I finally finished reading “The Quants: How a New Breed of Math Whizzes Conquered Wall Street and Nearly Destroyed It” by Scott Patterson. It made an extremely complex idea easy to understand. I really appreciated that about the book. The one suprise I found was the multiple mentions of Benoit Mandelbrot, mathematician and my own personal hero. He warned that reality is not easily predicatble.

If you want insight into what happened to our economy, this is a great book to pick up. Two thumbs up from me.

I was reading a really interesting article in Scientific American called “Genetics in the Gut: Intestinal Microbes Could Drive Obesity and Other Health Issues” and they pointed out a fact that is common knowledge, but I never really thought about. Microbes outnumber our human cells by ten to one.  It makes me start to wonder, are human bodies just hosts for colonies of microbes?  Are the emerging complexities of microbiota what we call consciousness? Am I really me?

When Pierce wakes up and decides he needs to cuddle with me, it’s my favorite time of day!

Duncan and I have updated our website. Stay tuned for posts relating to anything that interacts with the daily lives of the Jones family! See you soon!

Have you see the “We Are the World” skit from Saturday Night Live?

Hillarious!