Booyah II

NCAA hoopster junkies: I’m enjoying the games this year, more than usual. Maybe because I actually tried my hand at predicting outcomes in a formal format. My outcomes yesterday improved over Thursday’s by three.  Only two incorrect picks: Oklahoma State […]

Booyah!

For basketball fans of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament: Best time of the year for basketball viewing! Despite the big money involved and exploitation of student athletes, it’s still pretty pure, really intense competition. It’s great to see smaller schools […]

My Happiness Creed!

Note to reader: I wrote this piece about six weeks ago and submitted it to the “humor” page of a prestigious magazine that deals with important cultural and historical issues in the United States. Their announced acceptance/rejection time line has […]

Bouncing Ball

I found a new website some time ago titled JacksonPollock.org that allows users to create their own computer art using a “drip” method reminiscent of Jackson Pollock’s.  I haven’t spent much time with it, but tonight I dropped some virtual […]

My humor place…

This past Sunday I read in the NY Times “internet” section about a social/dating website called okcupid.com. It was started by four mathematicians who were dissatisfied with all the other social networking/dating websites.  They did some number crunching to figure […]