Month: December 2006
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Dividing by Zero
Dr Anderson has come up with a theory that proposes a new number – ‘nullity’ – which sits outside the conventional number line (stretching from negative infinity, through zero, to positive infinity). The theory of nullity is set to make all kinds of sums possible that, previously, scientists and computers couldn’t work around. BBC: 1200-year-old […]
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Pie Patrol
A couple days ago Ron had come in for a post-lunch nap while I worked. I started cleaning up this hellhole and throwing stuff away, including a blueberry pie we’d bought at Jewel six days ago. Ron wakes up: Ron: (yawn, groan, stretch, yawn) Oh… now I just want a piece of that pie. (pause) […]
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Ron's Laptop Was Stolen After All
And it is Monday. Kitty here on the bed sleeping already – he is worn out from a night of sleeping. Ron isn’t crazy. He ran into a neighbor who said his laptop had been stolen out of his locked apartment. So Ron did have his laptop with him on his flight home and did […]