Getting an important prediction right
By someone who early saw the light
In 1965 he gave us the tip.
All those transistors on a single chip.
Wednesday, May 13, 2015
Heads down....thumbs up?
Can we please make some room
For other than doom and gloom?
As the pessimism mushrooms
Pray that a glint of hope blooms.
For other than doom and gloom?
As the pessimism mushrooms
Pray that a glint of hope blooms.
Sunday, May 10, 2015
Dandy Lions
Nobody's cryin'
For dandy lions.
They come and they go
Putting on a show.
There's no stopping them.
There's just more mayhem.
All over the park
Their effect is stark.
For then they do fawn
An imperfect lawn.
What will neighbors think?
Will home values sink?
Though it's rather crass
I prefer crabgrass.
If you must have weeds.
That will fill your needs.
For dandy lions.
They come and they go
Putting on a show.
There's no stopping them.
There's just more mayhem.
All over the park
Their effect is stark.
For then they do fawn
An imperfect lawn.
What will neighbors think?
Will home values sink?
Though it's rather crass
I prefer crabgrass.
If you must have weeds.
That will fill your needs.
Rubbing me the wrong way
Worse then dimples
Are new pimples.
They're rather sly
One's on the thigh.
I now regret
After I sweat
Taking an hour
Before the shower.
Are new pimples.
They're rather sly
One's on the thigh.
I now regret
After I sweat
Taking an hour
Before the shower.
Friday, May 8, 2015
For Whom The Polls Toll
The move to the left
Leaves Labour bereft
While Cameron's Tories
Tell troublesome stories.
Leaves Labour bereft
While Cameron's Tories
Tell troublesome stories.
Tuesday, May 5, 2015
The Addiction of Being a Candidate
Running for the Presidency must be a rush
With all the shaking of hands among the throngs crush.
Reading your name in the paper or watching yourself on TV
Enough of an ego reward that you care not about victory.
With all the shaking of hands among the throngs crush.
Reading your name in the paper or watching yourself on TV
Enough of an ego reward that you care not about victory.
Report on Micro Agressions
Spending the entire day in a stew
About racism on campus, what to do?
Really it has been more of a fog
Like the aftermath from too much grog.
Most kids do want to get along
At least, that's always been my song.
Though I also should be forthright and confess.
The White Conservative cultures causes me distress.
About racism on campus, what to do?
Really it has been more of a fog
Like the aftermath from too much grog.
Most kids do want to get along
At least, that's always been my song.
Though I also should be forthright and confess.
The White Conservative cultures causes me distress.
Monday, May 4, 2015
All Thumbs
Composing a rhyme on your phone
Is something to postpone.
Though to be fair
When you do err
For that sin you need not atone.
Is something to postpone.
Though to be fair
When you do err
For that sin you need not atone.
UK Elections
The Brits
In fits
The electorate split
EU ties unknit.
As capitalism benefits only the few
What else is there actually to do?
Arguing that markets should be free
Will get a pol pilloried.
In fits
The electorate split
EU ties unknit.
As capitalism benefits only the few
What else is there actually to do?
Arguing that markets should be free
Will get a pol pilloried.
Sunday, May 3, 2015
Glued to the Tube for the National Pastime
Sunday night baseball on ESPN
The Yankees and Red Sox at it again.
Barring a rainout I will be watching
Hoping the Yankees another win notching.
The Yankees and Red Sox at it again.
Barring a rainout I will be watching
Hoping the Yankees another win notching.
Saturday, May 2, 2015
Who comes up with thes?
Citation and Man o' War
Those were names you could adore.
Look at the ones in the Derby now.
Remember these names? I wonder how.
Those were names you could adore.
Look at the ones in the Derby now.
Remember these names? I wonder how.
Mainly like our parents
When the income distribution is sticky
The social implications are icky.
It's not a question of merit.
Rather it's what you inherit.
Thinking that the reverse is true
Most people see no need to undo
A system that is inherently unfair
Their beliefs are why they do not care.
The social implications are icky.
It's not a question of merit.
Rather it's what you inherit.
Thinking that the reverse is true
Most people see no need to undo
A system that is inherently unfair
Their beliefs are why they do not care.
Friday, May 1, 2015
Paying Attention
Going to a wokrshop
First time this semester
Attention please be nonstop
Though it's time for my siesta.
First time this semester
Attention please be nonstop
Though it's time for my siesta.
Admitting Error
Saying that you're wrong
In prose, not in sing-song
Is very difficult to do
Which is why it we eschew.
In prose, not in sing-song
Is very difficult to do
Which is why it we eschew.
Thursday, April 30, 2015
The latest pain site
Carpal tunnel or arthritis?
Or perhaps some other type of itis?
It matters not what you call it.
What counts is how to forestall it.
Or perhaps some other type of itis?
It matters not what you call it.
What counts is how to forestall it.
Incognito
For within the home effacement
Try hanging out in the basement.
Once the cleaning lady has shown up
Best to skedaddle, me and the pup.
Try hanging out in the basement.
Once the cleaning lady has shown up
Best to skedaddle, me and the pup.
Wednesday, April 29, 2015
Turning into a Nets fan?
Growing up, I was for the Knicks not the Nets.
Against changing allegiance I'd have placed many bets.
But with D-Will surging and done with his stewing
Tonight against Atlanta I will be viewing.
Against changing allegiance I'd have placed many bets.
But with D-Will surging and done with his stewing
Tonight against Atlanta I will be viewing.
In praise of Remo
An 80s schlock movie
Really kind of groovy
Humor and satire
Plus Chiun's spiffy attire.
Really kind of groovy
Humor and satire
Plus Chiun's spiffy attire.
Monday, April 27, 2015
Rebranding
Adopting a new organization name
When what you do remains just the same
Will bend some out of joint
Asking what is the point
A move that seems rather lame.
When what you do remains just the same
Will bend some out of joint
Asking what is the point
A move that seems rather lame.
The Flunk Funk
Is it especially crass
To fail an entire class?
Should a student found cheating pass?
The whole bit an ethical morass.
To fail an entire class?
Should a student found cheating pass?
The whole bit an ethical morass.
Sunday, April 26, 2015
Numerous Examples of Numeracy
The term numeracy appears now in vogue.
Does calling it algebra make one a rogue?
Whatever you call it, we should all be tense
Cause American kids lack this competence.
Does calling it algebra make one a rogue?
Whatever you call it, we should all be tense
Cause American kids lack this competence.
Who needs an alarm clock?
Chirping birds at 3 AM
With their symphony of tones
Another reason for lack of sleep
Apart for pain in my bones.
With their symphony of tones
Another reason for lack of sleep
Apart for pain in my bones.
Saturday, April 25, 2015
Gail Collins on Marco Rublio's autobiography
Rob from the poor and give to the rich
That's the Tea Party's bait-and-switch.
Marco Rubio is their man.
If he can't do it, no one can.
That's the Tea Party's bait-and-switch.
Marco Rubio is their man.
If he can't do it, no one can.
The Ex-Im bank to help the little guy, Ha!
The preservation of monopoly power
Gives one reason why the economy went sour.
We know laissez really isn't fair
And of big firms lobbying we should all beware.
Gives one reason why the economy went sour.
We know laissez really isn't fair
And of big firms lobbying we should all beware.
Friday, April 24, 2015
Wonders from the Subconscious
Having an intense dream in mind
In it wondering what's there to find
Does it only show that which we fear
Or is the message far less clear?
In it wondering what's there to find
Does it only show that which we fear
Or is the message far less clear?
What wrath hath math?
Teaching math to those who will apply it
Part of the issue is getting them to buy it.
Wouldn't it be grand
For kids to conceptually understand?
But the technology beckons, so they don't try it.
Part of the issue is getting them to buy it.
Wouldn't it be grand
For kids to conceptually understand?
But the technology beckons, so they don't try it.
Thursday, April 23, 2015
We don't need a philsopher to tell us what we already knew.
If equality in income distribution is the ideal
Why is it so hard to make real?
When the rich done care
About whether the outcome is fair
Can there be a social contract new deal?
Why is it so hard to make real?
When the rich done care
About whether the outcome is fair
Can there be a social contract new deal?
Wednesday, April 22, 2015
Yankee Pitching
An emerging recent trend
Is for Yankee pitching to tend
To keep the opposition at bay.
Keep doing that I pray.
Then to the playoffs send.
Is for Yankee pitching to tend
To keep the opposition at bay.
Keep doing that I pray.
Then to the playoffs send.
The Damage in TV-ifying Academia
Sacrificing the truth for the pretty
Ex post seems such a pity.
What is the lure
That gets to researchers pure
Then provides fodder for this ditty?
Ex post seems such a pity.
What is the lure
That gets to researchers pure
Then provides fodder for this ditty?
Tuesday, April 21, 2015
Expert Witnesses Hoist on their Own Petard
When seemingly incontrovertible evidence proves flawed
The analysis of which has been done by forensic science
The federal justice system we do not applaud
Because it so trusted the methodology's reliance.
The analysis of which has been done by forensic science
The federal justice system we do not applaud
Because it so trusted the methodology's reliance.
NBA Playoffs - First Round
In the match up of four against five
The underdog has thrived.
Elsewhere the favorite has held serve
Getting what the team deserved.
Source
The underdog has thrived.
Elsewhere the favorite has held serve
Getting what the team deserved.
Source
Monday, April 20, 2015
Oy Vey!
English type of thinking when applied to Yiddish
Likely causes sinking and makes the reader skittish.
Consider the verbal analogy, first shtick and then shtickle.
If one is a laughter trick, the other causes humor to trickle.
So wary of the malaprop and other verbal abuse.
I wait not for the shoe to drop by keeping these rhymes obtuse.
Likely causes sinking and makes the reader skittish.
Consider the verbal analogy, first shtick and then shtickle.
If one is a laughter trick, the other causes humor to trickle.
So wary of the malaprop and other verbal abuse.
I wait not for the shoe to drop by keeping these rhymes obtuse.
After Laughter
Humor in writing is no mean trick.
You must reach the punchline rather quick.
Really the setup is key,
So begin with lunacy.
An improbable start makes it tick.
You must reach the punchline rather quick.
Really the setup is key,
So begin with lunacy.
An improbable start makes it tick.
Sunday, April 19, 2015
Prepping for Precipitation
How does one get ready
Today with a threat of rain?
Keep disposition steady?
Or let it rack one's brain?
It's not so much getting wet I fear;
The concern covers other points.
One of those that I hold quite dear;
I now feel it in my joints.
Today with a threat of rain?
Keep disposition steady?
Or let it rack one's brain?
It's not so much getting wet I fear;
The concern covers other points.
One of those that I hold quite dear;
I now feel it in my joints.
Challenging the Economic System
If we automated income distribution
So that everybody got their checks
We'd not fear the coming of machines.
The loss of jobs would not vex.
It's only because in our system
Earnings are so tied to production
It seems obvious that the system must change
That's the necessary and logical deduction.
For if there were automation to the nth degree
So that nobody had a job
There'd be no consumers to buy the goods
There'd only be an angry mob.
Before we get anywhere near that point
Rationality will prevail, I posit.
Before that happens something else must come first
Socialists must come out of the closet.
So that everybody got their checks
We'd not fear the coming of machines.
The loss of jobs would not vex.
It's only because in our system
Earnings are so tied to production
It seems obvious that the system must change
That's the necessary and logical deduction.
For if there were automation to the nth degree
So that nobody had a job
There'd be no consumers to buy the goods
There'd only be an angry mob.
Before we get anywhere near that point
Rationality will prevail, I posit.
Before that happens something else must come first
Socialists must come out of the closet.
Saturday, April 18, 2015
Time to Heat Up
The Yankees have started out slowly.
In their division they are lowly.
Let's give it a bang!
It's the song that he sang.
Then he can again shout, Holy Moly!
In their division they are lowly.
Let's give it a bang!
It's the song that he sang.
Then he can again shout, Holy Moly!
Teaching and Preaching
Our petulant pedant persisted.
Though irritating all he insisted.
It's never absurd
To select the right word.
Of this correct composition consisted.
Though irritating all he insisted.
It's never absurd
To select the right word.
Of this correct composition consisted.
Friday, April 17, 2015
The Wrong Model
If you're ideologically disposed against Keynes
During a slump your policy will create pains.
A move toward tight money
Really isn't funny
Making it impossible that the economy sustains.
During a slump your policy will create pains.
A move toward tight money
Really isn't funny
Making it impossible that the economy sustains.
Punctual Punctuation
What is the point of an exclamation?
Bent out of joint? Or a proclamation?
Declarative statements should be averred, not obscene.
Bent out of joint? Or a proclamation?
Declarative statements should be averred, not obscene.
Thursday, April 16, 2015
A Freak Streak?
In the making of consecutive shots
High skill matters lots and lots.
Seventy seven 3's in a row
Is putting on quite a show
But not so rare one should plotz.
High skill matters lots and lots.
Seventy seven 3's in a row
Is putting on quite a show
But not so rare one should plotz.
The Path to Critical Thinking
Is it the college major or the reading habit
That gives birth to the virtual rabbit
The one that gets pulled from a hat
By which to enable that
A dullard can reach the brink
Beyond which he's able to think
Making sense of the mysterious and complex
That had previously did his brain vex?
Pundits tend to glorify the U
Disregarding what it's apt to do
With the chase after the high GPA
Actually causing the brain to decay.
Montaigne preferred the company of peasants
Whose minds were unspoiled by pedants
So rather than push for the latest learning fashion
Ask what can fuel the mind's passion.
That gives birth to the virtual rabbit
The one that gets pulled from a hat
By which to enable that
A dullard can reach the brink
Beyond which he's able to think
Making sense of the mysterious and complex
That had previously did his brain vex?
Pundits tend to glorify the U
Disregarding what it's apt to do
With the chase after the high GPA
Actually causing the brain to decay.
Montaigne preferred the company of peasants
Whose minds were unspoiled by pedants
So rather than push for the latest learning fashion
Ask what can fuel the mind's passion.
Wednesday, April 15, 2015
Free College, Worth the Price?
Pols demand there be low tuition for college
Ignoring any potential impact on knowledge.
Won't taxpayers be shrill
If asked to foot the bill?
Reduced spending per student to acknowledge.
Ignoring any potential impact on knowledge.
Won't taxpayers be shrill
If asked to foot the bill?
Reduced spending per student to acknowledge.
The Legacy of Bluto and Otter
As their purpose seems mainly to make mayhem,
If fraternities didn't exist would we invent them?
With a tradition that was grand
Things since got out of hand.
Shut them down? Alumni donors won't let them.
If fraternities didn't exist would we invent them?
With a tradition that was grand
Things since got out of hand.
Shut them down? Alumni donors won't let them.
Tuesday, April 14, 2015
Where is the Sunshine?
In matters of international trade
There surely is no reason to evade
The public's scrutiny;
For it signifies that the fix is in,
Enables supporters to wield their spin,
While the throng mutinies.
There surely is no reason to evade
The public's scrutiny;
For it signifies that the fix is in,
Enables supporters to wield their spin,
While the throng mutinies.
Objective or Subjective?
How you feel
About what is real
Is no big deal.
You can depend upon
The world going on
Despite the brain's con.
About what is real
Is no big deal.
You can depend upon
The world going on
Despite the brain's con.
Monday, April 13, 2015
The Fly in the (Virtual) Ointment
Playing a game against the computer
How could an opponent be any cuter?
For each of my tits in response is a tat
Absent any emotion, all just matter of fact.
It's not like playing chess with the local clown
Who feigns sardonic wit with the occasional putdown.
Just about everything about it with the computer is better
And on the rare day that I win, I've earned a red letter.
There's just one problem that sometimes causes me to shrug.
Once in a while in the game's program you'll find a bug.
I don't mean the type that would render the game inert.
I've never experienced that though if I did it would hurt.
I'm talking instead about discovering a cheat,
Which allows you to claim victory though really you were beat.
Winning that way tends to spoil the fun
And soon thereafter with that game you're done.
How could an opponent be any cuter?
For each of my tits in response is a tat
Absent any emotion, all just matter of fact.
It's not like playing chess with the local clown
Who feigns sardonic wit with the occasional putdown.
Just about everything about it with the computer is better
And on the rare day that I win, I've earned a red letter.
There's just one problem that sometimes causes me to shrug.
Once in a while in the game's program you'll find a bug.
I don't mean the type that would render the game inert.
I've never experienced that though if I did it would hurt.
I'm talking instead about discovering a cheat,
Which allows you to claim victory though really you were beat.
Winning that way tends to spoil the fun
And soon thereafter with that game you're done.
Sunday, April 12, 2015
The Race Space
For students of color is it right
To only have teachers who are white?
If their worlds don't intersect
How will they connect?
What then of the poor student who is bright?
To only have teachers who are white?
If their worlds don't intersect
How will they connect?
What then of the poor student who is bright?
Pushy P's
Although the Koala Dad might bite
It's the Tiger Mom who gives fright.
She wants to partake
When it's the kid's choice to make.
He prefers that they're both out of sight.
It's the Tiger Mom who gives fright.
She wants to partake
When it's the kid's choice to make.
He prefers that they're both out of sight.
Saturday, April 11, 2015
Why pillory Hillary?
The party of rich white men
Soon to be at it again.
Shouldn't they be fearful of the reaction
Since women make up the greater fraction?
Soon to be at it again.
Shouldn't they be fearful of the reaction
Since women make up the greater fraction?
The real gig
To fail big?
Should we all stumble
In such a spectacular way
Needing a jolt in our approach?
To this I mumble
Without a firm mind what to say
Hoping you won't ask me to coach.
The key to success?
Still anyone's guess.
If already on the verge
Failure may then next step urge
Though maybe consider punting
To avoid permanent stunting.
In such a spectacular way
Needing a jolt in our approach?
To this I mumble
Without a firm mind what to say
Hoping you won't ask me to coach.
The key to success?
Still anyone's guess.
If already on the verge
Failure may then next step urge
Though maybe consider punting
To avoid permanent stunting.
Friday, April 10, 2015
Constrain by Refrain
Prolix in one form
Terse in another
Take the world by storm
Do what I druther.
Commenting by me
Quite sane or absurd
Spontaneously
Not what we have heard.
First aim is for mirth
Second be correct
A smile to give birth
Joy to resurrect.
This is some reason
For this here new blog
Change of the season
My hope it's no slog.
Terse in another
Take the world by storm
Do what I druther.
Commenting by me
Quite sane or absurd
Spontaneously
Not what we have heard.
First aim is for mirth
Second be correct
A smile to give birth
Joy to resurrect.
This is some reason
For this here new blog
Change of the season
My hope it's no slog.
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