Steve Sigur, RIP

He made today's Huffington Post.

Elsewhere:

One year Steve requested a a part-time teaching load and was paid for half a day. The principal also mentioned, Do you know what he did with the other half of his day? He spent it working with the kids on his own time. He was here all day long. What do you make of that? Never seen it before. When asked, What kind of teacher is Steve? the principal replied, Best teacher I have in the school.

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Conway/Sigur triangle book

DD

In today's (Sunday) NYT crossword:

1973 Helen Reddy #1 hit (9)

This is precisely the type of clue that causes me to begin solving somewhere else in the grid.

Why? Because I know that once I write down the answer, I'm going to have an idiotic melody from the 1970s playing in my head for the rest of the day. I'd rather not be reminded of any such melodies.

I didn't know the answer to this one immediately. I took some comfort in the knowledge that IAMWOMAN didn't have enough letters.

I struggled to not think about it. I tried to think of today's Federer/Nadal match at Wimbledon. Then the Big Sur fires. What I might try to next inside MATLAB.

Then suddenly it came to me anyway like some horrific meteor strike:

DELTADAWN

Arrrggggghhhhhhhhhhhhrrggeeghhehhhhhhhhhhhhh!

I'm sure I can trust you to have the wisdom not to click on this Tanya Tucker version:

Somehow the "drama enhancing" key change halfway through just really, really, really pisses me off.

Ozzie pounces

Cat's name

The cat has finally been named: Osmanthus Fancy Teabag [link].

Ozzie, for short. Or Teabag.

He was named "Earl Grey" by the Animal Shelter people, and no one was happy with that name. I still like "Fleabag Willie" better, but was vetoed.