Category Archives: Personal

My Favorite Animation Video

Posted on 28-September-2013 by mathscinotes

I love animation and I just stumbled upon an excerpt from a television show that I saw as a boy -- "An Adventure in Art." I found this video fascinating. As an added treat, one of the artists featured is … Continue reading →

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Morning in Northern Minnesota

Posted on 10-September-2013 by mathscinotes

Fall is coming ... soon the leaves will start to change color. This is my favorite time of year here. The photographer is my neighbor, Joel Teigland.

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The Drinking History of the US

Posted on 12-July-2013 by mathscinotes

I have been reading "A Wicked War: Polk, Clay, Lincoln and the 1846 U.S. Invasion of Mexico" and I notice a common theme with other history books about the early US --drinking alcohol was a major preoccupation with early Americans. … Continue reading →

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A Tale of Modern Life

Posted on 1-June-2013 by mathscinotes

I have mentioned that I manage an engineering team that has multiple projects going on at any one time. I have a project going on in China at this moment that involves two engineers. One of the engineers told me … Continue reading →

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Hometown Humor

Posted on 12-March-2013 by mathscinotes

My brother called the other night and said that he was going to attend a live show with Kevin Kling, a well-known comedian we grew up with in Osseo, Minnesota. In my youth, Osseo was a small agricultural community on … Continue reading →

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Fond Memories of Fast-Moving Milk Bottles and Toy Boats

Posted on 19-January-2013 by mathscinotes

Last night on "How It's Made" they were showing machines filling bottles with a beverage. This show stimulated my memories from first-grade when I was shown a 16mm movie about how milk came to our door every morning. I still can remember almost every detail of this movie. The story started with a cow eating grass and ended with a bottle of milk on a kitchen table. What really caught my eye was the filling of the milk bottles by machines. It seemed like magic the way the bottles were put into a fast-moving row, filled while moving in a circle, and then capped. Continue reading →

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John Wayne Math

Posted on 25-September-2012 by mathscinotes

My oldest son and I have been watching some old cowboy movies -- John Wayne has figured prominently in these movies. While watching "Stagecoach", the question came up as to how many movies John Wayne has made. I grabbed the … Continue reading →

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Another Young Couple Starting Their Life Together ...

Posted on 13-September-2012 by mathscinotes

I am going to be sentimental for a while. Thirty-three years ago I married the love of my life. We have two sons. One son is getting married this week to a wonderful girl he met while going to university in Montana. I am now sure that I will never get him back. I guess that is the way things are supposed to work. I think back to all the time spent helping him with homework, teaching him to ride a bicycle, coaching his soccer practice, and taking him to hockey practice. All the things that dads do. It has all been about bringing him to this point. He is now on his own -- an accountant at a hospital who is marrying a nurse. Continue reading →

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Non-UN Participants in the Olympics

Posted on 31-July-2012 by mathscinotes

I was listening to the radio today and I heard a reporter say that 205 countries were participating in the Olympics. I checked and that number is correct. That seemed like a lot of countries, so I went to the … Continue reading →

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Quotes of the Day

Posted on 18-March-2011 by mathscinotes

Since I began sending emails, I have put quotes at the bottom of them. I change the quote for every email I send. Many people have said that they enjoy them. I thought I would include the most popular here. … Continue reading →

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