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You are an engineer going about your day, when a colleague shows you a new plot of concentration versus time that they made for a chemical reaction under study.  You agree to give it a look and offer your feedback.     What question should you ask your colleague regarding this plot?   If you…

I picked up Chris Guillebeau’s book, “100 Side Hustles.”  I’m about a quarter of the way through the book.  I was interested in how start-up cost related to revenue based on the type of side hustle.    While reading, I created an excel spreadsheet that summarized the side hustle.  I included a title for the…

I recently finished reading “The Art of Statistics” by David Spiegelhalter.  That’s *Sir* David Spiegelhalter.  One can be knighted in the UK for one’s contributions to statistics, and Professor Spiegelhalter achieved that distinction. The depressing part of the book was the inclusion of the author’s own work on the case of British doctor Harold Shipman,…

On 5 May 2023, I was delighted to join the Oklahoma Writer’s Federation Inc. (OWFI) annual conference.  Conference activities spanned three days, but I could only attend one day this year.  In this post, I will trumpet the songs of the five delightful sessions I attended.   Kim Ventrella on Middle Grade Fiction Kim Ventrella…

Every spring, I pick up my trowel and shovel to plant a garden.  Each time, I think how wonderful it would be if I were one of those lucky individuals to chance upon a treasure in the garden bed.  I keep my eyes open for an arrowhead, but I’ve never found one.   However, after…