So Relevant

This morning before I arose, J&O's four year old grandson TS (who spent the night across the hall from my room) treated me to a performance of "Eenie, meanie, meinie, moe..." Actually, I don't suppose it was intended for an audience but I was amused nonetheless.
"When I was young", we used "E, m, m, m..." to unbiasedly choose people for whatever. It worked fine, but it seems that an intelligent (and deceptive) child could determine ahead of time who would be chosen by knowing there are 16 "pointings" (if you know what I mean) per chant. If there were three people to choose among, the person chosen would always be the one the child starts with. I recall having inklings of that concept with regard to the chant sometimes tacked on to "E, m, m, m", but I don't think I ever used them to my advantage. Yeah, I know that's an incredibly important and relevant topic...

Midterms are out of the way (except for an ECG take home exam), so I will have more time to do research and study for finals. Winter and spring terms will probably be busier than this term, so it would behoove me to make good progress on my research now. I'll probably tackle it during winter break, too -- however, my brother's visit (to begin December 19) will take precedence.

Tomorrow is wedding # 5.