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The Grauniad
There are so many sordid parts of the UK media. In my opinion that would be the Murdoch press, obviously the Daily Mail. Easy targets but one I particularly hate is the Grauniad. (http://www.guardian.co.uk I have given the link as everyone is free to make up their own mind, I know some of the opinions in it drive people almost orgasmic with joy and agreement).
It is not because generally the sordid rag has a different political view to me (although I notice those with alternative political views hate other papers solely for this reason). In fact I prefer The Independant despite the time it takes to download any article on a slow connection speed.
Anyway amongst my many things I have against it are…
1) The exceedingly poor taste 9/11 coverage that friends of mine at the time found truly offensive
2) Hypocrisy, I (in common with the Guardian opinion writers) could not see how banks could pay bonuses to their CEOs while making a loss. Likewise I cannot see how when the Guardian Media Group made a £171,000,000 loss they paid thier CEO a £143,000 bonus.
3) As if Wastebook isnt evil enough I now accidently click on links to Guardian articles then on my wall everyone in the world can see I am reading the Guardian. I then have to disinfect myself.
When I am feeling particularly creative there is sometimes only one way to express it, and that is through one of my more creative pursuits, mathematics…
Art can take you to an imaginary land Far beyond what a mans eye can see Literature can describe such places so grand Drama can provoke feelings in both you and me But what of places beyond ones imagination? What about to things that the mind cannot picture Any method of thought that can cope would be fun This is where mathematics comes right to the fore It can see things both in this world and beyond Things imaginary as well as things everyday It is why maths is something of which I am fond Maths needs immense creativity along the way So if lifes beauty is something that’s much sought Consider e to the pi i minus one equals nought.
Is it a fish or is it a dog, is it a fishdog? No its a dogfish. Some crazy people think dogfish are a type of shark but I think it is a close cousin of a beagle…
It is said that if a dogfish wags his tail in the South China Sea it can cause good surfing in Newquay. This is a known as the Dogfish Effect and is a key concept in Chaos Theory.
I am sure everyone like me was curious as to the link between the pyramid bottle shape and the name prism, ruined it all for me…
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There once was a confused little prism Who caused somewhat of a schism Cross sections weren’t unique The bottle rose to a peak Creating a name full of unrealism
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8th-14th December…
Wednesday
The probability of drawing unique names in a secret Santa is an alternating series that eventually converges at 1/e. (Obvious once I realised that it is related to derangements).
Thursday
Individual African elephants can have different numbers of ribs.
Friday
Found a neat way of explaining !n.
Saturday
Catnip can for some cats be a calming influence.
Sunday
The large blue butterfly caterpillar is adopted by ants and feeds on ant larvae until it metamorphosises.
Monday
Michael Bear is the present Lord Mayor of London (not to be confused with Boris, the Mayor of London).
Tuesday
Rupert the bear was 90 this year.
Wednesday
I learnt how a XOR goat cardboard model works.
Thursday
Koch described the snowflake curve in 1904.
Friday
There is a train from Bridgwater to Taunton at 1.07 am on Saturday morning.
Saturday
I learnt the identity of South Park’s Mint Berry Crunch (Bradley Biggle brother of a goth kid).
Sunday
The bolt in Frankenstein’s monster in the film is actually connections for electrodes, not to keep the head on.
Monday
“Now is the winter of our discontent” was from Richard III. Roy Orbison died the same year English pound notes stopped being legal tender.
Tuesday
Prince William will have a father in law called Mike (assuming all goes smoothly etc.)
Wednesday
African Pangolins mainly give birth to one offspring at a time whereas the Asian ones are more likely to go for twins or triplets.
Thursday
The collective noun for hamsters is a horde.
Friday
The real Maria Von Trapp made a fleeting appearance in The Sound of Music.
Saturday
Swindon Supermarine made this years FA cup 1st round, I can remember being entertained by a bad tempered game between them and Taunton Town a few years ago…
Sunday
A 600g box of jelly babies contains approximately 100 jelly babies.
Monday
The Hungarian Algorithm was actually dvised in america based on the previous work of 2 Hungarian Mathematicians.
Tuesday
140g of sugar puffs will give you 100% of the daily recommended amount of vitamin B1.