c2 = a2 + b2

lately i have been having nightmares about all the formulas associated with triangles. square this. half that. radius this times this. unlike my husband who does physics for ... fun?... i avoid math like the plague, bill o'reilly, and mopac during rush hour. the reason for the nightmares then, is the fact that i am taking the GRE on monday. i can breeze through the vocab, reading comp, and writing, but math kills. it kills! so please pray for me.

turning 28 in exactly one week. 28, almost 30. which means, of course: almost 40 and then almost dead. feeling our age, my friend and i are pondering the idea of getting some quick PhDs at university of phoenix online and writing the next bestseller self-help book.

there are things to be happy for, however. little new family members are arriving in my husband's (Super Dork's) family: neices, nephews, etc. they are helping populate the earth with future physicists, musicians, and all-around geniuses. (meanwhile, i dont know if i correctly spelled "geniuses" mmmmm....)

Super Dork and i are notoriously cheap. yet we are pondering an art purchase. first major purchase since we bought 10 gallons of pickled jalapenos at costco.

its a lithograph by willie cole we found in a gallery in ABQ. he is an african american artist whose works are based on the form of an iron -- an image which i believe evokes the women before him who were domestic workers. his art embodies their spirit. he also creates sculptures that follow this theme: one for example is constructed of egg 'beaters' that resemble African sculpture and which were carved out of two large sections of porch post. the litograph we love is made with irons to form a vibrant brown and orange sunflower.

the question is: do we have to own it to appreciate it?