Category Archives: storify

Change++

Posted on December 14, 2018 by Travis

Me: It’s a 32 ounce refill. Cashier: Okay… that’s 96 cents. M: Here’s 5 bucks. C: Your change is…. 4-0-4. Heh heh. 4-0-4. Change not found. M: That’s pretty funny. C: I guess someone cleared out the cache. M: That’s … Continue reading →

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The hero we deserve, not the one we need

Posted on December 13, 2018 by Travis

About week ago, a friend of mine who teaches at UNI posted this on Facebook: Math Joke Emergency! In less than three hours I will be lecturing on finding equations of conic sections by rotating and translating a conic in standard … Continue reading →

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Moove it

Posted on October 13, 2018 by Travis

I drove by a pasture and I watched as a herd of running cattle raced around its periphery, making sharp right-angled turns at each of its corners with speed and surprising grace, over and over again as if running laps … Continue reading →

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Fun facts

Posted on September 14, 2018 by Travis

Fun fact for you: In 1990, I flipped over my bike in a spectacular crash, resulting in me breaking my clavicle and knocking out a chunk of my two front teeth. As a result, part of my two front teeth … Continue reading →

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NO CAPES!

Posted on July 11, 2018 by Travis

I’m at the pediatric dentist’s office today, waiting for my kids to finish their appointment. The television in the waiting room is playing The Incredibles, and it gets to the part when Dash Parr races across the lake to evade … Continue reading →

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