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Do I Count?
When I arrived for my walk in the park the day I took this picture, I don’t think that I was counted. There is a response that I have to share with the census taker at the park: I want to be counted. While I laughed that day as I took the picture, I realized…
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Can’t Donk This
Soaking in as much of the Women’s World Cup as I can, I acknowledge the fact that women’s soccer has changed so much. The USA team is not the dominant team it was 8 years ago when most other nations could not field 11 quality players. The did not have the skills, the size, the…
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What A Nut
I know that most people know the short videos of the squirrel which accompany the Ice Ages movies. But think about one of these scenes happening to a real squirrel. At the top of a tall tree the squirrel precariously edges out on the limb as it bends lower with each step. Gripping the branch…
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Move Your Pieces
2 Lessons. 1 Game. Ready? The Game: The board is a square checkerboard with one player’s pieces starting on each edge. The goal is to move all of your pieces to the opposite edge by moving one square or jumping other adjacent pieces. The challenge comes in by having all pieces turned upside down making…
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What’s That?
If I ask you what a seagull tornado is, what would you say? Perhaps I should make this multiple choice and give you some options. Here we go. What is a seagull tornado?A: The shape of flight seagulls make when swooping down for food.B: A swirling pattern the birds make to ward off a predator.C:…
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Cannot Imagine
I went to Arizona for Spring Break expecting some warm and sunny weather. We were on a hike when we saw it coming, passing over the city to our west. Undeterred, we hiked onward to Submarine rock when it happened. A blustery, snow storm of small pellets attempting to pound this large rock to the…
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Splish Splash
This is not about a bath, though one of my favorite math problems is a graph of the water level in the tub. Instead, water fun. This is not about fear or games, it is about surprise. First up, the surprise wave. I am sure that you all have seen a friend standing in the…
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Way To Ride
Amusement parks, what a blast. I prefer that my favorite memories not be moments when I was terrified beyond breathing. Fortunately for me, either I was not alone when experiencing this terror, or I was able to watch the reaction of others during their worst nightmares. Why is terror so memorable? Once you have the…
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Fun in the Sun
Becoming a red lobster is not my idea of a fun summer activity. I suppose living further south could offer more opportunities for what I only knew as summer activities to be seen in months other than the hottest two summer months, and probably when the sun is past its peak for the day. Pool…
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ABC
The letters of the alphabet are commonly used by themselves, much more often than we realize. When it comes to using letters in singlets, not all letters are treated equally. In particular, I feel the letter D has been mistreated. Let me share some ways letters have been placed on top of the T. Since…
Doc Dave DeWitt 