Math on a Plate

I love math, and I loved teaching it. I told my students, “It is the only thing in the world that makes sense.” If you do it right, the answer is utterly predictable.  There’s a fairness to it:  if you lighten one side of an equation, you must lighten the other. ...

My Weighty Weight

” If American men are obsessed with money, American women are obsessed with weight.  The men talk of gain, the women talk of loss,and I do not know which talk is the more boring.” – Marya Mannes“I dread going to the party,” I told Teri.  “I haven’t seen those...

Weighing In: My Body of Work

You’ve seen it.  The groom takes a piece of wedding cake and smashes it into the perfectly made up face of his bride.  This is the message:  Ladies will not eat unless they are force fed. Stop fast-forwarding past the commercials, and you’ll see men scarfing pizza,...

A Letter to a Thin Doctor from a Fat Patient

“I recently had my annual physical examination, which I get once every seven years, and when the nurse weighed me, I was shocked to discover how much stronger the Earth’s gravitational pull has become since 1990.“ – Dave Barry  “I have gained and lost the...

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