Archive for March, 2006

03/31/2006 Entry: “Bucky’s da man”

Friday, March 31st, 2006

There exists a realizable, evolutionary alternative to our being either atom-bombed into extinction or crowding ourselves off the planet. The alternative is the computer-persuadable veering of big business from its weaponry fixation to accommodation of all humanity at an aerospace level of technology, with the vastly larger, far more enduringly profitable for all, entirely new World Livingry Service Industry. It is statistically evident that the ...

03/30/2006 Entry: “Math help”

Thursday, March 30th, 2006

Math is one of the subjects that I find students need the most help. Thanks to Edutopia News from The George Lucas Educational Foundation (GLEF), I found the site from Hofstra University for help in Finite Math and Calculus: http://people.hofstra.edu/faculty/Stefan_Waner/RealWorld/index.html Another great tutoring site is maintained by Joe Landsberger - Study ...

03/28/2006 Entry: “Deep Philosophy”

Tuesday, March 28th, 2006

Spotted on a student's tee shirt today: What if the Hokey-Pokey Really is what it's all about? Hmmm.

03/27/2006 Entry: “Where should I put my hand?”

Monday, March 27th, 2006

Relating to a senate hearing on the legality of gay marriage, the following exchange occured between Jacobs, a congressperson, and Raskin, a law professor: "As I read Biblical principles, marriage was intended, ordained and started by God — that is my belief," [Jacobs] said. "For me, this is an issue solely ...

03/26/2006 Entry: “Getting away from it all”

Sunday, March 26th, 2006

I'm not sure if Buddha would like me using my Zen Garden to read email as well as write in my blog. Since computers didn't exist in his time, maybe he'd understand about a techno-addict as I am ;>) I created my Zen Garden soon after we had the pool put ...

03/20/2006 Entry: “Power[less]“

Monday, March 20th, 2006

The feeling of power is one of the elements of life that sometimes gets bad press. Rape, for example, is not about sex, it's about power. That is a use of power that is wrong and deserves the press it gets. But, it is also an example of the need ...