Today's soundtrack is Bastille: Bad Blood, an album that one of my colleagues introduced me to quite a few years ago. It's so good: the rhythms are intricate, it's atmospheric, and all of the songs are super catchy. This afternoon, I wrote my final precalculus 11 test. When I got home, I checked online and … Continue reading 02.25.2019: One Lesson of Math – FINAL TEST DAY!
02.24.2019: One Lesson of Math – Practice Test
Today's soundtrack is Blind Guardian: Somewhere Far Beyond, the 1992 album by the German power metal masters. Everything they do is epic in the truest sense of the word. After doing my unit review yesterday, I'm ready to do my unit practice test in preparation for my final test tomorrow. My method is to do … Continue reading 02.24.2019: One Lesson of Math – Practice Test
02.23.2019: One Lesson of Math – Unit Review – Rational Expressions and Equations
Today's soundtrack is Hillsong: United We Stand, an upbeat "praise and worship" album that all the members of the church band that I used to drum in were compelled to purchase when the worship leader decided that we were going to learn all of the songs on the album and play them identically to the … Continue reading 02.23.2019: One Lesson of Math – Unit Review – Rational Expressions and Equations
02.22.2019: One Lesson of Math – Applications of Rational Expressions
Today's soundtrack is Pavarotti: Notte D'Amore, a collection of love songs performed by the one and only Pavarotti. This morning, I'm learning how to apply my knowledge of rational equations (part 1, part 2) to real-world examples: I'll be writing equations to represent word problems, then solving those equations. According to my textbook, we can … Continue reading 02.22.2019: One Lesson of Math – Applications of Rational Expressions
02.21.2019: One Lesson of Math – Solving Rational Equations, Part 2
Today's soundtrack is dc Talk: Intermission: The Greatest Hits, the last album the group released before they stopped dc Talking in 2000. On the 18th, I learned how to solve rational equations; this afternoon, I'm going to try to finish up the assignment portion of the lesson. I found a video on Study.com that explained … Continue reading 02.21.2019: One Lesson of Math – Solving Rational Equations, Part 2
02.20.2019: 30 Minutes of Songwriting
Today's soundtrack is Sunn O))) & Boris: Altar, an atmospheric drone metal album that is a collaboration between two bands. My favourite track from it is "Sinking Belle," a soft, contemplative song. This evening, I started working on an industrial metal song inspired by Godflesh's song "Christbait Rising."
12.19.2019: One Chapter of Nonfiction – John Calvin's "The Institutes of Christian Religion"
Today's soundtrack is Swingset Champion: Therefore, an EP that I bought at a Battle of the Bands competition circa 2006; I later tried out for their band as a bassist. This evening has already been productive; I had a nice dinner with my family, then went out and shoveled the snow for half an hour. … Continue reading 12.19.2019: One Chapter of Nonfiction – John Calvin's "The Institutes of Christian Religion"
02.18.2019: One Lesson of Math – Solving Rational Equations and Factoring Four-Term Polynomials by Using the Rational Root Theorem and Synthetic Division
Today's soundtrack is Tristania: Widow's Weeds, a gothic operatic metal album. I've been thinking about making some changes to my daily routine. I've realized that I'm spending a lot of time sitting at my desk working on improving myself intellectually, but I haven't been spending as much time in other areas that I have opportunities … Continue reading 02.18.2019: One Lesson of Math – Solving Rational Equations and Factoring Four-Term Polynomials by Using the Rational Root Theorem and Synthetic Division
02.17.2019: One Lesson of Math – Adding and Subtracting Rational Expressions With Binomial and Trinomial Denominators, Part 2
Today's soundtrack is The Tea Party: The Edges of Twilight, a really good rock album that I was oblivious to the existence of until a coworker recommended it to me a couple of years ago. This afternoon, I'm working on the assignment portion of the lesson I did on adding and subtracting rational expressions with … Continue reading 02.17.2019: One Lesson of Math – Adding and Subtracting Rational Expressions With Binomial and Trinomial Denominators, Part 2
02.16.2019: Special Edition – "The Absurd Fingers of Albert C."
Today's soundtrack is Legend: Fröm the Fjörds, a 1978 album touted as being one of the first sounds the world would hear that would take us down the path of modern progressive power metal. In this post, I'm sharing my new song, "The Absurd Fingers of Albert C." It's based on what I've read so … Continue reading 02.16.2019: Special Edition – "The Absurd Fingers of Albert C."
12.15.2019: 30 Minutes of Songwriting
Today's soundtrack is The Black Dahlia Murder: Miasma, an American death metal album with metalcore influences. I spent this evening installing Reaper onto my little laptop, then I wrote a song called "The Absurd Fingers of Albert C." Check it out here, and let me know what you think of it on Twitter!
02.14.2019: One Lesson of Math – Adding and Subtracting Rational Expressions With Binomial and Trinomial Denominators, Part 1
Today's soundtrack is Scars on Broadway, an album that I really enjoy musically and vocally, but I find its lyrical themes a bit repetitive. I'd like to sit down sometime and tally how many times throughout the album the words "f*ck," "dead," and "Jesus Christ" are repeated. I've just finished learning how to add and … Continue reading 02.14.2019: One Lesson of Math – Adding and Subtracting Rational Expressions With Binomial and Trinomial Denominators, Part 1
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