No. The rant was totally justified. Treating PI as exactly 3 is often offered as a classic example of ignorance and stupidity. There are jokes about legislature making that the legal definition, or engineering firms adapting that as an internal standard. So when someone actually does it in a math textbook, that justifies a rant or three.

justifies a rant or 3.14159265358979323846… of them

This is the same series of textbooks that, in the fifth grade books, asks kids to fill in the blanks on a series of sentences like, "If math was a color, it would be _____, because, _____." (Allegedly. I've seen this quoted on a site that seems pretty accurate, but I haven't seen it in the actual book. But I went through several years of middle and high school math with the books from this same series, and I can absolutely believe it.) (Also, that comma after the "because" bugs me. And the authors are either working with some educational concept that I don't understand or they don't know the difference between "how many" and "how much.")

edit: felt it was time for a tag change. Back to Erdos. I love this quote.

Home from SFO. K-Bug is on her way to Boston. TOO MUCH DRAMA at the airport, but she finally got a seat on the plane and I am not in jail. Tis good.

Now I'll just be a wreak until I hear from her or vw that they have found eachother in the am.

Yikes on TOO MUCH DRAMA, Suzi.

I find myself liking the Saxon Math books purely because of the word problems:

Four hundred seventy-two soldiers strutted proudly in front. Two hundred seven soldiers walked sadly behind them. How many soldiers were there in all?

Jason sailed the ship Argo in search of the Golden Fleece. His shipmates were called Argonauts. They sailed 33 miles in 3 days. What was the average number of miles they sailed each day? At the same rate, how far could they sail in 7 days?

shit. My credit union merged with it's Florida sister CU a few weeks ago. And now I can't remember my new billpay log in or password. FUCK!

Who wouldn't fancy Fay?

er. um. Ya, can't deny it. I fancy her. Sssshhhhh. Don't tell anyone.

blushes

OK, the Lex Clark thing. OMG. I've been watching for a few years now, and *never* caught the Gaydar on that one. So? Like? Clark fancies Lex? Hence the always saving him? He must be Bi tho. He has some hot g/f's.

Oh, bless your unsuspecting little heart. Go rewatch Season 1, paying particular attention to the way Lex looks at Clark like he's made out of chocolate, like he's the lone spar of driftwood left in an icy sea, like he's the best and brightest thing Lex has ever seen or hoped to see.

Um.

Yeah.

Lex loves Clark. I mean, freaking adores him. Treasures him and places him on a pedastle pedastal peda...fuck. Can't spell the word. Probably subconsciously I think it should be pedarast, or something. Anyway. Yeah. Lex places Clark smack bang in the centre of his life and will do anything for him. Protect him, cherish him, give in to him, trust him when it goes absolutely against the grain to trust anyone. Lex is just blown away by Clark's beauty, wholesomeness and innocent heroism.

Hell, in Jitters Lex walks unarmed into the LuthorCorp Plant to face a great stinking mess for which HE is being blamed, but which is wholly of Lionel's making, in the certain belief that he is sacrificing his life to save Clark. He would die for Clark. He has killed for Clark. He puts himself out time and again on Clark's behalf, knowing that Clark isn't being honest with him.

Now, you can call it fraternal. Same as you can call Achilles/Patroclus fraternal. But, you know, I'm going with Big Gay Love, boy howdy, you better believe it.

Not convinced? Check out Omar's recaps at TWoP for Big Gay Comedy Gold.

cereal

...okay, getting down off my soapbox now. Backing away from it slowly. Um. Yeah.

Clark/Lex.

Gayer than Queer as Folk and then some.

Breaks my little fangirl heart, for Their Love Is OMG So Doomed.

Lex loves Clark. I mean, freaking adores him. Treasures him and places him on a pedastle pedastal peda...fuck. Can't spell the word.

Yeah, well HOWEVER you spell it, its circumfrence is about three times its diameter.

wow. lucky I watch the show in Long Beach, were gay is ok. Who knew what I missed in season 1. Best make sure the A/C is working if I dig up someone with the dvd's. O wait. I don't have A/C.