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Five New Nigerian Volunteers to Teach Physics and Mathematics Subjects in Selected Secondary Schools in Zanzibar

The list of editions of my books in character sets I can't read just got bigger: I got author copies of the Thai edition of How to Teach Physics to Your Dog. The cover is the "featured image" above (and I'll copy it below for those on RSS), and I love the goofy tongue on the cartoon German Shepherd. The bunny-squirrel-steak atom is also pretty sweet.

This AI has surprisingly solved the protein-folding problem that has been baffling the scientists for many years.

I'm barely keeping my head above water with the day job at the moment, so I'm a bit behind the curve on this. It's October, though, which means it's time for a DonorsChoose fundraiser. If you've been following this blog for any length of time, you've seen a few of these. If not, there's too much to explain, but let me sum up: DonorsChoose matches people with money with schools that need money, and takes donations to support specific projects proposed by teacher...

In which we look back at a very political, perhaps excessively political year on the blog. ------------ I'm picking up the pace of my recap because I'd like to get through as much as possible before the actual tenth anniversary of the blog this Friday. I won't get through every year, but I'm going to try to do as many as I can.

"A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay it down, and commence living on its hint. What I began by reading, I must finish by acting." -Henry David Thoreau

>> ♪ >> ♪ >> a little bass. fan mail friday. if you could create and teach any college class, what would it be, emily? >> oh, i always have to go first. i dont know. it would be something about -- god, i dont know. the sky is the limit. >> [laughing]. >> something about dance. okay, fine. dancing. >> you were a cheerleader for the raiders? >> yes. the problem is everything exists. >> the problem is everything exists. [laughing]. >> i would teach physics. i am at george town. my 18th year. >>...

>> ♪ >> ♪ >> a little bass. fan mail friday. if you could create and teach any college class, what would it be, emily? >> oh, i always have to go first. i dont know. it would be something about -- god, i dont know. the sky is the limit. >> [laughing]. >> something about dance. okay, fine. dancing. >> you were a cheerleader for the raiders? >> yes. the problem is everything exists. >> the problem is everything exists. [laughing]. >> i would teach physics. i am at george town. my 18th year. >>...