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Statistically Speaking ...

I've been signed-on a time or two over the past several weeks, but I haven't gotten 'round to posting. I looked for recent quips from late night in Monday's email, but nothing this week. Too bad; the late night circuit is probably buzzing with political humor. The Daily Show had some good material, but I only watch that because the rerun for the night before is on at 8p.m. the next night. Anyway...

We just had a record October snow storm that seemed to last for days since the lake-effect flurries continued long after the storm moved off. Some areas got two feet and more, although we only got a few inches here at 1600 feet.





Donna is in week 9 of the Fall semester and along with a few easy courses on adult development and aging, she's taking stats for the behavioral sciences. I studied this stuff almost 20 years ago, so I told her there'd be no problem--I'd help her when needed. She's taking the course online, and without a live instructor at the black board, it's almost like teaching yourself--not a good way to learn stats. So I've been "refreshing" my memory... trying to stay one chapter ahead of her. But crap!! I can't believe how much of this stuff is gone from my memory!

I was making good progress with the woodpile and fall leaf raking until the snow came. Just as well, since I need time for stats, but raking leaves in the fall is so much easier than cleaning up in the spring when they are all matted down.



My next unplanned project for this afternoon is to copy all the phone numbers and notes out of my cell phone. I use the thing as an address book, but something wrong with it--can't make or receive calls, so I'm going to try resetting it after I get the valuable info out.

Hope you day is more exciting than that.....



posted on Oct 31, 2008 9:06 AM ()

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Pretty pics, but frighteningly early
comment by shesaidwhat on Nov 2, 2008 1:52 AM ()
I had a horrible time with statistics in college. I was sleeping with the grad student who was teaching our class, and that still didn't get me past the 'tippy-top C' (his words). I wonder where he is now.
comment by troutbend on Nov 1, 2008 7:45 PM ()
Oh jj, I feel for Donna. I hated statistics courses and promptly put them out of my mind.
comment by elderjane on Nov 1, 2008 7:06 AM ()
We had a small snow a couple weeks ago, but back to warm and dry. Snow is always pretty when you can sit inside and enjoy the view, and all the chores are done. Good luck with the leaves; I'm counting on the wind to blow ours away this winter because we won't have snow cover for a long time and it won't stick around.
comment by troutbend on Oct 31, 2008 7:47 PM ()
How lovely and keep it there for awhile.Not ready for this stuff.
comment by fredo on Oct 31, 2008 10:30 AM ()
Thanks for the pictures--that's THE only way I want to experience snow, sleet, ice, etc.!
comment by greatmartin on Oct 31, 2008 9:59 AM ()
We got torrential rains while you were getting the blizzard. I like rain a lot more than snow...less shovelling!
comment by hayduke on Oct 31, 2008 9:24 AM ()
Those pics just remind me of why I live in the South. Sure is pretty tho
comment by grumpy on Oct 31, 2008 9:09 AM ()
wow snow!!! Yikes! Starting early I see... The icicles are pretty though!
comment by kristilyn3 on Oct 31, 2008 9:08 AM ()

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