Suggestions for Celebrating Pi Day

Every March 14 (3.14) is Pi Day. Pi is the ratio between a circle’s circumference and its diameter. Since this ratio is approximately 3.14 for a circle of virtually any size, pi is known as a mathematical constant. Pi is also a fascinating number because its decimal representation never ends and never settles into a permanent repeating…

My First Video Upload

My older brother is a product developer for a multinational food company. They send him all over the world looking for new foods and flavors. My first video upload tells about his passion for food and what he found on a recent trip to Mexico. You can see me in this video if you look real closely when…

About Me – The Latest Version

I’m sorry to be the one to share the painful truth with my fellow bloggers but the reality is, the vast majority of what we write is going to be forgotten by the world either in our own lifetimes or shortly thereafter. Yes, I know we all think we are the exception to the rule but…

Kidding Ourselves

For my fourth blogging assignment we were asked to post something for our ideal reader. This helps provide focus for the things we blog. After giving it some thought I decided to post something that has been sitting in my draft folder for a while. This passage is from a book by Joseph Hallinan entitled Kidding…

Blogging 101, Assignment 2

I’m taking a Blogging 101 course through Word Press. The assignment for the second day was to work on our blog’s title and tag line. One of the suggestions for the assignment was to come up with a new word or phrase that draws attention to our blog but also has a familiar sound. So I took a…

What To Expect When…

One of the questions expectant parents have as they go through all of the new experiences that pregnancy entails is to wonder, “Is this normal?” One such expectant mother, Heidi Murkoff, decided to write a book of reassuring information for all those anticipating the arrival of a child. The result has been a true self-help…