Galileo’s Birthday

Today is a very special day. My wife is going to cook some t-bone steaks, but not for us – for our dogs!

Our oldest dog turns 6 (human) years old today. He is a wonderful golden retriever, named Galileo.

I’m going to take him and his wife (our other golden retriever, Maia, who will turn 6 in May) for a nice long walk in the frigid upstate New York country air, then we’ll spoil ‘em with steak and bones.

Maybe it will be a good day to learn how to use the video camera I bought. I got it to make some math instruction videos for mathmojo.com, but I’ll put up a video or picture or two of the dogs. After all, they are my constant companions as I sit at the computer and create more Math Mojo.

In about a week, on February 15, it will be the birthday of Galileo Galilei, who was pretty much the father of modern science.