Thursday, January 8, 2009

60lb in 2 weeks

In an nondescript scene in Smart People (2008), a character puts a notice on trees saying “I lost 60 pounds in 2 weeks. Ask me how!” followed by contact information. This will surely work in Britain. When people come and ask, just charge them small fee, say 5 pound. And the panacea?

Lose the wallet.

Book Review - Music of the Primes by Marcus du Sautoy (2003)

I can say, with some modesty, that I am familiar with the subject of mathematics more than an average person is. Despite that I hadn’t ever ...