Brainripples

H had a week of intensive workshops this past week, including one on how to teach science. She told me there was one session on "Pirate Science." And even though I don't like pirate jokes, I couldn't resist asking: "You mean PV=nARRRRRR!t? Or 'Walk the Planck's constant!'"

Outside the MIT sukkah today there was a (presumably unrelated) demonstration of sumo wrestling, with body suits and all. I observed that they were fulfilling the commandment vehayita ach sumo-ach. Someone else in the sukkah replied "Not even Galitziyaners would torture a word like that."

So I guess today's scheduled bonfires, at least in Massachusetts, are water-Lagged ba-Omer.