each of these guys is more of a mathematician than i was at his age and having them as students has enriched my life. if you have a problem with any of them because of their faces, then you have a problem with me. #BlackLivesMatter

@berrycollege @smartereveryday Destin Sandlin, even. i hate both:.a) Twitter has no edit option.2) i have the typing skills of the average puma. sorry Destin.

this morning’s @berrycollege admissions event was more eventful than anticipated. in addition to talking to some students, i had the chance to have a nice chat with one of my favorite YouTubers, Destin Sandin of @smartereveryday, who was visiting campus with his daughter.

he was mostly quiet and unassuming, but he cared about people and taught me that this is the way to be. and when he came to visit he always sat in that same chair. i'm going to miss all of that. n/n.

once, when i was a kid, and sick from some childhood malady, he bought me that red book of Sherlock Holmes stories and ignited my love of reading. he taught me to love science fiction, particularly Star Trek, and music, particularly folk music. 3/n.

he taught me that math is something you don't have to be afraid of (we had the same undergraduate advisor) and i've spent the last 25+ years trying to convince other people of this fact. 2/n.

my dad taught me to play golf and cribbage. he never let me win, but i eventually got good enough to beat him. 1/n

“Ballparks exist because there is in humanity a vestigial memory of an enclosed green space as place of freedom or play.” – A. Bartlett Giamatti. happy opening day! #PlayBall.

afterwards @916ice completely BLEW my mind with her responses n the Q&A portion.

badass Californian, applied mathematician @916ice talking about making grace the norm in class. this was a beautiful talk to start day two of the 2023 @MAASoutheast Section Meeting. #MAASE

Doug Torrence talking about non-square planar tanglegrams. cool stuff! #MAASE23

got some disheartening news at work today. it’s not my fault, but it’s hard for me to not feel somewhat responsible and the situation has me feeling deflated. help!.

we had 27 @berrycollege students sit for the @maanow Putnam Competition today. thanks to @BerryMBB_ Coach @MickHedgepeth for getting up early to give the students a pep talk that set the right tone for the day and to @DSladeBC for his words of wisdom. #weallrho

for my 52nd birthday i planned a 5.2 mile walk. the day got away from me and i didn’t leave myself enough daylight, so i retconned it into 5.2K. it’s not really dark yet, but i got it done before it rained. now i’m going to buy myself a birthday cake.

it’s time to tee it up for @BerryFootball on a overcast, but dry, september evening. go Vikings! #WeAllRow

attention people of Twitter! (particularly those of you in the #mtbos) if you did not already know this, please adjust your thinking to include the fact that @SitDownPee is a blatantly superior kind of human person and a complete badass. full stop. as you were.

attention people of Twitter! all hail @berrycollege’s new Charles A. Dana Professor of Government and International Affairs, Dr. @TaylorKirstenL.

so, this happened. it’s an honor to be recognized, along with @Patrick_Rault, with the 2022 Beckenbach Book Prize. @maanow #MathFest22.

first #awkwardboardingselfie since 2019. boarded for Kansas City and the 2022 AP Calculus Reading. looking forward to seeing long absent math friends on the other end.

checking out @CityOfRomeGa’s First Friday concert with my favorite lady and some excellent @berrycollege friends. the opening act was really good and now we’re ready for the Jimmy Buffett tribute band.

got in 18 holes of disc golf with these guys and then, after a tasty lunch from Cookout, we submitted our book chapter. it was a good day, even if it likely was the last time we’ll all be in the same place at the same time.