SALT AND MATH
(Posted 2009-03-13 14:13:46 by ArchPaladin)

So there is an 8-year old kid in England who has apparently won some record
on the A-level math exams. [
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hampshire/7941327.stm ] [bbc.co.uk]  I'm
not in England, so I really have no idea what that means other than "this
kid = good at the maths".

What I find interesting is that his goal in life is to become an actuary. 
_An actuary._  I didn't know what an actuary was until about eight months
ago, and it didn't sound very interesting when I did know.  It's all well
and good that this kid has the dream, but it just seems a little too
ordinary for me.

Perhaps even more interesting is the recent development of Christian salt [
http://memphi.net/christian-salt.html ] [memphi.net] - a poor spin-off and
probable misunderstanding of kosher salt.  Gives new meaning to being the
salt of the Earth, as well as all those other salt-related expressions that
are in culture (ie. throwing salt over the shoulder, being worth your salt,
etc.).  I almost want to get some just to say that I own it.

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