the shelf theory of mathematics

[anotheranon]

There is only limited space in my brain for mathematical formulas. Hence, working on simple and compound interest all weekend knocked basic addition off my "shelf", so I failed to realize that Saturday + 6 days != next Saturday, necessitating me to order out from Baja Fresh to have enough dinners for the week :P

Speaking of Baja Fresh, I've seen this over at ragdoll's and flummoxicated's, among others:

Guilt	What is yours?	Explain yourself
Culinary:	Baja Fresh tortilla chips	Not haute cuisine but I could eat these all day, plain
Literary:	Fate magazine and similar	After all these years I should know better, but the stories would be so cool if true!
Audiovisual:	anything in the Whedonverse (Buffy, Angel, Firefly)	Too... many...perfect...one-liners!!! (Actually, I feel flagrantly un-guilty about this one)
Musical:	Erasure	Every couple of years I need more than the Pet Shop Boys to properly fill my synth-pop cup
Celebrity:	Cast and crew of "Lexx"	Over the years I've managed to soak up tons of trivia; I'm sure it takes up several brain shelves which would be better devoted to something else, like 790 one-liners

Watched the last episode of "Rome" with dinner. It may be short on historical accuracy, but the plots-within-plots are good and the overall "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Do The Roman Empire" groove is thoroughly entertaining. The emotions the actors manage to convey with a mute expression is priceless. Recommended, from a dramatic viewpoint.

Tired now.

Comments

[ragdoll.livejournal.com]

I just suspended my historical knowledge of Caesar's Rome and enjoyed the show for what it was: great drama, great comedy, fabulous characters and occasionally hot sex. I love love love Titus Pullo beyond all reason and even though she's not even close to the real one, Atia was fabulous.

[anotheranon.livejournal.com]

Atia owned the screen from the first episode. Like everyone though, her tables were mightily turned in the last one - talk about ending with cliffhangers!

I love the banter between Pullo and Vorenus, but I have to confess a soft spot for the latter - he tries so hard to play by the book and things still blow up on him.

[ragdoll.livejournal.com]

Polly Walker is just brilliant -- I hope she at least gets an Emmy nomination this year because she deserves it. I just love the way she's written and the way she's played! It will be interesting to see where they go next season. I just wish we didn't have to wait another year for it at least.

I like Vorenus a lot too, I guess I just like Pullo more because he's also the comic relief at times. Vorenus is too serious -- my heart is breaking for him, of course. That last scene was just gutwrenchingly painful.

[anotheranon.livejournal.com]

Yeah, Vorenus is stuffy, but if he weren't so grumpy all the time he wouldn't make such an excellent "straight man" to Pullo! I'm thinking specifically of the "Cleopatra" episode :P

[ragdoll.livejournal.com]

Oh, he definitely is an excellent straight man -- the Cleopatra episode was a scream (other than Cleopatra herself -- I don't know if the costuming/makeup was historically accurate, but they were gruesome).