Sola ...

490 years ago, reformation 'officially' began.
Sola Fide
Sola Gratia
Sola Scriptura
Solo Christo
Soli Deo Gloria!

Depressed Equation

When I was in high school, I wanted to know whether there is a formula to find the roots of polynomial of degree more than 2 -- remember the ABC formula for quadratic polynomial. After several weeks (months?) my teacher came with a formula for cubic and quartic polynomial.

Today I search for those formulas. Reading it I came to a term 'depressed equation'. Hihi, equations can get depressed too. :-P

What's in a name?

Shakespeare may say so. But in fact, two names that differ in one letter can be totally different, e.g. van der Pol and van der Poel. While van der Pol equation is an ordinary differential equation, van der Poel is an ijssalon in Enschede. :D

Blessings

I've been doing some thinking lately, resulting in the song Count your blessings being played inside my head (as well as my computer) most of the time.

Yes, it's a blessing to be alive, it's a blessing to have a job that I like. It's even a blessing to know what kind of job I like. It's a blessing to have wonderful parents. It's a blessing to have a brother and a sister. It's a blessing to be free to choose the life I want. It's a blessing to be able to laugh. It's a blessing to be healthy (fibromyalgia is past). It's a blessing to be able to do sport again. The list can go on ... and on ... indeed I'm counting my blessings.

Count your blessings, name them one by one,
Count your blessings, see what God hath done!
Count your blessings, name them one by one,
And it will surprise you what the Lord hath done.

P.S. Mer wrote about her miracles, I prefer blessings.