Part of a conversation discussing the logistical difficulties of bring computer parts to schools in remotest Alsaka:
“It’s tough gettin’ ‘em up near Tractor and that area. What is it, like, 1500 miles away?”
“No, it’s only about 700 miles. It just feels like 1500.”
“Yeah, you gotta fly up there in a little plane no bigger than a Cessna. It takes, like, five hours and there ain’t no bathroom, so you really gotta be on top of your business.”
“Yeah. Or you will be.”
Is it a bad omen if a plane’s electrical system glitches out during the flight attendant’s safety demonstration?
In other news, I’ll be in Anchorage for the rest of the week (assuming the plane works) for the ANSEP conference. Tavvauvusi!
A dinner conversation from the other night.
The Ladybug: Hey, Daddy! Do you want to hear something funny?
Me: Okay.
TL: How do you spell Daddy?
Me: D-A-D-D-Y.
TL: How do you spell Mommy?
Me: M-O-M-M-Y.
TL: How do you spell Ladybug?
Me: L-A-D-Y-B-U-G.
TL: And how do you spell D.J.?
Me: D-J.
[ Pause ]
TL: Ha ha ha! D.J. is… D… J…! Get it? Get it?
Yeah, kid, I get it.
Regardless of the particular breed of dog that Pluto might be, given his size relative to that of his owner, I think it’s safe to assume that Mickey is, in fact, a rat.
Owing to the historic nature of this week’s Presidential Inauguration, I figured it’d be appropriate to include some presidentially themed links of the week.
Inspired by Shepard Fairley’s iconic red, white, and blue Obama poster, Paste Magazine has created a nifty page that let’s you create your own Obamicons. For example, here is a mathematician’s version of the CHANGE and HOPE poster’s:
And here is a Republican’s version of CHANGE:
Have fun.
The New York Times has a pretty slick applet that takes all the presidential inaugural addresses, ranging from George Washington in 1789 to Barack Obama in 2009, and arranges them into a visual word cloud depicting the frequency of certain words, including links to the actual speeches so that these words may be placed in context. For example, which president does this word cloud depict?
It’s both educational and insightful.
And just in case you forgot who pundits were already touting as a GOP frontrunner in the 2012 election, here’s a look at what might have happened with Sarah Palin as President. Yay, Joe the Mauve Sofa.
