I'm having this weird situation at school with a student (V) who is sending me inappropriate e-mail. I am find the situation mystifying, as I am the professor. Although, granted, V is only auditing my class. The first e-mail included a bunch of stuff on how much V was enjoying my class, as he likes my voice. The second e-mail started off "Dear ( Read more... )

The following proof is a bit long, but well worth pursuing. However, the reader who is endowed with a great deal of faith but considerably less fondness of linear algebra may skip the proof with suffering too much damage to his or her understanding of the practical issues surrounding BCH and Reed-Solomon codes.

I just dropped off a large check at the post office paying off my 2nd mortgage. It was my resolution in Sept 2006 to pay it off by Sept 2011, and I am happy that I could do it. Afterward, I grabbed a latte at Starbucks across the street from the post office. When Z comes home, we will do a little happy dance together. I guess this leaves my ( Read more... )

Because I hardly ever meme (or post) these days:

Request: Give me a suggestion for something to do in the coming year that is 2009. Large, small, serious, silly -- but really mean that you think I ought to do it.

fj, please, do not suggest plastic surgery

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Maybe they really should have found another place for the College Station, TX fire school, because it sort of looks like the airport runway is on fire.

The first night shift of a four day block -- please, just kill me now.

We took advantage of the Black Friday sales to replace the broken mixer. We got the Professional 600 KitchenAid in Nickel Pearl. With the amazon sale and the KitchenAid $50 rebate, it was half the price it normally is. We also got all of the wedding invitations from Hobby Lobby at 40% off. I got materials to make the veil. I started making it ( Read more... )

While making the traditional pumpkin cake for breakfast somehow I broke the beaters. I was using the wrong bowl, scraping the sides, and the contact of the spoon to the beater broke the beater blade. It's not like I stuck the spoon between the beaters, so I'm not completely certain what happened there ( Read more... )

Could I get a better price for a 5-qt Artisan KitchenAid Mixer? Or should I just take it?

With Z making wedding cakes with all of their attendant fondant, we're thinking about getting a KitchenAid Stand Mixer. I can never figure out if they are worth all of the hype or not, but I know a lot of people on my flist have them. Which one do you have? Do you think it is worth it? Do you think that buying one with a bigger motor is ( Read more... )