I had the pleasure of attending a house party at Rick Perlstein’s for Daniel and tossed in $100 then … I’ll be continuing to support Daniel’s campaign though I’m not in his district because we really need strong voices like his at all levels of government!

Ot – I wish we had a cure for students (granddaughter) who tests in a very high percentile in math and isn’t the least bit interested in taking that to the next level. Durnit. There must be a vaccine for this.

Back on topic, A very good friend is a math professer (in TX no less) and a good democrat. I will tell him about your running for office. Let’s see if he can help a bit.

And thanks from a neighbor, Minnesota, in all you are doing and hopefully will do in the future to first help your state, and then our country. All hands on deck, as Howard Dean used to say.

Next week we have Donna Edwards as our guest.

Let me encourage anyone who’s interested to sign up for my campaign email list (you can easily do it at danielbiss.com). I’ve promised myself to try very hard to neither send too much email, nor to send boring platitudes! :)

Thanks again. The financial support also helps a great deal, particularly in a race like this where on the one hand dollars go a long way but on the other hand it’s hard to get most casual political observers interested.

God bless a free internet. we were trying to find the website where physics students could build their own rollycoaster – and learn about the forces therein. I bet there are more of these sites that should be a help to curriculums (curriculae?)

Yeah, the internet has remarkable promise as an educational tool. I don’t know if it’s realized its potential yet.

I remember the first time I was about to explain a concept to a student and he said “don’t worry, I’ll just google it”. I was flabbergasted — and thought I’d be out of a job soon! :)

Karin & I have a friend who’s about 9 and got interested in dodecahedra (because of The Phantom Toolbooth) and managed to learn all about Platonic solids on-line. Amazing.