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Hey girl.

A year or two ago I found out through FB that several women who had been high school classmates, and whom I hadn't seen or spoken to since graduation, were homeschooling their kids.  We had a few brief exchanges, and it was fun to discover that we had that in common, especially in the cases where we hadn't had much in common at all when we were in high school.

That's a little preamble to pointing out this Tumblr site that Anne H, who went to high school with me, put together.  Have fun reading Homeschool Ryan Gosling.

Math and music videos.

Remember a while back when I linked to the Music Animation Machine videos?  These animations visually represented some fairly complicated pieces of music, such as one of my favorites, Mozart's Symphony No. 40, as a series of colored bars scanning across the screen:

 

I loved the way the structure of the music was made visible; how I felt I could understand and grasp the music in a way I couldn't before.

At the time I posted that it reminded me of something, but I couldn't think what.  

Then this morning I saw a website that told me instantly what it was I had been reminded of:  Music boxes!

The above movie is from vihart.com, which is a treasure trove of videos about mathematical and musical recreations.  I can't recommend it highly enough.

Here's another video from vihart.com, this one about graph theory:

Enjoy!  My kids and I all did.

 

New medical pain-rating chart.

From Hyperbole and a Half.  Haha.

I definitely think my ten- and six-year-old boys would relate better to the chart she suggests.  I am tempted to print it out and bring it with me next time someone has to have a needle stick.

Simcha Fisher is a genius.

Because she knows how to craft a humorous post.  Seven quick takes, take that.

(h/t Scrutinies)

"Implausible TV plot lines."

"I think the worst offender here is the History Channel and all their programs on the so-called 'World War II.'"

Check it out - funny.  H/t the Volokh Conspiracy.

Recipes you will, erm, love. From a distance.

Click on this and then click through.  Summary:  Weight Watchers recipe cards.  From 1974.  You've come a long way, fatso baby.  Example that I am not making up:  Fluffy Mackerel Pudding.

(I was reminded instantly of James Lileks's Gallery of Regrettable Food and was pleased to see that she gave it a shout-out.)

Quarantine.

I doubt I would be this creative if I were locked in a hospital room for 7 weeks.

One of those "no reason, I just liked it" posts.

I don't follow anyone on Twitter, period (semicolon?) but I'm tempted to after discovering, via a link from Neal at Literal-Minded, @FakeAPStylebook.  A selection:

. Do not confuse "lyme disease" with "lime disease," an affliction caused by over-consumption of mojitos. 


. It is not necessary to refer to the Mountain Time Zone. There will never be a story from there.

. Metaphors may not be used by Journalists unless they are at least Level 5 and have taken the "Imagery" skill. 

. The plural of apostrophe is "apostrophe's." 

. Only use the word "proactive" if it will dynamically impact your synergistic throughput paradigm. 

. All composition titles are to be denoted with quotation marks instead of italics because this is still 1955, apparently. 

. The British spelling of "color" is "Blimey, color, I say! What ho!" 

. @Athenrein: Yes, but for simplicity's sake, you may shorten "Unemployed-American" to "American." . In high school sports stories, do your best to play up star players' big-league chances so their failures are more tragic.

. If an editor draws a little dick on your manuscript, it's probably not a correction. It's more likely he just likes drawing little dicks. 

 That last one brings back memories.  Not that anyone ever actually drew a penis on anything I wrote.  At least not that I noticed.

A silly physics joke I hadn't heard.

From Jamie at Light and Momentary.  To my delight, much like another silly physics joke I have long appreciated, it also involves cows.

Of course, I might change it to "interrupting viscosity" or possibly to "interrupting chemical potential."  We are, after all, engineers here.

A silly physics joke I hadn't heard.

From Jamie at Light and Momentary.  To my delight, much like another silly physics joke I have long appreciated, it also involves cows.

Of course, I might change it to "interrupting viscosity" or possibly to "interrupting chemical potential."  We are, after all, engineers here.