► Marty the Party turns 24 today. Welcome to oldtown, buddy. It is bizarre to think that Martin and I were barely 19 and 18, respectively, when we first became friends.

► My last post got me reading about Nauru again. Damnit, Nauru! You always suck me back in!

► Current temperature in Chicago: -2°. This is “better” than last night’s low of -6°, though tomorrow the temperature purports to rebound into the high 20s. I often crack the windows in my apartment to counteract the omnipotent crushing radiator heat, and yesterday the cracked windows developed — no shit — a frosty rim. Mew Mew grew suspicious.

► My aunt referred to Mew Mew as “Mew squared,” which made me realize her name is downright mathematical. μ (Greek letter mu, pronounced moo or myoo) is the arithmetic mean — I have written μ nearly as many times as I’ve written α, alpha. Good times reminiscing about math . . . and by good times I mean terrible times.

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