Here He is Listening
Hi!!:
BLOGS LIVE!: Brian Stockus writes “Just The Facts” on practicing math fact flashcards with his daughter.
BLOGS LIVE 2: Michael Pershan (it is I) writes “What People Get Wrong About Memorizing Math Facts,” inspired by Brian’s post, making this a post that builds off another post, just like we used to do in 2011.
COUPLET: Charlie Watts passed away, my favorite Rolling Stones song is “Sway”.
I’ve been reading Code of the Woosters by P.G. Wodehouse, only the second Jeeves novel I’ve read. Hilarious stuff. It has me headed to YouTube to check out old Jeeves and Wooster clips, starring Fry and Laurie, like this one
Simpson’s Paradox isn’t really a paradox. It just says something surprising, which is that trends can appear in subgroups that disappear (or even reverse) when the data is combined in one. This recently showed up as a partial explanation for some Israeli covid data.
MUSIC: Mountain Goats’ most recent album, Dark In Here.
If you like comedy, I have a story about a talking immigrant baby in the upcoming issue of The American Bystander. You can buy a PDF for $5.
I shared this when it came out a few weeks ago, but this essay about talking to my kids about death continues to spark good conversations with friends about parenting.
Between the blog post about math facts, the short (very short) humorous story, and the essay about parenting, your guess is as good as mine as to what I’m going for these days.
Quote from my journal: “We have agreed to teach our children that mucus is brain melting out your nose.”
Goodbye Summer,
Michael