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  • Scientists in Heaven

    Newton, Pascal, and Einstein are playing hide-and-go-seek in heaven.

    Einstein closes his eyes and starts counting.

    Pascal goes and hides behind a cloud.

    Newton stays where he is, and draws a 1mx1m square on the floor around him.

    Einstein finishes counting and turns around.

    “Ah ha, Newton! I found you!”

    “No you haven’t, you’ve found one Newton over 1m2 . . . You found Pascal.”

  • Electronic Mail

    I have had some good emailing today.  This however was a cute excerpt from my mom’s

    Oprah is over….and yes I’ll miss her…I did enjoy the show.  Our Charter was out on Monday & Tuesday so believe it or not…I went up to Des Peres Lodge and watched both shows in their lobby. It was just me and the TV… a few people stopped by and watched for a few minutes but I was the only one there for just that purpose…They really were good shows so I’m glad I saw  them.

  • Where there’s a will, there’s a way around a hill

    Well, Representative Liston made it (see previous post).

    House Republicans were denied their one-vote majority for more than a week with the absence of Liston, R-Colorado Springs, who was recovering at his home from surgery to repair a detached retina.

    But Liston, whose doctors told him he could not drive over Monument Hill because the altitude would injure his recovering left eye, made it to Denver today after taking State Highway 24 from Colorado Springs to Limon and then Interstate 70 to Denver.

    Source.  Hat tip to Ethan Watel.

  • Double Tid Bit

    Not one, but two state legislative tid bits today.  For the first, I quote where I found the tid bit, Seth Masket‘s blog:

    An amazing story out of the Colorado statehouse illustrating the dangers of narrow majorities: State Rep. Larry Liston, a Republican from Colorado Springs, just had surgery for a detached retina. His ophthalmologist told him he’s not allowed to go above 7,000 feet for the next two weeks while it heals. This means he can’t drive up to the Capitol in Denver, as I-25 exceeds that altitude at one point.

    With Liston, the Republicans have a 33-32 majority. Now, the chamber has no majority party for the next two weeks, with just 2 1/2 weeks left in the legislative session. And there’s a lot of legislative business still to finish. Add to that the fact that Democrats control the state senate and the governor’s office, and there’s a lot of pressure on Liston’s retina.

    Second, some of you may be aware of my love of PTI.  This man is a national treasure




    Well, he gave me state legislative news today.  Carl Lewis cannot run for the New Jersey state senate.  Go to ESPN, your source for state legislative news, to read more.

  • Flight today…

    Flew back to Princeton today….three things.

    1. I think the TSA thought a 12-pack of beer in a white garbage bag in my luggage was a bomb.
    2. Southwest pilots reuse the same jokes upon landing: “Now I am going to say what my parents told me when I was 18…..get your bags and get out” – heard on 3 of 4 flights in last week.
    3. I ended up waiting out my delayed flight at my destination airport (I was bumped up to an earlier flight to Newark, but my bag wasn’t.  So I waited for my original (delayed) flight to land at Newark).

  • State Leg Tid Bits

    Its been a while since a state leg tid bit, so here are two…

    One, did you know legislators strategically use prisons in redistricting. I actually find this extraordinarily clever. See here for more.

    Second, the Oregon State Legislature:

    Do you think a Harry Reid-John Boehner rendition of Rebecca Black’s Friday would prevent the shutdown? It would be hard though to sneak in “gotta have my cereal” into the congressional record. The “laboratories of democracy” should get on this.

  • Crimson v. Tigers

    Thank goodness I went to grad school, giving me a third college basketball team.  Tuesday, SLU lost to Rhode Island.  GW lost to St. Joseph’s in overtime, but Princeton beat Penn to give me a rare Ivy League playoff between Princeton v. Harvard at Yale!

    Some highlights

    • Before the game watching somewhat drunk Harvard students stuggle to find Frank Pepe’s (we got off the train together, they showed up 10 minutes after I did).
    • Within minutes of reaching the student section, Princeton students yelled “YALE”…Harvard students chimed in “SUCKS” showing Ivy Comradery
    • Encountered first other SignGuy that used Nobel Prizes, Presidents, and Professors publishing records as sign material (sorry for photo quality)

    • While you may think Ivy Leaguers are smart, they can be a ‘bit slow (e.g. stop chanting airball at a player after he hit a clutch game tieing 3)
    • Princeton wins on a play with less than 2.8 seconds left.  A buzzer beater sends them to the dance.  See ESPN video here




      • You can briefly see me at the 13 – 15 second marks on the left.

    • A rushing of the court occurred

    • And the nets were cut down

    • Final Highlight: Discovering a White Castle on trek back through NYC

    My first SLU tournament was in 2000.  They won.  My first GW tournament was 2005.  They won.  My first Princeton conference playoff was 2011.  They won.

    Conference week is by far my favorite week in sports.