I AM AMERICA (AND SO CAN YOU)

I AM AMERICA (AND SO CAN YOU) is a marvelous piece of literature by Stephen Colbert.
If you know anything about Mr. Colbert, you could probably figure out how cool his book would be, but for all of you who don't, I SERIOUSLY recommend you look into it.
It's hilarious.

Check it out at your local bookstore. :D

Fractals

So I'm no fan of math - never was. Sure, it's super applicable, and surrounds us everywhere we go, but c'mon - those tests are brutal!

...Well... at least that's what I used to think. Now I'm not sure... I'm much more interested. To me, it was a given that math can be applied to everyday life. People have told me this several times, and I believed it so blindly (for I had seen the easy connections) that I personally had forgotten about it until now. But thanks to a video I watched in math class, I rediscovered the reason why people still study math in school and make a living from it.

I now understand how people could go crazy with math - and love it!

Check out the video we watched: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/fractals/program.html
...Totally opened my eyes.