Mark Levy/Casual Observer

Mark Levy/Casual Observer

Am I Being Too Literal?   The word “literal,” for me, has gone from being mildly annoying to exasperating. After you hear why, I am pretty sure it will literally rankle you, too.   Literal is an adjective that means taking a word in its usual, explicit, or...
Mark Levy/Casual Observer

Mark Levy/Casual Observer

Examination room via photopin (license) * * Medical Abbreviations by Mark Levy * I’ve been spending time in my doctor’s office lately, not because I’m sick or injured, but because I’m one of the few patients of his who’s insured. See, he’s got two kids in college and...
Casual Observer/Mark Levy

Casual Observer/Mark Levy

Happy Pi Day – P versus NP by Takashi v Pi Day * * * by Mark Levy * * * A  physicist named Larry Shaw worked at San Francisco’s Exploratorium and became enamored with pi. For those of you who may have slept through part of the seventh grade, the ratio of a...