D/S: Break-Up

Stella sat down on the stairs next to Dennis.

“How long have you been sitting here?”

Dennis glanced at the watch he had around his wrist and shrugged. “About five hours, I guess.”

“Break-ups suck, don’t they?” Stella leaned closer and rested her head on Dennis’ shoulder which surprised him but he didn’t pull back and she wrapped her arm around his back; he did the same to her.

“You would be so much more convincing if you had in fact been through a break-up which you haven’t in the last decade.”

“Don’t say that,” Stella giggled. “It makes me feel old.”

“That would mean I’m old,” Dennis joined in. “But we aren’t old. We are in the prime of our lives, Star.”

She raised her head off his shoulder and looked at him, slightly surprised. “Nobody has called me that for years.”

Dennis nodded. “I know. I have always been the only one to call you so and I’ve stopped calling you that when you accepted Joseph’s proposal.”

“Now it’s my fault because you can’t commit?” Stella teased.

“Who should I commit to? The nice, sweet girls, the ones I like, are never really interested in me, at least not for long. You know how it is just as well as I do. You were the first and possibly only woman I really cared about and could have settled down with.”

Stella pulled back. “That’s enough, Dennis. We really don’t want to go there. You know I chose Joseph and I would never chance my mind about that.”

“I know.” Dennis shook his head and got up. “I have stopped really caring about you years ago. Star, not even I am that persistent.” He said, turning away from Stella and walking away.

Math

I just found the solution to my problems: An explanation that makes you solve every math problem ever.



1. If at all possible avoid reading the problem. Reading the problem only consums time and causes confusion.

2. Extract the numbers from the problem in the order in which they appear. Be on the watch for numbers written in words.

3. If rule 2 yields three or more numbers, the best bet for getting the answer is to add them up.

4. If there are only two numbers which are approximately the same size, then substraction should give the best results.

5. If there are only two numbers in the problem and one is much smaller than the other, then divide if it goes exactly, otherwise multiply.

6. If the problem seems like it calls for a formula, pick a formula that has enough letters to use all the numbers in the problem.

7. If rules 1-6 don't seem to work, make one last desperate attempt. Take the set of numbers found by rule 2 and perform about two pages of random operations using these numbers. You should circle about five or six answers on each page just in case one of them happens to be the answer. You might get some partial credit for trying hard.

8. Never, never spend too much time solving problems. This set of rules will get you through even the longest assignments in no more than ten minutes with very little thinking.

AC Update

B. war heute in der UKT. Er und AC hatten ein Gespräch mit der Therapeutin, von dem er mir gerade ganz kurz erzählt hat und einen Eintrag wert ist, auch wenn ich heute schon zweimal gepostet habe. G., die Therapeutin, meint, dass AC spätestens Ende nächster Woche, wenn nicht früher, Heim kommen kann. Ich habe mit sechs bis acht Wochen gerechnet, aber anscheinend geht es ihr sehr gut und das, obwohl sie erst am 5. Juni eingeliefert wurde -- vor gerade mal drei Wochen.

AC und B. gehen am 3. Oktober drei Wochen lang in den Iran.