The Dog Who Taught Math

Corporal’s puppies from the last litter were just entering high school. One day, he came home from work, took a long drink from the toilet and then went into the kitchen, where his daughter Daisy was pondering her homework. “What’ya doing?”, Corporal asked, sniffing the trash can a little. His daughter rolled her eyes and […]

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Dog’s Apology

Dear Owner: I am sorry I bit your niece. I should’ve taken her grabbing my eyeball as good fun, because, if I look at it dispassionately, it was funny on several levels. Unfortunately, having my eye grabbed and pulled on is one of my “buttons”. I hope your niece is okay; but, I have to […]

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Advantages to Learning Cursive

One advantage to writing in cursive is you will be able to write much faster than printing, so it will be easier to take notes in school. Of course, neither you nor anyone else will be able to READ those notes… but it isn’t a problem because the class was video recorded. ♦ Cursive improves […]

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Some Stuff I’m Working on

Early on in modern astronomy, most scientists felt that the Universe was eternal. It was the scientific equivalent of shrugging your shoulders and saying, “I dunno. It was like that when I got here”. Later, they noticed signs that maybe the Universe hadn’t been here all along. With the aid of a spectrograph, scientists determined […]

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