The Area of a Pie

Proof Without Words: The Area of a Disk is – Russell Jay Hendel, Dowling College, Oakdale, NY 11772 Mathematics Magazine, June 1990, Volume 63, Number 3, page 188.

New Year Thought

Especially for all my Blog readers. Have a happy New Year and may 2012 contain all you wish. Now for a reminder of your place in the greater scheme of things. WHAT?? You expected serious? On the Archive? HAH!!!!

Sid and Sod

It Tickled Granny’s Fancy

The Australian Women’s Weekly Saturday 27 December 1941

May I Borrow Your Life For Three Seconds

 and give you a hug? Researchers at Dundee University’s School of Psychology studied the post-competition embraces of Olympic athletes to reach the conclusion, which they say applies across countries and cultures. Regardless of the gender or national origin of the athletes and their partners, the hugs lasted about three seconds on average. The results reinforce [...]

Sid and Sod

One For The Birds!

Should there be a problem in getting the point of this pointless exersize, please feel free to consult your significant geek. The Nameless Bar straddled dimensions and timezones. On this particular evening a varied collection of Pirates with diverse backgrounds had made it their own. Indeed, the customers were a Motley Crew. Jon the Wizzard [...]

How Outdated Are You?

You Are a Year Behind the Times You are quite modern, but you’re not obsessed with being an early adopter. You adopt anything new once it gains mass appeal. You like to let other people get the kinks out.You are future oriented, but you probably at least have some taste for retro or vintage objects. [...]

Hungover!

A traveling salesman was driving through the marshy Louisiana countryside one night when he missed a turn and found himself in a ditch. There was nothing around but he saw a light at the end of a boardwalk so that’s where he went. The door was answered by a man who said that there was [...]

Sid and Sod

Food Fight

I had to fight for my evening serve of silver-beet tonight! It was a long hard battle but I finally won! The vanquished became duck food!

Princess Lily

It Tickled Granny’s Fancy

The Australian Women’s Weekly Saturday 27 December 1941

It’s Been and Gone Again.

God and Christmas

  Reverently burgled from I Am your God

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