If a Beanie Baby on a tether comprised of 10 elastic bands looped together falls x feet, then how many elastic bands do you want for it to fall 51.5 feet from the top rail in the atrium? Oh: if it touches the floor, you lose. Let's do the math:
It's an application of linear equations. Below, John helps Patty Pond's daughter Caroline ready a Beanie Baby for the plunge:
Today's assembly featured the dynamic four-woman percussion/vocal ensemble "Voices of Africa."
They were great, but--unlike the Drifters, who kept saying "You're the greatest audience!"--these ladies repeatedly tried to motivate us into a frenzy by insisting that we were emotionally flat and unresponsive. It's a peculiar strategy: berate your audience....
