The Hindenburg catastrophe occurred on 6 May, 1937. The cause of the fire remains unknown, though there are multiple theories. Surprisingly, only 36 people perished in the disaster, one of them a ground crewman. The loss of the Hindenburg caused a decline in public interest in airship travel. What would have happened if the Hindenburg had not been lost? Maybe zeppelins would have remained popular. Also the band Led Zeppelin would have had to come up with a different photo for their debut album's cover. Personally, I'd like to fly on an airship some day. But I'm eccentric like that.

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

The Good News...

...is that I'm finally starting to get the hang of this math stuff.  I'm taking Weber State's much derided Math 1010 class this semester, and it's been a real uphill slog, but I'm doing better than I was that first month or so.  At least I am right now.  One can only hope that trend keeps on giving.

The bad news is, it has been a lot of work and has kept me busy.  In those first few weeks, I ate, slept, went to work, and did math.  It felt like I was starting to become a walking calculator, but one with a few broken buttons!

I'm old enough to remember calculators that actually looked like this.  Now-a-days they're either scientific-dealies (like my calculator I had to buy back when I thought I could become a Pharmacist - Ha!), or they are all on people's cell phones.  Do they even make regular pocket calculators anymore? / Source: public.merlin.swgfl.org.uk

The worse news is (and you probably guessed it already, seeing the lack of updates for awhile), I'm going to have to put/keep this blog back in the freezer for awhile.  Maybe the semester will just get easier and life will return to semi-normal, but I refuse to get lax and somehow join the legion of students at Weber State who end up taking the course two or more times.  Math 1010, according to numerous sources I've spoken to, is the most failed class on campus.  It's also a money-making scheme too, according to some people, but since I don't have time to do good investigative journalism on the topic, I'll have to leave that in the "strong rumor" pile for now.

Anyway, I do have posts sitting almost complete in the cue, and if I have time (strong "if") I might still publish every now and then.  But don't expect anything near as regular as I was doing before the Christmas holiday break. At least not until until summer break.

And as always, thanks for your patronage.

When presented with an algebraic equation, I'm the guy who is foolish enough to say: "Yes, but how do you use this in real life?"  Then somebody whips out a story problem, and I wish I'd kept my dang mouth shut. / Source: www.missourieducationwatchdog.com

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