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I write for the broadest accessibility, offering a new perspective - sometimes a battering ram of a new vision - as you contend with yet another challenge. My hope is that these writings free you up to see the mechanics of your life in a more positive and empowering way.

Category: Math Basics

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Math Basics

Looking For The Vanishing Point In Parallel Paths

Where we learn that your perspective is your current angle plus that baggage you’ve been carrying around.

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A sticker on top of a suitcase that says Reading Is Freedom.
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The Value In Free

Where we learn that unattached and independent aren't the only things to consider.

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The torso of a person strumming on a guitar
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Give Me All Your Forms of Vibration

Where we learn that all that purring is a sine (wave).

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One set of train tracks heading straight forward then curving left.
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What's My / Who's My / Where's Your Line?

Where we learn that math, art, and war can bang up on each other.

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Three 1950's clocks hanging on a wall.
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Shaping Your Time

Where we learn that friction can slow you down in the present but expand what’s in the past.

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A measuring tape held up to the side of a mattress on a bed.
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Deciding On The Value of Measurement

Where we learn that taking something for granted may be the most normal thing to do.

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Flashlight beam on a wall in the shape of an ellipse.
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When The Shape Of An Ellipse Can Be Super

Where we learn that it could have been called a squicle.

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A cardigan on a hanger that has yarn loop closures.
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Taking Control of Your Information Loop

Where we learn that effective feedback travels in two directions.

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A lounge chair with a curved backrest and curved seat.
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Throwing A Curve

Where we learn that a curve is a bent line and a line is a straight curve.

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St. Johns Bridge in Portland Oregon
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Symmetry! In! Space!

Where we learn that some soothing patterns can kick into high-gear in spacetime.

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An empty glass on a counter with herringbone pattern on a wall in the background and the edges of a few wooden cutting boards
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Zero Got Muscle

Where we learn that nothing is more powerful than nothing.

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To Be Free or To Be Bound: That Is The (Variable's) Question

Where we learn that uniformity is unhelpful for growth.

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View of a major league baseball stadium from the left field seats.
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Fielding Can Be Multidimensionally Overwhelming

Where we learn that freedom is a measurement of independence.

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A Siamese kitty cat curled up with their paw over their face.
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Sometimes I Feel Like A Logarithm

Where we learn that we each have an internal power function ready to bust out.

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A Round of Applause For The OG Swinger: The Pendulum

Where we learn that you can be the source of vibrating invisible friction. I'm not kidding.

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My Ideal Beer Buddy is an Integer

Where we learn that all numbers are not created equally.

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A pink notepad with a hand holding a pen that just finished wirting the math ematical symbol for the word 'therefore' and the word MATH in capitals.
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A Memorandum on Pop Math

Where we learn that science would be nothin' without math (oh, glorious math).

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