Crack

My old calculus teacher at GCCC, Mrs. Crummet, used to have crackly joints. She'd teach at the white board and her ankles (?) would crack when we moved around.

Well, today, while teaching math at GCCC, I was walking around and my knee cracked. I immediately smiled and thought of my old teacher. :)

Back to where We started

Shannon and I are moving back to the town we met it, Garden City. :) Most of you know already, and in case you don't, I took a job at GCCC as a full-time mathematics teacher starting this fall. :D

MDM4U1

I haven't posted anything mathy in a while. So here is something.

http://mdm4u1.wetpaint.com/

Yesterday, my sister Jayme, whose taking a statistics course at Wichita State, asked about some of her homework problems. She's doing (too much) combinatorics in her stats class and I didn't really know the answers. So I searched the web-web and happened accross MDM4U1, a crappy name. But it's a pretty nice little place.

It's a wiki for mathematics and statistics topics. The entry I referred her to (about permutations with identical elements) was easy to follow and helpful. It seems like a good idea.

Registering For Baby

I truly understand the concept of a registry. You are going to have a baby, people will likely buy you things. Tell them what things you'd like. Got it.

Here's a problem... There's a good deal of things I'd like from Etsy, but you can't make a registry with Etsy. You can add items to your favorites, then they are there forever and when they sell out you are linking to a gone object. Not great.

But there are things Shannon and I like. So, I will just post them here. If no one buys us them, fine. I may get them for myself. Also, there is no way to check for doubles...so...that. But really, I'm sure this isn't going to be a list for everyone. Just a select few who read my blog and want to buy our baby something.

Here goes:

• T-Rex Grasp and Teether toy by Little Sapling Toys : I think this toy is wonderful. Enough said.
• Prime Number Counting Chart by Tiffany Ard: She sells out of this often, but relists it. I pretty much like her whole shop, but this is my favorite item she has. It's wonderful! This one is 18x24. They also have an 8x10. I'm not sure which one I'd prefer. I'll let you decide.
• Nerdy Baby Dino Art Print by Tiffany Ard: This is my second favorite (possible Shannon's first). It' dino-riffic and nerdy. How wonderful!

Happy Square Root Day

Oh, the joy of mathematical holidays! Happy Square Root Day!

You'd better be celebrating this one. You won't have another chance to until 4/4/16! That's over 7 years away.