Friday) is Test 3 in my Nature of Math class. And once again, I gave the option to take the test late Thursday night instead of Friday, since a number of students wanted to go out of town early. Here they are taking the test, which lasted from 10:00pm to 11:00pm: Yes, Jennifer (Blue [...]
I picked up my new glasses and contacts today. I really like my new contacts. My prescription has changed somewhat, so I can see much clearer with these new contacts and glasses. A new perspective on life. I usually wear contacts, so I don’t use my glasses much, but I decided it was still worth [...]
My birthday was a couple days ago. I celebrated some then, but tonight was when some friends came over for dinner. I bought myself a “slow cooker” (aka Crock Pot) for my birthday – a 6 quart version. I used it to make beef brisket for dinner. Adam, one of my housemates, has an ancient [...]