Monthly Archives: March 2008

Irish Class–Monday Night, March 10, 2008

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Irish Class, March 10, 2008

Irish Class, March 10, 2008

The first exercise was for each of us to say something as Gaeilge
about what we had done that day. For me the choice was easy, and for once
did not involve a lot of specialized vocbulary.

Cheannaigh mé agus mo bhean cheile carr nua inniu.
Is Ford Focus é an carr. Tá an carr liath. Dhíolamar seancarr as cead dollar.
Bhíomar an sásta.		 My wife and I bought a new car today. The car is a Ford Focus.
The car is gray. We sold the old car for one hundred dollars. We
were very satisfied.

vocabulary

Simple logic about 9/11

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From Bad Astronomy:

…. it’s generally best to look at the evidence. In this case, I doubt strongly that 9/11 was an inside job by the Bush Administration. For one thing, it would involve intelligence, planning, and an ability to actually think things through. Trying to pin that on this Administration is ridiculous. C’mon! We have a President who has a hard time eating pretzels here.

A new (for me, anyway) look at an old quote

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As long as I can remember I been aware of this famous quotation from Isaac Newton

“If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.”

and thought of it as a distinctly modest remark by one of the three greatest mathematicians in history.

However, there is more to it. Newton chose that image at least in part because of his feud with Robert Hooke, who was physically rather short.

From “On the Shoulders of Giants” or, Revenge is a Dish Best Eaten Cold Edition at The Inverse Square Blog, which I learned about from Cosmic Variance.