Mild Rants

 The New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT) aired the following commercial about the melancholy and abject misery induced by COVID isolation and, apparently, DWI isolation. The blue eyed prison inmate in the characteristic orange prison jump suit is crying to his wife over the phone through the glass in the visitation are.  The guy has been convicted of, probably, his third DUI/DWI offense and wants everyone to feel sorry for him because he is isolated in the SLAMMER WHERE HE BELONGS!!!  I am pretty sure the Awareness Campaign ENDWI is trying to pressure selfish alcoholics into NOT MAKING THE MISTAKE OF DRIVING INEBRIATED.  Who could not have been moved by emotionally poignant piece written by Danielle Stratton over the tragic life ending injury sustained by her friend Endicott College student Craig Sampson III? All Drunk drivers who murder somebody with their vehicle should have their lives humanely ended by lethal injection.  NO MORE OF THIS AFFLUENZA...

I remember loving Math until I took statistics at Mesa State University in Grand Junction Colorado. The professor was a nice guy, but could not get the stuff across to most of the class. It was that way with all the stats teachers there. They understood it, but only the brightest kids in the class came close to understanding them. I think that is the way it is with statistics everywhere. It's just hard to understand it the first time through the class. I wanted to mention a problem the prof went over the SECOND time I took statistics. I was usually bored out of my mind in class, but this problem was fun and interesting and actually happened to me near the Eisenhower Tunnel. I was only 8 over the speed limit but that damn cop must not have met his quota that month! Anyways I pasted this problem from one of his exams into this post because it was cool how you could calculate your chances of getting a speeding ticket. I am not sure if he was talking about the Eisenhower Tunnel...