12-20-14 Hodgepodge
Saturday, December 20, 2014
Merry Christmas!
Each year, around this time, I take a week or so off
from blogging, and that break begins today. Expect me back on the
Monday or Tuesday after Christmas. In the meantime, merry Christmas!
Weekend Reading
"After I worked up the nerve to hear what I was sure would be, 'No
gifts!? Horror of horrors, it's Scrooge!', I was astounded by
everyone’s reaction." -- Michael Hurd, in "When Holiday Gift-Giving Becomes a
Burden" at The Delaware Wave
"Why do otherwise levelheaded people flock to psychics, mediums and the like?"
-- Michael Hurd, in "Fascination
With the Mystical" at The Delaware Coast Press
My Two Cents
Michael Hurd's piece on gift-giving reminds me to
appreciate having a toe in two pools: My family decided long ago to
get together for a couple of "Dirty Santa" exchanges (but get presents
for any kids) each year, while my wife's family is more traditional. I get to
enjoy a few gifts, and still escape quite a bit of stress at the same time.
Series or Parallel?
Have
you ever wondered something like this about Christmas lights?
... How can you have one light with a broken filament and still have the other lights on? In the physics world, we call this "the magic of Christmas". Ok, not really. ...If so, Wired has the answer.
-- CAV
2 comments:
Merry Christmas, Gus, to you and yours! Look forward to more posts when you return.
Merry Christmas to you, too, John!
Also, I look forward to perusing your searchable index of Leonard Peikoff's podcasts.
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