Every morning, Tessa and Zachary walked to school, and every afternoon they walked home again.
If it was hot, they walked in the shade.
If it was cold, they put on a jumper.
If it was just right, they smiled and said AHHHHHHH!…
Saturday, November 28, 2015
A Green and Clean Machine
It was a green machine.
It was a clean machine.
They climbed inside where it was cosy and comfortable and calm.
They rode all the way home and it was smooth and swift.
They looked for the ten tiny things, but the world whizzed…
Sunday, November 22, 2015
As a Ninety-Seven
The conversation dwindled further, and I made my excuses, Newton dragging me forward until we reached a large stretch of grass. This is what dogs liked to do, I discovered. They liked to run around on grass, pretending they were free, shouting,…
Proof of the Riemann Hypothesis
As you will know the proof of the Riemann hypothesis is the most important unsolved problem in mathematics. To solve it would revolutionise applications of mathematical analysis in a myriad if unknowable ways that would transform our lives…
Saturday, November 21, 2015
Finding the Right Person to Hurt You
She looked at my plate. 'Are you not eating that?'
'No,' I said. 'I don't think I could.' And then, thinking I might get some information out of her, I asked, 'If I had done something, achieved something remarkable, do you think I would…
Sunday, November 15, 2015
Everything Here was a Test
The truth is, I was quite terrified. My heart had begun racing for no obvious reason. My palms were sweating. Something about the room, and its proportions, coupled with so much contact with this irrational species, was setting me off. Everything…
Saturday, November 14, 2015
A Planet of Things Wrapped Inside Things
All this salivatory offloading was making me thirsty, so I went over a humming refrigerated unit full of brightly coloured cylindrical objects. I picked one of them up, and opened it. A can of liquid called 'Diet Coke'. It tasted extremely…
You have to Spend a lot of Time
It took a while - too long - to understand the situation. I did not know at that time what a road was, but I can now tell you that a road is something that connects points of departure with points of arrivals. This is important. On Earth, you…
Sunday, November 8, 2015
Sunday, November 1, 2015
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