Zach Weinersmith's Blog, page 334
November 6, 2016
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Math
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The set of all numbers that don't have a pretty symbols are hereafter renamed Weinersmith Numbers.
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November 5, 2016
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - So we beat on
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Also, Hemingway sold sewing machines with the slogan 'Isn't it pretty to think sew!'
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November 4, 2016
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - On Cheese Platters
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Studying social science has completely obliterated my ability to enjoy pleasant human behaviors.
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November 3, 2016
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Cookies
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At this point, she tosses her hair and giggles.
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WEDNESDAY BOOK REVIEWS (on Thursday, because I forgot on Wednesday)
Now (Muller)[image error] I have loved Muller’s “...for Future Presidents” series of books. A lot. I find him to be lucid, intelligent, and skeptical of easy answers. This book, I’m afraid, fell short. The book is mostly about Muller’s theories of time, which are interesting. But, at the end, it makes a poor segue into his theory of the supernatural. I’m being a bit ungenerous, but the short version goes like this: “I think qualia are real, therefore there is a soul that exists but will never be understood by physics.” It’s unfortunate that his philosophy is so grade-school, while his physics teaching is so excellent. I recommend you read the first part of this book, and spare yourself the end.
Call the Midwife (Worth)[image error] Okay, confession time - I have a real soft spot for working class memoirs from the first half of the 20th century. There’s something about people experiencing the rapid transition to something like modern life just after World War II. This is a delightful memoir of a woman’s life as a midwife, mostly during the 1950s. It’s very reminiscent of James Herriot’s veterinary stories, to the point that I wonder if she hadn’t read them. If you’re into this sort of thing, I highly recommend it.
Time Travel (Gleick)[image error] This was a bit of a weird book. A better title would be “James Gleick read a lot of stuff about time travel and here’s all of it.” That’s not necessarily a bad thing - one of the thing’s I love about Mary Roach books is that they feel like a grand info-dump after a research adventure. This book is kind of like that, but exploring the science, history, and philosophy of the concept of time travel as we currently think of it. It’s a unique and fun book, but I think on some level I wanted a bit more structure. That said, I enjoyed it throughout, and it may be the only good book of its kind.
November 2, 2016
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Naming Trends
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Is this the comic that finally gets me all the sweet sweet hatemail I crave?
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November 1, 2016
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Excuse Me, Sir
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People who are more self-aware tend to buy SMBC merchandise.
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October 31, 2016
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Path of a Hero
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On the other hand, without adventurers, the entire brigand economy would collapse.
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October 30, 2016
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - How to Pick Up a Linguist
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This comic dedicated to John McWhorter.
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October 29, 2016
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Love
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Personally, I'm looking forward to it.
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October 28, 2016
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - The Horrors of Math
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First person to email me saying logic is prior to math will... you know... probably get a polite response.
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Good luck to everyone at BAHFest West!
