Category: Misc

An Interview With Warren Andrew Slay, Part 2 Here is Part 2 of my increasingly contentious interview with Warren Andrew Slay. RTNM:  Can you tell me why you never write under your real name?  Why all the different pen names? WAS: Many writers will tell you that if they had to do it all over […]

An Interview With Warren Andrew Slay, Part 1 I have been trying to get an interview with Warren Andrew Slay for decades.  Never heard of him?  I am not surprised; he keeps a low profile.  My talk with him will be presented in multiple posts.  We covered a wide range of topics; most are interesting, […]

Calculators I came across a math problem on YouTube the other day.  Apparently, it was asked during a high school math competition somewhere in Europe.  The problem is as follows: The student is tasked with finding the area of the newly created figure.  I am not a big puzzle guy.  I usually only pay attention […]

A Little Birthday Math You say it’s your birthday It’s my birthday too, yeah Birthday by The Beatles, written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney It is about time I drew my attention back to an interesting math problem.  This post is about The Birthday Problem, sometimes referred to as The Birthday Paradox.  Fair warning, […]

It has been over ten years since I met Athena.  You know, Athena… I wrote a book about meeting her.  The chapters are posted on this blog.  I have to admit that some inspired writing is found on those pages.  This post is not inspired, and I want to write about why that is. I […]

A Mathematical Monster The Mathematician slowly turned to see if Alexa was toying with him. Was it really time to get up already? He was having a lucid dream about Danica Patrick. They were eating lunch at a picturesque sidewalk café when he was rudely interrupted. “Alexa, good morning. Thank you for waking me up […]

A Small (not TALL) Tale about a Chicken I remember reading about the story I am about to tell you.  I can’t quite remember when or where I first came across the adventures of this exceptional chicken, but I never forgot her.  She has to be one of the most extraordinary chickens that ever was. […]

That is One Strange Bunny Hole Over ten years ago, I wrote an essay called Breakfast at Tiffany’s.  The other day I decided to take a look at it.  I wanted to edit it so that I could include it in this blog.  The best-laid plans… On the first page, I referenced the “food service […]

The Unknown Opponent This is a post about playing tennis against an opponent you have never seen play.  This is a fairly common occurrence if you are a tournament player or play tennis socially on a ladder.  What are you supposed to do when you want to defeat such an opponent?  I have a few […]

We’re Going to State! My niece, Haley, is a freshman in high school.  She is a tennis player.  She is the first girl in the history of her school to win the sectional tournament.  The fantastic thing is that she beat every opponent 6-0, 6-0.  She was never in danger of dropping a single game. […]