Today, I welcome Annie Logue, a terrific writer who specializes in business and economics. When she offered to write a guest post about the difference between good and bad debt (with a particular emphasis on student loans), I jumped at the
We’ve gotten advice from math teachers to parents and from students to math teachers. But parents can also play a big role in how their kids learn math and succeed in school. So, I’ve decided to given them a chance to share their
Two weeks ago, I posted Five Things Math Teachers Wish Parents Knew. Now it’s the teachers’ turn to be on the hot seat. I asked a handful of the middle and high school students that I knew to chime in with
Quick! What’s the formula for finding the circumference of a circle? Do you remember the Pythagorean Theorem? What about the distance formula? If you’re around my age and not a math geek, chances are the answers are “I don’t know,”
As you know, this is the first week of Math Awareness Month. But what you may not have realized yet is that I am hosting a contest on the Math for Grownups Facebook page. Each day I give a Math Treasure Hunt
Oh, math! How I love thee. Not. I like math. I even appreciate math. But I can’t say that I love it. Sometimes I get a little thrill in seeing math around me. Mostly, I just feel comfortable with the
So let’s say you got a book deal. Yay! Have that glass of wine or virgin daiquiri — and then it’s time to get down to business. How much can you actually earn from this venture? If you’re new to publishing,
November 2011, I knew I had my work cut out for me. First off, I had never written a book before. Writing 800-word stories paled in comparison to the 55,000 words I was expected to produce for this book. Second,
On the whole, I don’t like shopping. But I do like shopping for Christmas gifts. Still, at around this time of year, I’m about ready to hand over my list to someone else — say a personal shopper? And if
I’m taking it easy this week (ahhh!), and so I’ve brought you an excerpt from my book Math for Grownups. (Check it out for more great ideas on using math in your everyday life.) Happy Thanksgiving! As any experienced cook will tell
You may not know this about me yet, but I’m a fabric junkie. In fact, when I finished my book last winter, my reward was a day-trip to New York City to shop at Mood Designer Fabrics. I need rehab. So
Let’s face it. We take our heat for granted. Unless you’ve been without heat for long enough that the charm of it all wears off, you just plain don’t notice that your house is toasty warm. And if you have