“I am crude, not rude.” – Dr. Freckles
The Great Prussian Reform …
“The great Prussian reform: you lose? – fire your S3.” – Dr. Freckles
ANGEL STUDIOS
MP3: https://planetarystatusreport.com/mp3/20241214_ANGEL_STUDIOS.mp3
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TWO BOOKS: https://planetarystatusreport.com/?p=16101
YOU ARE …
You are Mexican, I am Japanese.
You are German, I am Spanish and Greek.
You are a STAR TRAVELER from QUADRANT-4, I am the general that chases you and fires his torpedoes into your wild land dreams.
You are tired … getting tired …. more fucking tired every day.
I am startled, by your footsteps, I hear you fall and then I call:
“HEY THERE SCRUMBO? ARE YOU DEAD?”
And there is no sonic residue, and some van comes by to take your body to the dumps near Fall City.
I am remembered by the lost.
You are forgotten by the remembered.
YOUR CHARM THIS WEEK WILL LEAD TO BENEFITS …
Sayonara …
Notice: they call it ANGEL STUDIOS …
One more thing: if you ever see a documentary or film about child trafficking and the VATICAN is not mentioned? – then you’re stuck in a limited hangout.
More nonsense …
It took the BUSH administration 15 minutes after 9/11 to start melting down the steel beams and destroy evidence.
But “Biden” is having problems getting rid of border wall steel.
(totally believable story)
The world contains two books …
“The world contains two books: one is fiction, one is non-fiction. Sadly, the fiction occupies most of our days.” – Dr. Freckles
+MAX-MIN GAME
- There is a min-max algorithm in computer science, so I name it this because I don’t want to get sued.
- This is a game of TERMS: constants and algebraic fragments, atoms of mathematics. Your job is to COMBINE these terms in such a way that some quantitative goal is achieved.
- There are two kinds of cards: number cards and algebra cards. The number cards contain positive and negative integers, zero, and positive and negative fractions. The algebra cards contain a term that can be used by substituting one of the number cards (or two if there are two variables) for the variables. Once used in the algebra term the numbers cannot be used for anything else.
- Deal 2 or more number cards to each player or team. The number of cards dealt per player or team is up to the skill level of the players. But it must be the same number per team or player.
- Deal one algebra card per player in addition to their at least 2 number cards.
- Using the numbers from the cards, PEMDAS, and the one algebra card, generate the largest value possible or the smallest depending upon the agreed goal of the match or game. REMEMBER: you can only use a number card ONCE.
- YOU MUST USE EVERY OPERATOR ALLOWED (addition, subtraction, division, multiplication) at least ONCE before you can repeat the application of the operator. This also means the player has to be SMART about what they do first, second, third, fourth … depending upon how many numbers/term cards are handed out per player (and these are like moves that can be applied to a blackjack or poker or other version of the game). Parentheses are FREE and you can use as many as you want, as long as you use them correctly.
- Using only ADDITION, SUBTRACTION, MULTIPLICATION or DIVISION (and parentheses are allowed) generate the biggest number possible. You can only use the numbers ONCE. If you are dealt an algebra card, you will need to substitute one or two numbers into the variable. The rules of mathematics governs this.
- If it’s a MIN-GAME, you want to achieve the smallest number and it could very well be a negative number.
- You cannot use exponents unless it is part of an algebra card.
- There are many games that can be conceived of using these number cards and algebra cards and there is no need to list them all here.
- You can add a timer and make that part of the game, you could present a massive problem and present it to the players as a shared problem: first to maximize the set of cards presented wins.
- These games teach mathematics explicitly via the game itself, but also can be used to discuss combinatorics and probability, because like any card game those rules apply as well.
Printable Card PDF (make sure to use card stock, paper is okay but gets really flimsy):
- https://planetarystatusreport.com/maxmin/PAGE_1.pdf
- https://planetarystatusreport.com/maxmin/PAGE_2.pdf
- https://planetarystatusreport.com/maxmin/PAGE_3.pdf
- https://planetarystatusreport.com/maxmin/PAGE_4.pdf
- https://planetarystatusreport.com/maxmin/PAGE_5.pdf
- https://planetarystatusreport.com/maxmin/PAGE_6.pdf
- https://planetarystatusreport.com/maxmin/PAGE_7.pdf
- https://planetarystatusreport.com/maxmin/PAGE_8.pdf
STALKER!
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FRUSTRATION: https://planetarystatusreport.com/?p=16076
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“POLAR VORTEX”
“Heat Dome”
“Derecho”
“Atmospheric River”
“Overland Hurricane”
“Clouds dropping from the sky, not rolling in like the title of that MUSICAL score …”
“Wind starting and stopping as if on schedule …”
“Smelly rain …”
“Snow falling above freezing …”
It’s the most wonderful time of year.
At some point you have to ask some questions about the slash-line across the USA where one side is HOT and the other COLD, one side WET and the other in DROUGHT (for 20 years) … totally makes sense. All of it.
If you were writing a musical about the weather these days, how would it go? What would be the theme? The arc? The story? The melody? The surprise?
(give it a shot mother fucker)