Nicolas Addington
@naddington.bsky.social
Mathematician, University of Oregon.
No two dads are not on fire.
November 30, 2025 at 11:38 PM
No two dads are not on fire.
“Can’t you count?”
November 30, 2025 at 3:27 AM
“Can’t you count?”
But not the baking aisle?
November 28, 2025 at 5:25 PM
But not the baking aisle?
I liked how the American shelf at the Kaufhof in Bonn had peanut butter and Pam.
November 28, 2025 at 5:23 PM
I liked how the American shelf at the Kaufhof in Bonn had peanut butter and Pam.
Lucky the phone didn’t correct it to something incomprehensible.
November 28, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Lucky the phone didn’t correct it to something incomprehensible.
Getting a shirt that says “I’m not vegan either, but your ‘Not Vegan’ shirt sucks.”
November 28, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Getting a shirt that says “I’m not vegan either, but your ‘Not Vegan’ shirt sucks.”
Mais d'esprit, ô le plus lamentable des êtres,
Vous n'en eûtes jamais un atome, et de lettres
Vous n'avez que les trois qui forment le mot : sot !
rencontresfrancoanglaise.blogspot.com/2011/01/la-t...
Vous n'en eûtes jamais un atome, et de lettres
Vous n'avez que les trois qui forment le mot : sot !
rencontresfrancoanglaise.blogspot.com/2011/01/la-t...
La Tirade du Nez
(Cyrano de Bergerac Acte 1, scène 4) écrit par Edmond Rostand en 1897 Cyrano, a swordsman, but also a poet, is insulted by a young noblema...
rencontresfrancoanglaise.blogspot.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Mais d'esprit, ô le plus lamentable des êtres,
Vous n'en eûtes jamais un atome, et de lettres
Vous n'avez que les trois qui forment le mot : sot !
rencontresfrancoanglaise.blogspot.com/2011/01/la-t...
Vous n'en eûtes jamais un atome, et de lettres
Vous n'avez que les trois qui forment le mot : sot !
rencontresfrancoanglaise.blogspot.com/2011/01/la-t...
10^35, 10^58… there are only 10^80 particles in the universe, why not go for broke?
November 21, 2025 at 3:53 PM
10^35, 10^58… there are only 10^80 particles in the universe, why not go for broke?
Knuckle down, buckle down, do it do it do it
November 21, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Knuckle down, buckle down, do it do it do it
The heading is fishy.
November 19, 2025 at 4:17 PM
The heading is fishy.
On a Sunday no less!
November 17, 2025 at 1:18 AM
On a Sunday no less!
I wonder of the medical school wants them. Or at least has advice…
November 16, 2025 at 3:10 PM
I wonder of the medical school wants them. Or at least has advice…
My dad had a skeleton that used to belong to the high school where he worked, and when they moved to a new building they were going to throw it out which he thought was too disrespectful. I should ask him if he ever figured out what to do with it.
November 16, 2025 at 7:45 AM
My dad had a skeleton that used to belong to the high school where he worked, and when they moved to a new building they were going to throw it out which he thought was too disrespectful. I should ask him if he ever figured out what to do with it.
If you give it to St. Vinnie’s does that that get you off the hook, or curse you the same, or like split the curse 50/50 with the guy who’s taking donations that day, or split equally among all the people who walk past it in the store, or… the mind reels.
November 16, 2025 at 7:42 AM
If you give it to St. Vinnie’s does that that get you off the hook, or curse you the same, or like split the curse 50/50 with the guy who’s taking donations that day, or split equally among all the people who walk past it in the store, or… the mind reels.
I’ve fried turkey bacon in regular bacon fat, yours sounds better.
November 16, 2025 at 7:37 AM
I’ve fried turkey bacon in regular bacon fat, yours sounds better.
This American Life just did a good episode on this topic:
www.thisamericanlife.org/871/the-thin...
www.thisamericanlife.org/871/the-thin...
The Thing About Things - This American Life
Three stories about the strange power inanimate objects can hold over us.
www.thisamericanlife.org
November 16, 2025 at 7:34 AM
This American Life just did a good episode on this topic:
www.thisamericanlife.org/871/the-thin...
www.thisamericanlife.org/871/the-thin...
The real quote is good enough, no need to fake it up with an anachronism like narcissistic.
www.amestrib.com/story/opinio...
www.amestrib.com/story/opinio...
Letter: The correct Mencken quote
Long before the advent of fake news, there was a thriving “fake quotes” industry that invented quotations, always attributed to great persons, to lend authority to the author’s opinion. Jefferson and…
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November 15, 2025 at 4:19 PM
The real quote is good enough, no need to fake it up with an anachronism like narcissistic.
www.amestrib.com/story/opinio...
www.amestrib.com/story/opinio...
Tantalus catering.
November 14, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Tantalus catering.
And of course I should say at some point that it was LibreOffice Calc rather than literally Excel.
November 13, 2025 at 2:20 PM
And of course I should say at some point that it was LibreOffice Calc rather than literally Excel.
It was just a bit too big to keep it lined up on the black board.
November 13, 2025 at 2:20 PM
It was just a bit too big to keep it lined up on the black board.