asymptotes

I look at a poem as a painting, in which words instead of colors and textures are used as the instruments to convey meaning, emotion or memory. For some time now, I have been thinking if it would be possible to come up with a one-word poem. I've come to the conclusion that there is one such word, that, just hearing it could evoke a multitude of meanings, visions, sounds, memories and emotions. I would have presented the word to you immediately were it not for my recent fascination for haikus, a short Japanese poem that I have described in an earlier post . And so I thought of writing a one-word haiku, which I share with you below: r あい n Haikus do not usually have a title, but if I'd choose one for the above poem, I'd choose  雨に愛  (Ame ni ai). This may be a bad thing to do since it's like explaining one's own joke. But I'd put it there just the same. I won't blame you if you think this is all nonsense. Many poems and paintings have suffere...

Perhaps you've come across the saying "The more you know, the more you don't know."  I find it applicable to science: how new discoveries lead to more inquiries, how answers lead to more questions. I think a similar rule could apply to work, specifically, arrears of work. I call this the Exponential Backlog Theorem. This theorem can be stated as "The more you work you do, the more work there is left to be done." This statement does not defy the elementary laws of algebra. It simply happens that sometimes, as we plough through backlog work, we discover more work that needs to be done.  And this could happen several times in the process, that instead of feeling that we are finishing work, we instead feel that we are now more buried with work than when we've started. The proof of this theorem is, as you've guessed, trivial. And, following the age-old tradition of scientific publications, the proof is left for the readers as an exercise.  く -...

A haiku is a short Japanese poem that contains only 3 lines of verse. Traditionally, they are composed of 17 syllables distributed as 5-7-5 among the 3 lines.  The essence of a haiku is the kiru , a "cutting" represented by the juxtaposition of 2 images or ideas. Modern Japanese haiku do not necessarily follow the 5-7-5 syllabication rule. [1] On one of my birthdays, I posted a Facebook status update, which I later realized, could qualify as a haiku (at least informally). I present it again here: The author of Harry Potter went scuba diving; She could have had it all, She was Rowling in the deep. I tried working on the 5-7-5 syllabication rule and got the following: Potter's author dove; She could have had it all, she's Rowling in the deep. Well, this fulfilled the 5-7-5 rule, but in my opinion, it had less impact than the informal haiku, in terms of delivering the kiru. In fact,   I would almost say it's disastrous, so instead of call...