COLLEGE DEGREES

There are weeks when what to write in my blog is difficult for want of a topic. The old classic “writer’s cramp” – but not so this week. I watch a lot of TV that is called ‘educational’. It contains lots of opinions and new ideas...

BY THE NUMBERS

My father, like most fathers, (good or bad) had a profound influence on me. Mostly for the good! In retrospect I think I know what affected me most from what he would say to me. He always tried to get to the truth mathematically. He had a mantra that as a kid drove me...

GOVERNING

The last two weeks I postured things governmental. One week I spoke about “Formicalism” and then about tax rates the following week. I received blowback and a request to clarify. Here’s hoping I can separate the two thoughts better in this blog....

WORK

Labor Day – a holiday that recognizes our year-round efforts toiling to support ourselves and our families. Since I’m fully retired, I don’t feel that I’m nonobservant of the holiday spirit by writing this blog today. I do use the day to...

“FORMICALISM”

Aa much as I am critical and joke about the names of what new medicines are advertised on TV, I totally understand how difficult it is to make a new word. The very name “Mathmatecum” was not easy to construct. It was intended to canote the underlying...

NUMBERS

Another week has gone by, the internet is filled with more numbers than usual. The reason it seems is in contemplation of the impending end of year all though that will not occur for another four months and eleven days. The sellers of retirement information are asking...