Notes From Serendipity

I have always been fascinated with those movies featuring poker players winning a game that I view as chance.  I realize, by the way, that I am probably wrong; but, I don’t know enough about it to make an intelligent decision.  But, it is fun to watch! And, a common theme is that someone would … Read moreThe Big Tell

I was musing the other day about the frog who was boiled to death, because he sat in the water while it was heating up.  Unfortunately, he didn’t notice the incremental difference in temperature.  Of course, a frog tossed into a pan of boiling water would hop out immediately. Clearly, this is where we are … Read moreFrog In The Sauna?

I was walking to get a new parking permit for the campus and came across a memorial for Harvey Gantt, the first black attendee at Clemson University in 1963.  The area, covered with azaleas and indigenous plants enshrining the event, was created in 2017.  I wondered why it took over fifty years to landmark this … Read moreHarvey Gantt

Degree of Tolerance I was thinking about tolerance.  Not the human kind, which is important, but the engineering kind.  I used to say that you could never cut a board to be one foot long.  Perhaps, 1.02 or 1.0003 or etc., but, you get the idea. It’s impossible for a human to cut a board … Read moreDegree of Tolerance