Brian Foley
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I Can't Part with my Old Friend, My Bicycle
Today I decided to finally give up on my 1981 Peugeot 10 speed bicycle. Last week Mimi gave me a wonderful birthday present of a tuneup at the local sporting goods shop for my old friend. When I brought it in, they warned me that it probably would not be worth it. They were wrong. It was worth it to have it tuned up as good as possible, and to ride it one more time, even though... (posted by Brian 1 year 289 days ago.)
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Today I decided to finally give up on my 1981 Peugeot 10 speed bicycle. Last week Mimi gave me a wonderful birthday present of a tuneup at the local sporting goods shop for my old friend. When I brought it in, they warned me that it probably would not be worth it. They were wrong. It was worth it to have it tuned up as good as possible, and to ride it one more time, even though... (posted by Brian 1 year 289 days ago.)
Multiplying by Nine with the Finger Method
Can you do the nine-times tables on your fingers? When you learn how, you'll never have to stare at the multiplication tables charts for nine again. The best part is, you only need to be able to count in order to learn this! And if you practice using the finger method, you'll be a whiz at multiplying any digit by nine, and never have to "guess" and hope you're right again. You can learn it now, in a few simple... (posted by Brian 3 years 181 days ago.)
Can you do the nine-times tables on your fingers? When you learn how, you'll never have to stare at the multiplication tables charts for nine again. The best part is, you only need to be able to count in order to learn this! And if you practice using the finger method, you'll be a whiz at multiplying any digit by nine, and never have to "guess" and hope you're right again. You can learn it now, in a few simple... (posted by Brian 3 years 181 days ago.)
Memorizing the Multiplication Tables to 20 - That's Just Crazy!
Do you have a child who needs a confidence-boost in school? Imagine if your child knew the multiplication tables up to 20. It would make him or her seem like a genius compared to most school children who have problems even remembering 7x 8! If you are like most people, you probably think that memorizing the times tables to twenty would be a heck of a chore.... (posted by Brian 3 years 182 days ago.)
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Do you have a child who needs a confidence-boost in school? Imagine if your child knew the multiplication tables up to 20. It would make him or her seem like a genius compared to most school children who have problems even remembering 7x 8! If you are like most people, you probably think that memorizing the times tables to twenty would be a heck of a chore.... (posted by Brian 3 years 182 days ago.)
Little Sairy Palin
This is a parody the poem "Little Orphant Annie," by Charles Whitcomb Riley. LITTLE Sairy Palin's come to the Lower Forty-eight, An' teach us fambly values, an' denyin' Troopergate., An' shoo the lib'ruls outta Washington and say who's patriotic, An stoke the rage of racist swine, an' other things psychotic : An' all us other citizens, when the debatin' stuff is done, We set around the YouTube, where we have... (posted by Brian 3 years 187 days ago.)
This is a parody the poem "Little Orphant Annie," by Charles Whitcomb Riley. LITTLE Sairy Palin's come to the Lower Forty-eight, An' teach us fambly values, an' denyin' Troopergate., An' shoo the lib'ruls outta Washington and say who's patriotic, An stoke the rage of racist swine, an' other things psychotic : An' all us other citizens, when the debatin' stuff is done, We set around the YouTube, where we have... (posted by Brian 3 years 187 days ago.)
Times Tables - The Worst Way to Teach Multiplication
Learning the "multiplication tables" is one of the first traumas that children usually face when learning arithmetic. Ask ten elementary-school kids to tell you what, say, eight times seven is. Watch as they look up and to their left (or right) and go into, "let's-see" mode. Often you'll hear them say, "Um, ah..." before give you the answer. Generally, there's a lot of hesitation. Only then, do... (posted by Brian 3 years 188 days ago.)
Learning the "multiplication tables" is one of the first traumas that children usually face when learning arithmetic. Ask ten elementary-school kids to tell you what, say, eight times seven is. Watch as they look up and to their left (or right) and go into, "let's-see" mode. Often you'll hear them say, "Um, ah..." before give you the answer. Generally, there's a lot of hesitation. Only then, do... (posted by Brian 3 years 188 days ago.)
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