Favorite Tweets #9

k8nowak After decades of normalcy, my mom has started answering the phone “mmmyelllow?” It’s adorable

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sarcasymptote my neighbors kid seems to have just received a vuvuzela. #theregoestheneighborhood

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druinok You know why I love you guys? NONE of you are willing to be stagnant and do the status quo – you are all life-long learners – I love that!!

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jybuell My 4 y/o: “I want to do a disco naked dance! I love dancing naked” #timetostarthomeschooling

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samjshah Yesterday, we had 4 math bloggers together in NYC, eating cake and dancing to Justin Bieber. Go @me @k8nowak @sarcasymtote and jesse

k8nowak @samjshah You know what they say. Where there are math bloggers, a dance party is sure to break ou

sarcasymptote @k8nowak @samjshah is that pretty much what to expect at NCTM too? a lot of red velvet cake and dancing to bieber? if so, im in. twas fun

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samjshah i’m wearing my “i only twitter with math teachers” shirt. was asked by organizers to give a 5-10 min talk about twitter/blogs. GIVE ME IDEAS

misscalcul8 @samjshah Collaboration on projects, encouraging others to step out and blog, self reflection, feedback, creating and sharing resource

k8nowak @samjshah Seriously? You can talk for five minutes. I’ve seen you.

park_star @k8nowak @samjshah 5 mins? I’m pretty sure they’ll be pulling you away from the mic after 20 ;)

dcox21 @samjshah Your song will take longer than that.

druinok @samjshah do they hae a projector? SHOW them how twitter works – hard to explain why its good :)

RudesP @samjshah coin a new term…something like hyperminirealtimeprofessionaldecelomentwithinstantfeedback, but more cutting edge

samjshah @JackieB i was thinking i could pull example responses from ppl for evidence. i can def talk for 5 minutes on blogs/twitter

k8nowak @samjshah Tell them we won’t let them in if they don’t love Justin Bieber.

JackieB @samjshah Then I wasn’t very helpful, was I? Sorry. Can you use that as an example of encouragement? :-)

Mrs_Fuller @samjshah gd idea on using R responses–that’s wht we do, 2. We think abt an idea (sbg, reflection, teaching a topic) & get responses here!

samjshah @JackieB encouragement? that was like “you stupidhead, why are you so stupid, stupidhead?” jkjkjkjkjkjk heartz.

samjshah @k8nowak i was going to end the presentation with a jbeebs song. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jpfpXVPRI8 it’s about fractions and stuff, so it’s okay.

JackieB @samjshah I have been told, more than once, that I need to work on the tone I use. I apologize.

dcox21 @samjshah @jackieb Hope you’re proud of yourself Coxeter. Now you’ve gone and hurt Jackie’s feelings.

DaveLanovaz @samjshah What a great way to get a speaking gig.

jybuell @samjshah give us a heads up and u can always do the “say hello” thing. + u can cheat & ask a ? We know you’re going to ask & give help

k8nowak @jybuell @samjshah I’m in. I LOVE collusion.

jybuell @k8nowak @samjshah me too! Plus I’m all for anything that will make Sam look good.

Mrs_Fuller @k8nowak @samjshah @jybuell I’m in! What time? We can totally fake impromptu

k8nowak @Mrs_Fuller @samjshah @jybuell yes be sure to let us know when, and if you want us to say anything specific.

dcox21 @k8nowak @jybuell @samjshah let me know when you need me so I can set an alarm.

sarcasymptote @samjshah @k8nowak @jybuell can we have preassigned roles in this deal? i’ll place a well-timed sarcastic comment, if need be.

dcox21 @sarcasymptote @samjshah @k8nowak @jybuell You sure you’re up to that?

samjshah @sarcasymtote @k8nowak @jybuell @dcox21 i don’t know when i’m doing it yet, but thanks so much for the offers. i’ll be back w/details.

Mrs_Fuller @sarcasymptote @samjshah @k8nowak @jybuell Oooh, i can be the clueless one who needs help . . . . wait, that’s me anyway!

JackieB @samjshah Hey, don’t leave me out. I’ll do what I can to help too.

jybuell @samjshah et al. We’re going to use Sams reader as a plant. Sam asks for questions. Plant asks most obscure thing possible. We come 2 rescue.

samjshah @JackieB ZOMG awesome.

Mrs_LHenry @samjshah I can help too if need be.

sarcasymptote @samjshah and everyone… maybe we should all have roles, like the A-team. dibs on howling mad murdock. i’m like a loose cannon.

samjshah i kinda want to just quote this whole convo. honestly, it’s awesome. shows how connected we are-and how we’re willing to help each other.

msgregson @samjshah i totally missed the beginning of this conversation, but whatever you need help with, let me know!

druinok @samjshah I’m in too – however I can help, just let me know! :)

Mrs_Fuller @PersidaB Read @samjshah ‘s thread — apparently he got called on to do a mini-presentation on Twitter.

PersidaC @Mrs_Fuller I saw that :) I just found it nice that everyone was jumping in to help.

Mrs_Fuller @PersidaB Yeah, there’s some pretty cool tweeps around her, right? #warmfuzzy

park_star @samjshah Canada will help too :) ok, maybe i can’t get the whole country on here, but i’ll represent!

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thescamdog Whew. I’m glad you math tweeters slowed down a bit. I was having a hard time keeping up. Did you finally realize it’s summer?

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samjshah @park_star happy lady day! You should def relax with a book, a margarita, and the sunshine

samjshah@samjshah @park_star ummmm lady is actually last. Stupid fingers on a stupid touch. Ha but I do like lady day!

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colleenk @JackieB @PersidaB @hemantmehta etc How close did you get to solving all of math ed’s problems? Any progress with fractions?

hemantmehta @colleenk All of math ed’s problems have been solved. @JackieB, @PersidaB, and I are going to become English teachers

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hemantmehta 5 kids from the school I work at got perfect scores on the April ACT. Despite teaching 0 of them, I can take full credit for this, right?

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SweenWSweens Hey everyone. Just letting you know I still exist. How’s everything in the twitterverse?

samjshah@SweenWSweens ZOMG i just today was thinking “where’s the squirm?!”

SweenWSweens @samjshah Lol, I wasn’t aware I had a nickname in your head. Also, just realized missed out on my first favorite tweets post(#8) NOOOOOO!!!

jybuell @SweenWSweens an. We already divided your stuff up. I got the Hall & Oates collection and your Fresh Prince DVD

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k8nowak @samjshah lmbgao pechaka kuchaka. you are the bomb.

Mrs_Fuller @samjshah Love your pikachu thingy!

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druinok Gosh – what am I going to do without you guys for the next 7 days? I’m going to be having conversations with people I can actually see! :)

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jjboom @k8nowak @samjshah @dcox21 @jybuell do you guys ever think re: how ~90% of communication is nonverbal & how to deal with that when we tweet?

dcox21 @jjboom @k8nowak @samjshah @jybuell *shrugs shoulders*

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samjshah @sarcasymptote where is this magic watering hole? is it levee? they also sell PB&Js which i give 5 thumbs up to. they were great.

sarcasymptote @samjshah it is the levee. also, veggie dogs. also, life-sized connect 4. also, greatest bar ever.

samjshah @sarcasymptote i might or might not have accidentally left with a glass with pink elephants on it in my tote bag last time i went there.

sarcasymptote@samjshah ive accidentally left with many awesome beer cozies before. and a whole sams club size box of blow-pops.

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ThinkThankThunk @jybuell Mt Doom, forging. Where do you think?

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ddmeyer Pass or go: “North Carolina Buffet-Style Chinese Food.” Shoulda passed.

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samjshah @sarcasymptote @jybuell math teachers don’t hug. We circumscribe.

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jybuell @k8nowak You’re right about @samjshah smelling like fresh laundry. It’s like hugging the downy bear with constant 5 o’clock shadow.

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jybuell Me and @samjshah http://plixi.com/p/34266844

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sarcasymptote inception: best movie ive seen since children of men, which is like gold standard for me. in the @samjshah system, rated 72 double rainbows.

samjshahthis is a party i want to go to. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4669ozY4faQ it would, in would get 52 sparkle berries and 2 double rainbows and 1 narwal horn.

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k8nowak My brother tries to recruit me to his national guard unit so that I can find a husband. This is real and it is my life. Barf.

k8nowak @schwa044 Yeah I had to make a brand new rule of no blind dates that may or may not involve a year-long trip to Afghanistan.

dcox21 @k8nowak @schwa044 I hear Afghanistan’s nicer than Hanford in the summer

samjshah @k8nowak MWAHAHAHAAAAAAA. Wait, I’m perpetually alone. Wait, I’m okay with that. Wait, no I’m not. Wait, yes I am. Let’s get a dog together.

k8nowak @samjshah That may have been the perfect tweet, Sam. I could quit Twitter in peace now.

samjshah @k8nowak is that a yes to moving to NYC and getting a dog with me? french bulldog or pug? or even a lab?

k8nowak @samjshah I vote bulldog. I’m in.

samjshah @k8nowak YESSSSSSSSSSS. ideas for names? i like john trowbridge. or justin bieber.

k8nowak @samjshah Bieber the bulldog! Sit bieber! Stay! Good bieber!

samjshah@k8nowak sold.

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park_star @samjshah pcmi and @jjboom just got a huge bump on the awesome scale. at least two rainbows, 3 leprechauns and 20 horseshoes

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karlfisch My wife whacked me on the head tonight. Claims there was a mosquito.#hmmmmmmm

karlfisch .@alfredtwo But she’s really smart. I think she may collect dead mosquitoes and save them up for situations like this.

alicia_anderson I know this trick all too well. // RT @karlfisch: My wife whacked me on the head tonight. Claims there was a mosquito.

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samjshah have been working on the calculus skills i’ve strove to teach my students last year. it’s slogging along. http://brizzly.com/pic/35GT

dcox21 @samjshah I just like that you said “strove.”

samjshah @dcox21 strived has too much characters for twitter.

dcox21 @samjshah I think you’re the one with too much character.

samjshah @dcox21 that might be the sweetest thing anyone has ever said to me on twitter that might be considered a backhanded insult.

dcox21 @samjshah I’m good at that. I like the ambiguity.

dcox21 @samjshah I just happened to mean it the good way, though.

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dcox21 @samjshah It’s all made up. I have no kids, I’m single and live in Jersey.

samjshah @dcox21 JERSEY! That means you’re just a hop skip and a jump. Full Disclosure: I am a lady gaga drag queen. PPPPokerface PPPPokerface.

dcox21 @samjshah Alright, you win!

samjshah @dcox21 i forgot to say: COME VISIT! i can find you some street urchins to be your kids, and we can get matching tattoos saying FRIENDS

sophgermain @dcox21 @samjshah making up the kids… weird. pictures of someone else’s kids….. uber creep. :P

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samjshah @msgregson you know, on occasion, i’ve been known to have an interest in something other than (a) jbeebs (b) math (c) teaching

msgregson @samjshah if jbeebs is justin beiber, i may never be able to talk to you again. and what? you like things other than math? you have a life?

samjshah @msgregson it IS indeed justin bieber. how have you been on twitter this long with me and not known? well, it was nice knowing ya.

msgregson @samjshah now i feel like a bad friend. wait, are we friends? colleagues? enemies?

msgregson @samjshah i think i can get over your jbeebs obsession and still talk to you. i mean, we’re gchat friends. i can’t lose that.

samjshah @msgregson ENEMIES. now watch this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mf2ag4sYa54

samjshah @msgregson http://brizzly.com/pic/35I9 about 5 secs ago i went looking for your forgiveness for calling us enemies. it’s not in my apt.

msgregson @samjshah i believe you pinned us at enemies? i’m the one that offered up friend. you denied it and therefore denied me.

samjshah@msgregson http://brizzly.com/pic/35IA i think it might be hiding somewhere in your heart?

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msgregson so, i have a stopwatch in my apartment that goes off at 1:22am. apparently i’m never up this late to know this fact.

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park_star @samjshah but what if you have a stopwatch that goes off at 2:23? how will you know?

msgregson @samjshah oh please, you know you’d rather be on twitter and facebook than asleep in bed

samjshah @park_star hahahaha, i like digs! especially when they aren’t aimed at me, but at @msgregson, my eternal enemy.

msgregson yessss, i love that @park_star is on my side now throwing daggers at@samjshah! yes!

samjshah @msgregson actually i thought it was a dig at YOU

msgregson @samjshah oh, well, then poo on you and @park_star for throwing daggers at me. that’s not really nice to gang up on someone.

park_star @msgregson @samjshah i’m not sure who i was digging at so you two work it out and i’ll just keep thinking i’m hilarious.

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fadereu But mainly, I am sexually attracted to Platonic solids. @Gelada No, its true.

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jybuell @schwa044 “trying to suck a little less each day” is my vision statement.

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robinwasserman So tonight I accidentally walked across the williamsburg bridge. How? Why? Good questions. #iamamoron #butveryfit

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jybuell @graceachen seriously. I’m freaking in love with that post. I’d let it take me home on the first date.

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k8nowak I really want to write a post about how roller derby is like teaching, but I can’t tie “hitting people is fun” into the classroom.

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dcox21 @samjshah @mrs_fuller $1500 gets you a nice home around here. What’s a veggie burger?

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k8nowak Going to hang out with a smart 7 year old and remembered I have a blank Mad Libs. SCORE.

sarcasymptote @k8nowak ooh, that sounds _______________ (adj). Have a good ________________ (noun) and don’t forget to ___________________ (verb).

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sarcasymptote @dcox21 @k8nowak ive done some gallery-worthy doodles and figured out some pretty sweet anagrams. think we should start a “Bored in PD” blog

dcox21 Send. Help.

k8nowak @dcox21 I think you should draw a picture of what that help would look like, take a picture of it, and send it to us.

k8nowak @dcox21 I suggest @samjshah riding a unicorn. Riding a shark.

k8nowak @sarcasymptote Ooooh. I’m so in.

dcox21 @k8nowak Thanks that helped. Ooh, he just finishes. http://yfrog.com/mqr9qj

k8nowak @dcox21 priceless. needs more majesty though.

sarcasymptote @dcox21 @k8nowak pretty good. next time, lets have @samjshahdressed like this though http://yfrog.com/0hr4tj

samjshah feeling not so hot – resting. decided to do a warhol-esque drawing of@sarcasymptote for @dcox21 and @k8nowak: http://brizzly.com/pic/38NC

samjshahi even made this hipster-esque image for @sarcasymptote. 20:1 he’ll use it for his fb profile pic: http://brizzly.com/pic/38ND

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sarcasymptote @jybuell i think thats the one where we learned slang terms, and people argued for hours over letting kids speak in “the urban vernacular.”

sarcasymptote @jybuell we were given a multiple choice quiz, seeing if we knew what “cut yo ass” meant or “you be fiendin’” then discussed

jybuell @sarcasymptote u must have the whitest teachers in history for someone to think u needed that

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nyates314 Ooh – I like! RT @k8nowak: @sarcasymptote @fnoschese I wish we had Algebra 3 so I could call it Algebra with a Vengeance.

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hemantmehta Dad: An Indian guy solved P≠NP http://techcrunch.com/2010/08/12/fuzzy-math/… Me: No, he made mistakes… Dad: Go solve it & win $1,000,000!… Me: Um, tomorrow.

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k8nowak Nice. The kids are using FB to coordinate a massive vuvuzela buy for homecoming.

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ThinkThankThunk Just got back from The Iowa State Fair. Can you say fried candy bars?

mctownsley @ThinkThankThunk I heard they had chocolate covered bacon. can you confirm?

ThinkThankThunk @mctownsley confirmed, however it contained dairy, so I cannot give a review #lactoseintolerant

dcox21 @k8nowak @ThinkThankThunk Yeah, I tried too and it came out all bied fandy crars.

ThinkThankThunk @dcox21 @k8nowak that’s funny, when it say it, it comes out “di-uhbeetees-type-two”

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samjshah oh, interesting thought. now that i have my awesome crew, should i protect my tweets like @Mrs_LHenry is going to do?

calcdave @samjshah Are you sure you want to lock yourself in with THIS group of people? I mean…really…? *shifty eyes*

park_star no point in arguing @samjshah, @jybuell will just torture you until you agree. or you’re in a comaaa (which is a very serious form of coma)

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k8nowak also realized: don’t have to pull my id out of my wallet out of my purse to get bldg access. can just wave purse by sensor thing *headsmack*

sarcasymptote @k8nowak i remember realizing that with our elevator key. now i just have to rub my butt against the sensor instead of taking my wallet out.

calcdave @sarcasymptote Everybody wins!

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sarcasymptote Found out girl I was supposed to go out with recently, but didn’t, just got bed bugs. THANK GOD FOR MY INEPTITUDE WITH WOMEN.

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k8nowak “Miss NOWAK! You look HOT!” that’s the reaction I’ve been waiting for. Thanks, random sophomore girl.

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samjshah New Idea for a Calc Poster: “When all else fails, turn to Calculus.”

calcdave @samjshah How about “When pushed to the limit, turn to Calculus.”

druinok @samjshah my favorite calc shirts from my school…. “What the f(x)?” (that one didn’t get official approval LOL) and

druinok @samjshah “I’m too sec (xy) for this shirt” :)

druinok @samjshah a few years ago – “AP Calculus is an integral part of life…. but it derives me so crazy!”

druinok @samjshah one of our Mu Alpha Theta shirts – had a calculator on front, back said “Go ahead, push my buttons”

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sarcasymptote i was stressed and went bowling and drinking. came home and my new roomie was stressed, so she made us cookies. THIS IS GONNA WORK OUT WELL.

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j_lanier After having learned my 7th graders names and faces ahead of time, and after rattling them off, I somehow failed to introduce myself. #smack

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CmonMattTHINK Who was it that was recently talking about saying to students on Day One, “We don’t have a textbook. You’re going to write one”? #inmydreams

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andyerikson God is a higher power, BUT HE CAN’T BE USED AS AN EXPONENT IN MATH (what I tell kids who were home schooled.)

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madcaptenor writing exams is hard! i am afraid that if i screw up even a little bit the students will mutiny.i have never actually seen students mutiny.

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robinwasserman So you’re lying in bed and you hear a buzzing, as if there’s a bee. IN THE ROOM. WITH YOU. So, um, hypothetically, what do you do? #help

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approx_normal one our teachers opened her lunch today and found she’d *accidently* packed a beer instead of a diet coke.

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samjshah another random thing from today. i was talking in calc about how if you throw a chair off a diving board, there’s a point (center o mass)…

samjshah …that will form a perfect parabola if you follow that point on a video of the chair tumbling. one kid said:

samjshah“oh, didn’t your multivariable student last year do a whole project on that?” indeed, yes. i love that kids talk about math outside of class

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williamwong @samjshah Packer-alum-turned-math-teacher here. You know I had no idea how hard teachers worked when i was in high school…

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k8nowak Chaperoning homecoming tonight. Not looking forward to it. Not looking sideways or “at the dance floor” either. Mostly looking at the floor.

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sarcasymptote Oh shit! A @samjshah sighting in real life at the library. He hasnt seen me yet. Let’s see if he notices me on twitter or in life first.

samjshah FYI, for all who cares, I didn’t notice @sarcasymptote at all. He had to say hello to me. Let that be a lesson. I’m more important than you.

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samjshah @Mrs_Fuller @sarcasymptote did you steal that binder clip thing from me? I’ve been doing that for at least 5 yes.Separated at birth, we are

dcox21 @samjshah I used a binder clip for a wallet/$ clip for 5 years. Does that count?

samjshah @dcox21 OMG yes it absolutely does. all those who have binder clip fascinations, we are all peas in the same binder clip pod.

dcox21 @samjshah YES!

Mrs_Fuller @samjshah @sarcasymptote Hey, I think I’m the eldest here, which means you stole it from me, little Yoda :)

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sarcasymptote @samjshah @ThinkThankThunk seriously, how do you guys have time to write so much? im sleeping 3 hrs a night and barely staying afloat

samjshah @sarcasymptote i’m just awesome…………….

sarcasymptote @samjshah whatevs. ill just think of myself as like the jd salinger of math blogging.

samjshah @sarcasymptote then you need to get a paper bag for your head, and grant one interview to a high school student.

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ejulez My silly assistant just sent me this fun little tidbit: Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana. hahaha

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k8nowak @jybuell I’ve seen enough sexy ______ 15-year-olds today to last me for…actually, I never needed to see them in the first place.

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k8nowak One day I will understand what is SO HARD about subbing in a 0 for h(t) to find the time something hits the ground. #ihatethisstupidunit