tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83493608259887465062024-03-13T19:53:15.644-07:00Me, myself and piHappy thoughts and angry rants from the mouth of a maths boffin a mad arsenal fan. Plus my adventures with the evil procrastination monsterAnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08213308256492931605noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8349360825988746506.post-70939864053381314482017-12-01T12:48:00.001-08:002017-12-01T12:48:27.634-08:00hi lucyAnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08213308256492931605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8349360825988746506.post-7777071501973684722011-06-05T08:33:00.000-07:002011-06-05T08:40:59.813-07:00Dr whoFor those of you who have not yet watched Dr who, in the words of <strike>Melody</strike> Riversong, this is 'spoilers, sweetie'.<br />
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First of all, congratulations to Henry, and <strike>a few</strike> a lot of other people, on guessing the plot.<br />
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Dr who is certainly well on course to regaining the top spot on my list of epic telly series. It was a Tennant <span style="font-size: xx-small;">(Oh yes i did)</span> of this spot for a long time a few years ago but in recent years its gone down hill.<br />
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In the past, I've felt that Stephen Moffat has let a few to many story lines drag on for a bit too long. For example, the silence, massive hints throughout the last series about the silence along with the crack in the wall which could have led to a great finale, which in fact was on a par with endings such as 'and then i woke up'.<br />
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(On a side note the hints Davies gave were much more subtle then zoom in on a crack behind Churchill's desk)<br />
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So the silence then turn up in the first two episodes of this series and then seemingly die. I know that they will almost certainly return (the spaceship in James Corden's roof was the same as the Silence's space ship and James is returning) but you could have given hints to the silence in the first few episodes of a series (maybe starting with the flesh), killed them off and then brought them back for a finale.<br />
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When you leave a trail hanging for so long people get disillusioned.<br />
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Now with the astronaut trail, although its still along way from over, we've been given enough information to keep us coming back for more. If he manages to end it with a brilliant plot then Moffat will regain my respect.<br />
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However, the one thing the series is still lacking is self-contained episodes (that are good) with no link to the main plot. The flesh got close but was brought back too quickly (and so if you had started with the flesh, then killed the silence, then gone pirate (why wasn't the banshee attracted to you Amy was it because you are flesh) then gone to devils run it might have worked better) .<br />
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But you never know killing Hitler might finally give the doctor his top spot back.<br />
But you never know killing Hitler might finally give the doctor his top spot back.(i had to repeat that sentence to make sure i actually wrote it)<br />
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I hope to tell you of some of my other favourite series over the next few posts.<br />
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Until then:<br />
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subscribeAnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08213308256492931605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8349360825988746506.post-90470668519505035632011-05-24T15:32:00.000-07:002011-05-24T15:32:00.410-07:00Anti-Maths of the day No.1Statistics-need i say moreAnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08213308256492931605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8349360825988746506.post-29002457189751873342011-05-23T15:30:00.000-07:002011-05-23T15:30:35.060-07:00maths of the day No. 6Imaginary numbers<br />
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I chose them because they cause mega confusion and yet are much more useful then you could ever imagine. (But then again if you've got as far as imagining root -1maybe you can imagine anything)Anonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08213308256492931605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8349360825988746506.post-48547681290135630232011-05-21T09:43:00.000-07:002011-05-21T09:43:00.176-07:00Maths (based) challenge of the week No.1The answer will come at some point next weekend<br />
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Why is x used to represent the unknown? (x-rays, planet x etc. are all phrases that were coined at a much later date)Anonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08213308256492931605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8349360825988746506.post-3630739497017943112011-05-20T12:46:00.000-07:002011-05-20T12:46:00.341-07:00maths of the day No.6One, two, skip a few, 99, 100<br />
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You may have thought that this was one of the greatest things from your childhood, but for some amazonian tribes even this maths is too complex. Their numbers are 1,2 and many. Even the tribe members that have been taught numbers in other languages may be able to count but they still can't do simple addition.<br />
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This isn't as weird as it sounds because it turns out that the natural brain doesn't have a very good capacity for western mathematics and actually works in terms of ratios. More fruit on that tree, less sabre tooth tigers behind than in front etc.Anonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08213308256492931605noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8349360825988746506.post-55427618507437002822011-05-19T09:12:00.000-07:002011-05-19T09:12:00.044-07:00Maths of the day No.5Question 11 i) on the C1 paper.<br />
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I thought that the question was harder than one would expect in C1 but accessible once you applied the knowledge that was required.<br />
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(The irony is that this post is being written on Tuesday and scheduled for Thursday.) <br />
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Good luck in the C2 and FP1 papers tomorrow.<br />
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(Or if you have hacked my account the C1 paper tomorrow)Anonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08213308256492931605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8349360825988746506.post-1097890963600258892011-05-18T09:07:00.000-07:002011-05-18T09:07:00.411-07:00Maths of the day No.4The fact that 1+1=2<br />
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The basic axioms of mathematics are taken for granted and this causes le moutarde me montre au nez* (insert accents) . These are the axioms that were created (without realisation) from observations in the real world and it is for these reasons that mathematics is the language that describes the universe.<br />
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*this cause the mustard to climb up my nose- this angers me (french gcse idiom)<br />
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Good luck in the C1 paper todayAnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08213308256492931605noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8349360825988746506.post-88135772170152609712011-05-17T09:07:00.000-07:002011-05-17T09:07:30.956-07:00Maths of the day No.3pythagoras' theorem<br />
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much simpler than fermat's last theorem and much easier to proove<br />
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infact here are <a href="http://www.cut-the-knot.org/pythagoras/index.shtml">93 proofs.</a>Anonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08213308256492931605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8349360825988746506.post-19306331100487636492011-05-15T06:29:00.000-07:002011-05-15T06:30:40.622-07:00Maths of the day No.2<h1 class="firstHeading" id="firstHeading" style="color: white; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Gödel's incompleteness theorem</span></h1><div style="color: white; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Any effectively generated theory capable of expressing elementary arithmetic cannot be both consistent and complete. In particular, for any consistent, effectively generated formal theory that proves certain basic arithmetic truths, there is an arithmetical statement that is true,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-0"> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6del%27s_incompleteness_theorems#cite_note-0"></a></sup>but not provable in the theory.</span></div><div style="color: white; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="color: white; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">What this effectively means is that there will always be a true but unprovable statement within any system of mathematics. </span></div><div style="color: white; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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I have decided to take a leaf out of <a href="http://11pmboredom.blogspot.com/">Benji's book</a> (sorry about the colour of the link for some reason i can't change the background)<br />
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The first piece of maths has to be Fermat's Last theorem:<br />
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It is impossible to separate a cube into two cubes, or a fourth power into two fourth powers, or in general, any power higher than the second, into two like powers. I have discovered a truly marvelous proof of this, which this margin is too narrow to contain.<br />
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For those of you doing Latin:<br />
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<i>Cubum autem in duos cubos, aut quadratoquadratum in duos quadratoquadratos, et generaliter nullam in infinitum ultra quadratum potestatem in duos eiusdem nominis fas est dividere cuius rei demonstrationem mirabilem sane detexi. Hanc marginis exiguitas non caperet. </i><br />
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night night xAnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08213308256492931605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8349360825988746506.post-5907892012904975702011-05-10T13:13:00.000-07:002011-05-10T13:13:13.396-07:00I get the fake cakeI win the cake :)<br />
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The evil procrastination monster has been drawn.<br />
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Picture the scene:<br />
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3 hours into maths mocks and I should have been doing the final bit of checking. BUT NO. The temptation to doodle struck me like a kick to the gonads. My pen, no longer being controlled by my logical brain, began to doodle.<br />
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To cut a long story short I doodled a face on my calculator. I thought it was only fitting that he should be drawn by procrastination and so his face was found.<br />
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Captain hook has a moustache.<br />
Captain hook has a hook.<br />
Peter Pan procrastinates about growing up. (could this have been hooks main aim?)<br />
His nemesis is a crocodile who has swallowed a clock. (if you are currently laughing immaturely re-read)<br />
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<strike>and Captain cook once had sex with</strike><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Banned due to super injunction.</span></span><br />
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So with exams coming up Be wary, Be warned, Be revising foo'. *multiple cringes*<br />
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Go to bed early and remember<br />
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The walls have Moustaches (auto correct would like this to be mustache)<br />
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Rory!<br />
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Tardis!<br />
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Classic Matt Smith.<br />
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Why haven't I posted yet? I've been procrastinating.<br />
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All shall be explained.<br />
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Au revoir, mes petites choufleursAnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08213308256492931605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8349360825988746506.post-80599567035879912602011-05-02T15:38:00.000-07:002011-05-02T15:38:08.415-07:00What a weekendGreatest weekend since a certain small step for man and a giant leap for manking? I'd say so. Perhaps greater? I'd say a much less confident so.<br />
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It goes like this: (insert dayeinu before every comma) <br />
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<i>leave school (in the sunshine), eat cereal(in the sunshine), walk to park (see it's already as good as the moon landings), play frisbee(in the sunshine), get on bus(in the sunshine), watch thor(unfortunately inside), profess hatred of 3d glasses, eat chicken, eat some more chicken, eat burger surrounding chicken, get back on bus(it was dark), PLAY NIGHT FRISBEE(unfortunately not in sunshine otherwise it would have been the greatest game of pitch black frisbee ever), sleep.</i><br />
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<i> Wake up, hear tv, see Royal wedding (damn she's fit) (damn her sisters fit), eat cheese toastie, play frisbee, hurt back, keep playing frisbee, sit with ice cube prodding into back, play mario kart, lose at mario kart, friday night dinner, eat brownies, help grandma deal with vicious politicians (shul leadership)</i><br />
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DON'T YOU DARE GET BORED AND STOP READING <i><br />
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<i>Wake up, learn the vicious politicians had surrendered, heal back, receive portal, be unable to play portal, free gift from fifa ultimate team, <strike>Ed</strike> Kate's party, drink pimms, drink pimms, drink pimms.</i><br />
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<i>Get embarrassed by Benji in cab ( I do not believe that a cab driver wants to know that our headmaster likes...), get free gift from fifa ultimate team, sleep, wake up, play portal, play portal, play portal, play portal, play fifa lol jk portal, watch dr who (still as shit as it has been for the last year but with just as amazing cliff hangers as ever), <span style="font-size: x-large;">watch arsenal beat the Mancs</span></i><i>who miraculously returned home very quickly after leaving the stadium (which is in london)</i><i>, think that we should be one point ahead, laugh at the MUTV schedule (match day review) , <span style="font-size: xx-small;">work</span>, tutor, watch tv, sleep.</i><br />
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IF YOU HAVE BEEN ASLEEP YOU CAN WAKE UP AGAIN NOW<br />
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<i>wake up, OSAMA BIN LADEN IS DEAD, conspire some theories, reject the theories, OSAMA BIN LADEN IS DEFINITELY DEAD, (please read the previous line while watching <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6ljFaKRTrI">this</a>), finish portal, walk dog, tutor, watch Norwich get promoted at the same time as John Higgins wins the snooker world championship, write blog.</i><br />
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I had planned this post to be about the royal wedding but in comparison to the weekend it really does only deserve the small mention it got.<br />
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And to leave you with a taster for next week "stay hooked'Anonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08213308256492931605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8349360825988746506.post-86282565949669820002011-04-23T03:25:00.000-07:002011-04-23T03:41:27.578-07:00Stumpy vicar loses electron (8)<span style="font-size: x-large;">LOOK RIGHT LOOK RIGHT LOOK RIGHT LOOK RIGHT LOOK RIGHT LOOK RIGHT LOOK RIGHT LOOK RIGHT LOOK RIGHT LOOK RIGHT LOOK RIGHT LOOK RIGHT </span><br />
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Evil procrastination monster-6.02*10^23<br />
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Yes, that's right I actually got one over the evil procrastination monster. Most people normally complain that they spent more time creating their, soon to be ignored, revision timetable than actually revising; but i didn't have that problem. LADIES AND GENTLEMAN YOU ATTENTION PLEASE, over the next fIw lines I shall reveal to you my technique.<br />
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Wake up<br />
fool yourself that you are going to revise before breakfast and then go on facebook, bbc football gossip and rewatch <a href="http://11pmboredom.blogspot.com/">Benji and Jamie's vlog post from the previous day</a> ( i didn't say i'd beaten the procrastination monster just that i'd scored)<br />
breakfast whilst watching sky sports, who if you hadn't noticed have celebrated their 20th anniversary.<br />
ACTUAL REVISION (hour and a half)-past paper probably maths<br />
ACTUAL REVISION (half hour)-mark the past paper (this is the best revision possible because you learn what the examiners want you to say because more often than not they want you to say the wrong thing)<br />
Turn on Fifa <br />
Play Fifa<br />
Turn off Fifa<br />
Turn fifa back on for just one last game<br />
five games later, turn fifa off<br />
Lunch<br />
ACTUAL REVISION (2 hours) -second past paper + marking. (it is obligatory to have facebook and fifa ultimate team trade pile open during this time)<br />
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it's now only about five o'clock and you can enjoy the rest of your evening by doing things such as:<br />
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go on sky sports, did you know it's their 20th anniversary<br />
WATCH THE NEW DOCTOR WHO OMG IT STARTS TONIGHT WE SO EXCITED WE WE WE SO EXCITED* (tommorrow is sunday and the day after that is monday by the way)<br />
watch doctor who confidential<br />
watch <a href="http://11pmboredom.blogspot.com/">benji and jamie's new vlog post</a><br />
go back on sky sports, who are incredibly celebarting their 20th anniversary<br />
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for the answer to the title, which is apperently not allowed to be called cryptic<br />
go <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mn6_60oLrfI">here</a>, <a href="http://11pmboredom.blogspot.com/">here</a> or <a href="http://tinyurl.com/d8ao8n">here</a><br />
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that's all folks (cue bugs bunny eating carrot)<br />
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*yes I did just quote rebecca black on my blog-may the procrastination monster haunt me for years to comeAnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08213308256492931605noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8349360825988746506.post-10517023442312571312011-04-19T15:12:00.000-07:002011-04-19T15:17:48.072-07:00Holy shit it's a post-and a ridiculously hypocritical one at thatIn the beginning there was nothing, and the big G was bored so he made our world.<br />
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Unfortunatley, a snake came along/Pandora's box opened/the big G decided to be spiteful because he was pissed with Eboue and so sins were released into the world. There was Hatred and Jealousy and being a united fan but at the end of the day you could put up with them.<br />
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This angered the snake/some stupid prick opened Pandora's box again/ the big G remembered about last sunday's game and so one last sin was released into the world. This sin would plague people for all eternity. It's favourite pray was a 16-25 year old with homework due in the next day. It was the evil procrastination monster. <br />
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Well, I declare an end to this abuse; I solemnly swear that for the rest of my life I will fight back; I will go to sleep without reading every single article on the bbc; I will infact do the 50,000 past papers I have to do; I will win!!!!!<br />
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I've just stayed up to write this blog<br />
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I give up. Procrastination will haunt me as it haunts millions of youths. I'll join the slap bet too.Anonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08213308256492931605noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8349360825988746506.post-80787040491187098912011-02-22T15:07:00.000-08:002011-02-22T15:24:43.480-08:00abe presentationYou can do it Benji! You only have to understand one of the most fundamental equations in applied mathematics.<br />
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confused.....you try having an Abe presentation in for tomorrow <br />
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It can't be "clear, concise, well thought out: not in the slightest." (rather forced quotation i apologise)<br />
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In other news, Daniel Fretwell is a god. https://nrich.maths.org/discus/messages/27/150551.html?1297291763Anonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08213308256492931605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8349360825988746506.post-80655992644064887492011-02-07T14:20:00.000-08:002011-02-07T14:25:37.507-08:00weirdest weekned in football/ drunk french teddy bears/ 16^2<div style="color: white;">What a weekend.</div><div style="color: white;"><br />
</div><div style="color: white;">It all started on Friday with Elena's birthday party. Arived a bit late cos of friday night dinner and the alchohol levels were running distinctly low. But in the words of Nicky (and noone else) who needs alchohol, especially when a friend dressed up as a teddy bear starts speaking fluent french</div><div style="color: white;">Then again the french teddy bear was created because he was a virgin drunkard (by virgin i mean first time drunk) and there was a fit french exchange present. If you want to know how fit, ask my only follower.</div><div style="color: white;"><br />
</div><div style="color: white;">and then came the football</div><div style="color: white;">4-0 up drew 4-4 nuff said</div><div style="color: white;"><br />
</div><div style="color: white;">and then along came Mick Mccarthy in all his northern godliness</div><div style="color: white;">I have to say, I became as scummy as a Tottenham fan as i celebrated in alex Ferguson's demise. But, I think i deserved my moment after what my team had put me through. And....</div><br />
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<i><u><b><span style="color: blue; font-size: x-large;">49>29 suck on that fergie</span></b></u></i><br />
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<div style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: small;">which brings me neatly on to maths. not the greatest of weeks. Knocked out of two competitions losing to forest in one and coming 57/64th in the other. I also thought 16^2 was 64. Should have use the graph in my mind.</span></div><div style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: small;">But some other graphs:</span></div><div style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u> dy </u> and x-(x^2-12)^0.5 (you know you want to plot it)</span></div><div style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: small;">d batman<u> </u></span></div><div style="color: white;"><br />
</div><div style="color: white;">and on the subject of abrupt stops (plot the graph) . Goodb. </div><div style="color: white;"><br />
</div><div style="color: white;">Unrelated quote: bounce baby bounce</div>Anonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08213308256492931605noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8349360825988746506.post-26990237540888265032010-12-13T14:53:00.000-08:002010-12-13T14:53:04.509-08:00manchester united 1-0 arsenal (bit about play at the end)balls shit bloody cunt fucking poo<br />
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but to be fair they were the better side.<br />
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We, arsenal fans, just have to come to terms with the fact that on paper we are worse than Chelsea and United but this season is not just about head to head.<br />
For the team in second to have less than two points a game is astonishing and its all because the other teams are closing the gap. This year winning the title will all be about how well you do against the birminghams, the boltons, the west broms and the newcastles (if we'd have won some of them we'd have been miles clear) it will be about mental strength to dig deep on those cold days away from home.<br />
Over the last few years we haven't had that strength and so far we don't seem to have it either, but it could all change and with a little injury luck we could be barclays premier league champions come may (not forgetting the carling cup too)<br />
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in a completely related quote 'up the arse'<br />
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and because this blog needs a rant mike ashley and venky's group should be hung drawn quartered and then brought back to life squashed into toilet paper and then used to wipe tottenham fan's arses.<br />
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the play went really well with the second night being the best. (a drunk english teacher helped a lot) but it left me absolutely knackered the whole weekend<br />
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4 days to freedom and hadracha to followAnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08213308256492931605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8349360825988746506.post-66382117825849881342010-12-07T13:34:00.000-08:002010-12-07T13:35:56.142-08:00Friedrich Dürrenmattwho? i hear you ask<br />
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you don't want to know.<br />
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I'm in this years school play with years 9-13 and our teacher decided to challenge us with a play that is hardly ever performed. She tried to explain that this was because it was so hard to act.<br />
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Three months, endless nights after school, weekends later we have all realised it is because it is so dull perform.<br />
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It does seem to be pulling together at the last minute, but even the greatest actors in the world could not make this interesting.<br />
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on a lighter note i do wear an awesome mayor gown. Hope my acting isn't to much of a mare though (and yes i can here you cringing at that pun)<br />
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<i>seemingly unrelated quote 'it's like cutting a cake in half and then eating twice as much'</i><br />
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and up the arse against belgrade tomorrow night, my spirit will be with you even if my body's in the drama studioAnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08213308256492931605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8349360825988746506.post-25338054814030838322010-12-06T15:12:00.000-08:002010-12-06T15:32:37.044-08:00Here goes...<div style="color: white;">It's always nice to start off on a good note so here goes.</div><div style="color: white;"><br />
</div><div style="color: white;">I went to some maths lectures with school and saw a talk on the fourth dimension. (total mindfuck) The guy talked about a 4-d version of the mobius loop (one sided looped piece of paper-see picture) called a klein bottle and showed us a hat that had been made in the style.</div><div style="color: white;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: white; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zIYE7Uje5QM/TP1tIId1sbI/AAAAAAAAARI/YF-EpYT0zfE/s1600/Mobius+Strip.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="198" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zIYE7Uje5QM/TP1tIId1sbI/AAAAAAAAARI/YF-EpYT0zfE/s320/Mobius+Strip.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="color: white;">I thought it would be nice to buy one for our maths teacher (along with mobius loop scarf) and did so. After, the order I was expecting the normal computer generated do not reply response but no instead i got a nerdily witty order confirmation and a further reply when i thanked him for making me laugh</div><div style="color: white;"><br />
</div><div style="color: white;">The emails went like this:</div><div style="color: white;"><br />
</div><div style="color: white;">On 5 Dec 2010, at 22:23, Cliff Stoll - Chief Bottle Washer wrote:</div><div style="color: white;"><br />
</div><div style="color: white;">Dear Jamie,</div><div style="color: white;"><br />
</div><div style="color: white;">Thank you very much for your Klein Bottle order! I've just snuggled</div><div style="color: white;">the Black/Grey/White Klein Bottle Hat & Mobius Scarf into a 25x33 cm</div><div style="color: white;">padded envelope with the usual Acme literature, invoice, and agitprop.</div><div style="color: white;"><br />
</div><div style="color: white;">While packing the one-sided hat and scarf, I took a few photos. You</div><div style="color: white;">can see these pictures at</div><div style="color: white;">http://www.kleinbottle.com/gallery2/main.php/v/456SomePhotosForJamie</div><div style="color: white;"><br />
</div><div style="color: white;">I will bicycle (or maybe swim) to the post office tomorrow (Monday)</div><div style="color: white;">and send it via First Class Mail International (which means Air Mail).</div><div style="color: white;">The envelope should arrive in about a week or 10 days depending on the</div><div style="color: white;">post and customs. If it does not arrive within 3 weeks, please send</div><div style="color: white;">e-mail and I will do my best to track it down. Sad to say, this class</div><div style="color: white;">of service does not have electronic tracking.</div><div style="color: white;"><br />
</div><div style="color: white;">So, from across the Atlantic and across our three spatial dimensions,</div><div style="color: white;"> here's my one-sided cheers to you. I'm sure you'll like the one-sided</div><div style="color: white;">hat and scarf!</div><div style="color: white;"><br />
</div><div style="color: white;">- Cliff (on a rainy Sunday afternoon in Oakland, about 10 km east of</div><div style="color: white;"> San Francisco, California)</div><div style="color: white;"><i><br />
</i></div><div style="color: white;"><i>On 12/5/2010 2:51 PM, Jamie Green wrote:<br />
thanks for your speedy shipment<br />
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I love the fact that humor has been incorporated in every aspect of your</i> <i><br />
website and it makes a change from the boring computer generated rubbish<br />
I normally recieve.<br />
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even if it is computer generated it still made me smile</i> <i><br />
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so thankyou</i> <i><br />
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jamie</i> </div><div style="color: white;"><br />
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</div><div style="color: white;">Hi again Jamie,</div><div style="color: white;"><br />
</div><div style="color: white;">Computer generated? Well, some of it. I guess I could type credit card authorization numbers whenever one shows up, but I'd rather have fun with other things (like playing taxi-driver to my two sullen teenage kids). Unlike you, they have zero tolerance for my humor (and repeatedly warn me to stay far away when their friends are near). Sigh...</div><div style="color: white;"><br />
</div><div style="color: white;">Warm cheers from the west coast of America, where it's drizzling down here, and probably snowing up in the mountains.</div><div style="color: white;"><br />
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</div><div style="color: white;">It was really unexpected and left me feeling (as the cliche goes) all warm inside.</div><div style="color: white;"><br />
</div><div style="color: white;">You may say I'm old fashioned for appreciating real communication in the modern age, but when was the last time amazon told you the weather</div><div style="color: white;"><br />
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</div><div style="color: white;">Nerdy banter FTW</div><div style="color: white;"><br />
</div><div style="color: white;"><i>Ending on a seemingly unrelated but actually related quote: 'look it's a square....wait til you see a triangle'</i></div>Anonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08213308256492931605noreply@blogger.com0