Dr. Mandelbrot traced his work on fractals to a question he first encountered as a young researcher: how long is the coast of Britain? The answer, he was surprised to discover, depends on how closely one looks. On a map an island may appear smooth, but zooming in will reveal jagged edges that add up to a longer coast. Zooming in further will reveal even more coastline.

“Here is a question, a staple of grade-school geometry that, if you think about it, is impossible,” Dr. Mandelbrot told The New York Times earlier this year in an interview. “The length of the coastline, in a sense, is infinite.”

Death of a legend.

Fantastic!

Must watch now. Interesting stuff on risk and decisions.

"Lea and Perrins were not impressed with their initial results. The pair found the taste unpalatable, and simply left the jars in their cellar to gather dust. A few years later, they stumbled across them and decided to taste the contents again. To their delight, the aging process had turned it into a delicious, savory sauce."

Great story about a great ingredient!

No, nothing to see here unless you happen to be interested in what's wrong with New Jersey.

This is just one piece of the puzzle - public officials who get paid with tax dollars and then reap windfalls in back room deals while milking their residents, residents who pay the highest property taxes in the country. Where do those tax dollars go? To support upstanding folks like the multi-millionaire school superintendent pictured above.

It's shameful and it needs to change.

Sweet sound!

Brie and Shallot Parisian Burgers.

Oh my.

In simple terms, this means cancer patients, glaucoma sufferers, MS patients, and the rest of the people who can benefit from medical marijuana will continue to be either be (A) not helped or (B) criminals.

Well done, Legislature, well done.

Expect politicians to actually, you know, care? Fuggedaboudit!

Social media policy 101: "Don't do anything stupid."

Any questions?

I didn't fully realize the true genius of B.B. King. Then, I saw this video.

This could be VERY helpful, eh?

Should be a great seminar with one of the true modern sales masters.

Brilliant parody! I wonder what Cory Booker thinks of it? ;-)