Tuesday, July 31, 2007

Me and my homies be drinking butterbeer forties

When rappers exponentiate, as in "B-L-A-C-K-E-Y-E-D-P-to the E, then the A to the S," is that really supposed to be an algebraic expression? What is the origin of that?

"My name's H P to the O to the T to the T to the E to the R you see," seems like it has the potential to be a very large number.

Saturday, July 21, 2007

I'm not here for your entertainment

I'm experimenting here with a high-frequency, short-format blog concept in which I'll try to record some quotable wisdom that I come across each day.