I was thinking about an ex-mathematician friend the other morning as I walked my dog. Actually, I was kind of thinking about math and, more specifically, Number. For a long time I have accepted the notion that abstract concepts Exist, I guess in the Platonic way, and as such, Number is Real in some way [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘idle thoughts’
May 6, 2008
sleepy
My brain is dead. I woke at 5:30am and couldn’t get to sleep couldn’t stop obsessing couldn’t stop the madness! I’m so tired and the Lonely Librarian’s Library is so quiet that I feel asleep at my desk for half an hour.
I’m not doing a great job with the daily postings, but no sense in [...]
May 3, 2008
minimalia
Taking a break from the academic discussions of the last couple of days, my head is fuzzy. And the Lonely Librarian is especially lonely with not a one person coming in today. My short Saturday shift ends soon, and I can walk out into the gray warm humidity of a Pittsburgh Spring. Not so bad, [...]
April 26, 2008
puzzled
I’m having a terrible time coming up with a post today. As if to prove yesterday’s statement that one day can make all the difference, I’m fuzzy-headed, cold, low energy. It’s raining now, too. And Hard.
Every time I spend a little time following links on the internet I end up both amazed and overwhelmed. There’s [...]
April 25, 2008
brief spring post
I post today only in the belief self-discipline being something I have to practice, practice, practice. Self-evident, perhaps, but getting over the hump is NO. SMALL. THING.
I was walking along the Monogahela River yesterday looking across the water and thinking that Spring always seems to just EXPLODE one day. No amount of careful daily watching [...]
