Precalculus Test tomorrow!

Here's some info on the test. It should also clarify the discussion we were having at the end of class. E-mail me if you have any questions.

Fun with Silly Putty...

I don't know if Silly Putty means anything to you guys, but it was a very cool toy we had back when I was a kid. It's this ball of sticky stuff and you could do all sorts of stuff with it. One of our favorites was spreading it on to a newspaper and pulling it up, revealing a copy of the image (it pulled the ink off the paper) that you could then stretch and distort.

Now, there's even cooler stuff called Thinking Putty that has bunches of cool tricks, experiments and colors (Silly Putty is a boring generic pinkish color). Or, if you want to buy 5 pounds of Silly Putty (it used to come in eggs that contained maybe a couple of ounces), you can do that too.

By the way, I found this stuff through one of my favorite websites, Cool Tools. It has also inspired me to try cloning my Thai lime tree, but that's a story for another day.

Go Owls!

I don't have the vocal stamina of the legendary Mr. Matthews (my voice is shot this morning), but it was an honor to yell "Go Owls!" at last night's football game.

If you missed it, you missed a heroic effort by our guys. Start making your plans to go to Nashville to root them on there!

As we approach progress reports...

If you're ahead, you're even.
If you're even, you're behind.
If you're behind, you're toast.

-- R.P. LaCivita
Famous sports producer and all-around smart guy

In its original context, this advice pertained to TV production, but it applies equally well to academics. If you feeling like you're not keeping up, come see me before you become toast. :)

From today's chapel presentation...

At the request of my Algebra students...
A strange rally chant from old MUS (courtesy of Scott Stevens)...

Flea
Fleasta
Cumelada, cumelada, cumelada vista
Oh, no, no, no, not the vista
Eenie-meenie, ex-a-meenie, oo-wadda-wadda-meenie
and so on...

Does it make any sense? No. But it was fun all the same.

GO OWLS!!!!!