Monthly Archives: November 2013

Life of Pi Series – Black Friday

One of the fiercest days of the year.

Posted in Life of Pi Series | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Life of Pi Series – Thanksgivukkah 2013

Welcome to a a very special holiday extravaganza.   Enjoy it now, because it won’t happen again until the year 79,811.

Posted in Life of Pi Series | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Monday for Math Lovers – Mirror Mirror

Who’s the most delicious number of them all?

Posted in Life of Pi Series, Monday for Math Lovers | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Life of Pi Series – Another County Heard From

It takes a hearty soul to tame a savage beast.  Thank you Berkeley Breathed.

Posted in Life of Pi Series | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Life of Pi Series – Red Sky at Night

Sailor’s delight!

Posted in Life of Pi Series | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Monday for Math Lovers – Integral at Dawn

It’s hard for Pi to understand the definite integral, being an improper integral himself.

Posted in Life of Pi Series, Monday for Math Lovers | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Life of Pi Series – Friday Flora

In honor of my recent drive through the desert.

Posted in Life of Pi Series | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Life of Pi Series – For My Mother, a Favorite Literary Tiger

“I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of anything than of a book!”   Jane Austen 1811.  Happy Reading!

Posted in Life of Pi Series | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Monday for Math Lovers – Rational vs Irrational

The tiger should be played by the irrational number, and Pi played by the rational number.  And yet, Pi is the irrational number, and the square root of negative one is rational, but only because it is imaginary.  So who … Continue reading

Posted in Life of Pi Series, Monday for Math Lovers | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Life of Pi Series – Cubist Period

I am sure Picasso was challenged by this tiger.   But I believe those who knew him would say, in almost all situations, it was Picasso who was the tiger.

Posted in Life of Pi Series | Tagged , , | Leave a comment