Author Archives: matt

Really, why would anyone drink green beer? I don’t think “Irish” is intersection-closed, so the whole concept as a St. Patrick’s Day thing is perhaps ill-conceived. It happens I was at a bar/restaurant on Friday night, and the bartender offered … Continue reading →

A mathematician talking about math? What a concept. Except it’s not really about math, so don’t stop reading just because it says “mathblogging” up there at the top of the post. So I was at a conference last week, as … Continue reading →

Via Unfogged: This proclamation might almost be enough of a reason by itself to move to Kansas. Almost. NOW, THEREFORE, I, Dennis “Boog” Highberger, Mayor of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, do hereby proclaim the days of February 4, April … Continue reading →

You Passed 8th Grade Math Congratulations, you got 10/10 correct! Could You Pass 8th Grade Math?

Ladies and gentlemen, I present the Mongol Rally: an 8000 miles from London, England to Ulan Bator, Mongolia. In cars with 1L engines or worse. (Although to be fair, the rules say that you have to start out in such … Continue reading →

A conversation at dinner last night had someone comment about one of my recent posts; this led to a bunch of confused looks around the table and remarks like, “wait, you blogged something?” In resposne to this — well, really … Continue reading →

March 2003: The cafeteria menus in the three House office buildings changed the name of “french fries” to “freedom fries,” in a culinary rebuke of France stemming from anger over the country’s refusal to support the U.S. position on Iraq. … Continue reading →

Dude. It’s been, like, a month since I wrote anything here. I’d like to be able to tell you that I’ve been off saving the world and stuff, or building geometrical shapes in Siberia so that aliens will know that … Continue reading →

I feel very adult today: I’ve both cast my vote in an election and gone to a dentist entirely of my own free will. The voting thing isn’t anything new, since I generally make it a point to vote in … Continue reading →

Yes, I’m still here. I spent the last few weeks wandering around Ontario, often staying in places with little to no internet connectivity, so even had I been inclined to write in this space I was more or less unable … Continue reading →