Mindful Mathematician Gifts

'How would you describe yourself?'

"What I do is pick up the morning paper, go through it carefully, and then, depending on how I feel about things, I either say the Pledge of Allegiance, stand there and do nothing, or walk out of the classroom."

"Oh, stop it. You are not at all obtuse." Complimentary angles make the other angles feel good about themselves.

"Live in the sunshine, swim in the sea, drink in the wild air." — Ralph Waldo Emerson "Catch tennis balls in the mouth." — Me

"I have a recurring nightmare that I've taken a test, and the professor won't give me an 'A'."

"Is this a 'GOTCHA' question?"

"I change my mantra every two months so no one can hack my soul."

I want a calendar where every day says here and now

Go ahead and dissect me

'I don't know why Doc, but my life is really upside down...'

2 + 2 = 4. 2 x 2 = 4. Oh, I get it! It's a Zen thing!

"I think I've finally figured out who's on first."

The power of the brain

"Don’t think of that tennis ball as lost. Think of it as finally free."

'I'm beginning to think outside the box again - get my GP quickly!'

"You are responsible for editing your thoughts. I'm just here to audit them."

Binary Meditation.

"You what? Well, you darn well ought to have a guilt complex"

Sophocles Playwriting School. Euclid and Aphrodite are writing their play together. It must be a love triangle.

'Your problems are caused by all-or- nothing thinking. It's either that, or you don't have any problems.'

'I always answer their questions with a question - it drives them nuts!'

"I worry that some people find me boring"

"The alarm will alert us when our meditative, present-moment-restoring tech break has ended."

"I'm doing better. The voices in my head can now access my email."

"Hmmm?!"

"The unexamined life is not worth living." Socrates. For dogs maybe, but not for cats.

"O.K., God – please delete everything I said today."

"A journey of a thousand miles begins with worrying that you forget something."

"People can bridge the great distance between the Earth and the Moon..."

'I don't know how you stand listening to people's problems all of the time, Doctor Barnes.'

Internal Prisons

"Are we allowed to pray?"

'You're insecure because your data is unsecured.'

Mathematics.

'Too expensive, too long, sounds boring, the jacket is lousy...'