Alethiography

As a kid, I saw a demonstration that I'm sure is common. The speaker had a vase, some large rocks, and a quantity of sand. She said that...

Ed and I have always had a hard time keeping the kitchen clean. That is an understatement, really - at any given moment our kitchen was very...

I've been reading this article, "A Brief History of American K-12 Mathematics Education in the 20th Century" by David Klein, ...

I usually post cheerful things, but not today. I'm not sure whether to organize this post by subject or by calendar, but let me start by...

This is my second semester teaching precal recitations (what some schools call "labs"). The kids in my course attend a large lectu...

I have experienced an interesting attitude change since starting grad school. Ed (my ex-boyfriend, with whom I still share an apartment) and...

An amusing/embarrassing thing happened to me today. Because I write so much, I am very careful to keep paper that I've only used one sid...

This is definitely my hardest semester of grad school so far, for the simple reason that I am taking two core courses (which are the kind he...

I basically only cook things that are extremely easy, so here are two simple recipes, plus a bonus dessert. Chicken and Rice Soup 1 package ...

This semester, I am doing a reading course in probability & measure (using Billingsley ). It's the first time I've ever done a r...

I just finished reading my second George Eliot book, Silas Marner . I chose it to read because I wanted to read another book by her and I ha...

I was emailing with Sally today about the increasing distaste I feel for the habit of rating everything one encounters, and it occurred to m...

Unlike in my former life as a corporate worker bee, these days I spend more money than I earn. Not counting the tax hit from the bonus I got...

A long time ago at a college far, far away (well, about 6 hours away by car), I was supposed to read Middlemarch by George Eliot for a 19th...

Yesterday, I did a load of dishes. And it's important that we're really clear about what happened here, so let me elaborate. Ed and ...