Today it is on the front page of Imgur, and as usual here come the random RTs. Which is fine, but so odd the way the Internet works. As my friend who flagged it this time said, real shame there isn’t any money in viral.
Great evening, great venue. If you haven’t seen him play, do yourself a favor and find a time.
As a kid I had another theory: I thought perhaps the symbols had different weights and caused the dreidel to not spin evenly. This was a big deal: We’d play not just with pennies but with dimes and quarters and whatever else we had, and middle school adrenaline and competitiveness are not easy fires to control.
“Cheaters have lined their pockets with our gelt”: math educator Ben Orlin takes a deep, fun, illustrated dive into the probability models of dreidel-spinning, a beloved Hanukkah tradition.
Had a rare chance to go inside the New Manchester Mill Ruins at Sweetwater State Park to check out the restoration work. The area is usually off-limits, but we were led in by a ranger. Of interest to both Civil War buffs, and Hunger Games fans. Fascinating area.
Lou Whiteman 