I was buying some things at the local grocery store last week. I saw the total was going to provide me a wad of singles so I do what I usually do: I kicked in a quarter to make my change a fivespot. You’d think this was simple math, but you’d be wrong. The slacker at the register gave me a blank look.
“Aw, man,” he sighed, fumbling with the money. “The last math I did was advanced trigonometry.”
Dust off those advanced trig skills, dude. NASA may be calling you.
I love college basketball as much as the next guy, but does this story about a student selling a basketball ticket deserve front-page treatment in the N&O? Some enterprising Dookie economics major wanted to spend weeks living outdoors so he could sell his basketball ticket for big cash. Fine by me.
Why is the paper printing stories about Krzyzewskiville, a fake “tent city” on the Dook campus? When did this elevate to front-page news?
Maybe the N&O had to take a break from whipping up a flu frenzy.
Looks like I’ll be making a two week long visit to Australia in a few weeks. I’m going on a business trip to Melbourne and Sydney, providing training and sales support for my employer. There’s also a question as to whether the wife and kids will join me.
This will be the second visit I’ve made to Australia. The first one was in uniform, as my ship – the USS Elliot – visited Perth back in the summer of 1991. It was of course winter there at the time and rained practically the whole, three day visit.
The flight will mark the third time I’ve crossed the line, this time being the first by air. Even though I’m a trusty shellback, I would strongly doubt that airline passengers crawl through food scraps when flying over the equator. Maybe I’ll toss some peanuts across the cabin to mark the occasion or something.
The trip is work, make no mistake. My schedule is filling up more and more each day. For that reason I wonder if Kelly and the kids would enjoy making the trip with me, as they probably won’t see me for most of the day. Still, it will be nice to visit a country I enjoyed so much on my last visit and its always good to get out of the country and explore.
