September 2008
10 posts
That's hot.
Sexy primes are pairs of primes of the form (, ), so-named since “sex” is the Latin word for “six.”.
Groups of consecutive sexy primes are known as sexy constellations.
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when i cross paths with someone who enjoys this like i do- who’s brain lights up at the Ulam spirals and mandelbrot images- i’m always so happy. it’s like being an irish-jewish-southerner and meeting another irish-jewish-southerner. *you get it too!*
i don’t know what i want to do with any of this. part of me likes the...
compulsively awesome you mean
today in math, as the teacher went over our review for our first test…
he writes an answer on the board, and my hand goes up because he left a radical in the denominator- and i don’t want to be stuck marked off for that atrocity. he can do it. i just don’t want to get any red ink because I do it. (in fairness, i wouldn’t do that anyway, unless it called for it. it...
thanks tumblr
for assuming i’m blind and making your sign-in page text about an inch high.
seriously.
dear santa
when i was a kid, i asked santa for your normal christmas things- a robot brother, a robot, my own personal elf from the north pole, a dog, another robot (he really just never got that i really wanted a frikkin robot), books, more books, and a science kit.
the best christmas i remember from my childhood was the year i got my first computer, i got a cool doll (believe it or not, i actually did...
you should be more specific.
if X is a dog, then X is a canine.
if X is a canine, then X is an animal.
philosophy professor puts that on the board and asks, “is this valid?”
no one ventures a guess.
i say, “no.”
he says, “really? hmm. why would you say no?”* *this is not a good sign.
i say, “cause some dogs aren’t animals. some are cartoons.”
he suddenly looks...
john mccain, henry kane. (john's on the left)
i kept wondering who he reminded me of.
in case you don’t know, that’s the reverend henry kane from the poltergeist movies.
i find them equally gross.
(i can’t be the first person who thought this…)
(this is not endorsed by john mccain.)
some weird twitters from me to appear in a row:
I’m in the mood for a pajama party. about 2 hours ago from txt
So what’s your fantasy? about 2 hours ago from txt
It frightens the crap out of me when my brain thinks random things like this: sure, i’d like to see a cyborg and a wizard get it on. about 2 hours ago from txt
i really need to start...
and oh crap
my grandpa died.
you know…
i haven’t even had an honest moment to process that reality yet. oddly enough, i was here in florida, in the backyard of this very house when i learned my grandmother had died. it didn’t hit me until i went home.
this time i was the one who walked out of the screen door in the back of the house. it was all too familiar- the announcement, the...
take a breath
well geez. i don’t even know what to begin with.
hurricane, evacuation, living w/ family out of suitcases for a week (alone), missing bikini waxes, wishing i could help my friends, knowing i can’t… not understanding simple math problems, knowing complicated ones in my head without knowing how i just ‘see’ the answers…
i have nothing of importance to say,...