dennis scharnberg

polynomial chaos expansion

“Surely, reality will adapt to my needs,” Linda must have been thinking.

Tristan Holyoke, A Tree Full of Monkeys.

squaring the circle

If you had no “ingrained assumptions,” you would have no shoelaces to tie (and no shoes).

Chalmers van Nest, The Trivial Quadrivium.

devotion to devices

November 8, 2011.    The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman came to an end this afternoon around half-past four.

Reginald Boyington, Dear Dreadful Diary.

set of properties

Eradication of the past—no study of it, no awareness of it—leaves the student with only the now, now, now.  And that was the intention all along.

Hester Stills, The New Academy.

noticing is tedious

“Evil is not boring, Jane.  That explains a lot.”

Lawrence Bird, A Catalog of Errors.

repairing the world

Mitchell startled everyone when he looked up from his book and declared, “Ants have no choice!”

Rubina Malcolm, The Black Box.

 

chain of accidents

“Microaggressions are too obvious,” muttered Thomas.  “We need to inspect our world for nanoaggressions.

Gwen Tunder, Vile Porridge.

beggar at window

The proposition: remove all constraints on sexual behavior.  The purpose: to secure better health for us all.

Evelyn Harbuckle, The Signs of Belonging.

under a rock

While pretending to bring all into question, they effectively bring nothing into question.

Anthony Scowling, The Beat Paradigm.

free and easy

The Art Opening.  Going out to a gallery.  To examine people.  To look at their shoes and their hair.

Crispin Atwater, Ontologies of the Comic Book.