This story is about sexual harassment from the time I was 12 and shared a paper route with my best friend, until I was 18, when I figured out that perverts can also be gentlemen.

And it totally does *not* suck. And I know, because I just read it.

Hi, Nilly!

On the silver-lining side, if there's a topic that's really difficult and resistive to understanding attempts, it's only there for the one assignment, right?

Yes! Unfortunately, I had this problem last homework too. Couldn't figure out how to prove that the coefficients of the infinite series produced by squaring the infinite series equivalent to (1-x^2)^(1/2) past x^2 all ended up as 0. Could see the pattern, but didn't know how to prove it. I mean, they have to, because ((1-x^2)^(1/2))^2 is just 1-x^2, even I can see that! But couldn't prove it. Alas!

Well, in all seriousness, sometimes just not-thinking about something for a while (and, I guess, letting the brain do its secret magic of sorting things out inside itself) may help looking at things with fresh eyes and improve their understanding.

Totally true again. Mind you, I should not-think about it by doing my abstract algebra test prep. Or my math thinking skills presentation prep (which is going to be so cool, as we're going to talk about geometric proofs of algebraic facts, like this proof, which I did with a pair of scissors and some pieces of paper and it works! And is fun! Oh good lord, I'm still in parentheses, aren't I?).

Sure. The book is about lessons learned while working the cash register at several different stores from the time I was 15 to 24.

It sounds interesting, in the sense of it being from the point-of-view that's usually overlooked, even though it's quite common and gets to see so much. I already want to read it.

And I know, because I just read it.

Jealous of Amy.

But not enough to not wave back at her and ask her how she's doing, because it's nice to post with her.

But couldn't prove it.

You should have been a physicist, then. We hardly ever prove anything in more than "I can see this".

which I did with a pair of scissors and some pieces of paper and it works!

I'm going to show this to my math-teacher roommate, for a fun activity for her students. Thanks, Emily!

Oh good lord, I'm still in parentheses, aren't I?

But you managed to break free!

[Edit: 5+6=7+4 and also consecutive digits, all running together to look at Amily's fun math.]

IMNotMathyHO.

Took me a minute on this one. If it was anyone other than Nilly, I would've assumed the poster was saying, "I'm not mathy, ho."

But not enough to not wave back at her and ask her how she's doing, because it's nice to post with her.

I'm good! Aside from the major plumbing problem in the house at the moment, which my husband is dealing with. Nice to see you!

Nilly, are the letters for M.Sh.L. (lemme look this up) mem shin lamed?

Nicole! Another lovely Buffista with whom I hadn't posted in forever! How are you doing?

I'm not mathy, ho.

Hee.

Amy, I'm so behind in "Great Write" (like, a thousand posts behind), and I insist on actually catching up there, because I love reading what's going on there and the drabbles and people's creativity. But it means that I never get to post with people who frequent mostly there, as well as never being able to offer to take part (beta read, throw ideas, be happy for people, whatever) in what is actually going on there. I need Rowlf's time machine.

Aside from the major plumbing problem in the house at the moment, which my husband is dealing with

Oy for plumbing problem, but yay for husband dealing eith it.

Good lord, you people were up early!

I got up at the reasonable hour of 7:30 and went running in the hills. Yay for running. Boo for being so out of shape, ah well.

Now I have to decide what to do with my day: paint the kitchen? Garden? Clean house? Edit a story?

t waves at Nilly

The weather here is disturbingly beautiful these days: sunny and warm and it should be grey and rainy. Not that I'm complaining.

[Edited to wave at Suela]

are the letters for M.Sh.L. (lemme look this up) mem shin lamed?

Yup.

There are two ways of writing letters in Hebrew, though. Similar to capital and small (is that how you call it?) letters in English, but only in the sense of having 2 kinds of symbols for each letter. In Hebrew, you use only one of them, not switching between kinds anywhere (definitely not mid-word). One of them is mostly what is used in printing, the other in writing by hand.

I wonder which of the two you're going to use. If I were writing it, I'd use the non-printing kind of writing, because I'd write proofs with a pencil, not type it. But in books, it's printed, so they use the printed-version of letters-writing.

sarameg, you can delete your post now.