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Pi Day, Who Knows What it Means

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PI 1None of it makes any sense to me, so here it goes, be patient: Wikipedia says, Pi is a mathematical constant whose value is the ratio of any Euclidean plane circle’s circumference to its diameter; this is the same value as the ratio of a circle’s area to the square of its radius.

It is approximately equal to 3.14159265 in the usual decimal notation. Many formulae from mathematics, science, and engineering involve Pi, which makes it one of the most important mathematical constants.[1]

Pi is an irrational number, …………………

End Wikipedia. Start my nonsense.

So, as none of this made any sense to me, I find it important to post so that the people who actually get it might enjoy this moment of understanding something that most of us have given up on at this late time in our life. [Read more…] about Pi Day, Who Knows What it Means

Inconsiderate Walkers vs Conscientious Strollers

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Dear Baba Rumcake,
What is the best way to deal with sidewalk hogs?
I don’t feel like I should be the one to walk in the grass (or mud), because I am walking by myself.
I need to know the most polite way to handle this problem, while not just letting people walk all over me.
Trying to be Civil [Read more…] about Inconsiderate Walkers vs Conscientious Strollers

The Good Samaritan Did

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Good-Samaritan.jpgThis is God’s way of teaching each of us humility and acceptance with joy. There are those times when we will be The Good Samaritan but those are the easy times. When we are on the receiving end, our true natures are uncovered. Woe to him who has his soul uncovered and does nothing; for hardness of heart will set in and God will not speak of that again.

The Good Samaritan tells of a man from Samaria, who found a wounded Jew on the side of the road and stopped to help.

Why the need to tell of the others who passed by before the Samaritan? Why was it so vital to the story to mention those others who fell short of grace!

Because they were the ones who should have stopped by all accounts. The one was of his ilk so to speak, the other was a teacher and a holy man.

The most unlikely was the Samaritan who could have just as easily ignored the assaulted man. In truth if the reverse were the case, the Jew would not have even given him a second glance since they thought so little of Samaritans.

God sometimes puts us in situations where we do not have everything, where we need others, even people we would normally not appreciate or regard.

Sweet Serenity with Books in Sequestered Nooks

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Books Longfellow“The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, And all the sweet serenity of books” — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Whether you like reading while holding a book in your hands or reading on a well lit screen where the words glow at you, you are still a reader of the written word.

A book is a friend and companion as your computer screen or i-pad or reader would be to you. There is a hesitation in some to admit their enjoyment for the practical use of electronic devices to achieve the same pleasure derived from pulp. [Read more…] about Sweet Serenity with Books in Sequestered Nooks