Thoughts from Tom's Unmedicated Brain, volume 1
I propose an Amendment to the US Constitution allowing states to back out of the Union. There would be some caveats, however: The state in question would have to pay the United States back any federal money used in building up the state's infrastructure minus the state's contributions to said…
College
So, a lot of changes in my life the last few months. I reached an epiphany, of sorts; I got really pissed off at work and I decided to get out of the dead-end job I'm currently in. One problem: any of the jobs that I would want require a…
Mail In Ballot Voting
When I was in the US Army, the only way I could vote in my district was via mail-in ballot, since I was nowhere near the district I officially resided in. Being a buck private, I couldn't just call in sick for three days off to drive to San Antonio…
My Take on the George Floyd Killing
This is the only thing I'm going to say about this, and I will not be responding to comments on this post. My father was a Peace Officer for the New York State Office of Mental Health for around 30 years and a certified Use of Force instructor for the…
Some thinking about fathers and fatherhood
The anniversary of my father's passing is coming up in a couple of weeks, and as always, it has lead my brain down a path of thinking that is even deeper than it usually is. I'm going to tell you a story about my dad to let you know where…
Pythagorean Triples and Complex Numbers
A Pythagorean triple is a solution to the Pythagorean Theory such that . For example, {3, 4, 5} is a Pythagorean triple because . This becomes important when discussing complex numbers of the form . The reason is that the Pythagorean theorem applies to complex numbers, too, because x and y above are…