Extra assignment
A student with once said that during my first year teaching at Emory. His plea was dripping with such inappropriate glee that it haunts me every time I hear it.
Moon
"Balderdash!" I say. "I bet his name isn't even Kim. And if it is, I can come up with a way better one for him."
Martial Law
Yoon Seok Yul declares martial law late last night while we are sleeping, and brings the military in to halt parliament. Parliament should be sleeping.
Safety first
I'm a mathematician. The days that I need to prepare a solution of Acryloyl Chloride are few and far between.
Concentration
The ululation has broken my concentration. "Ululate this!" I think to the smug insects. Then realising what they are ululating, "It's too damned hot."
A crisis of faith
There is no need to define truth. Analogy is sufficient, indeed it is best. Mathematical allegory brings math to the masses.