Ariel Procaccia has thought a lot about how to cut cake over the last 15 years. That’s partly because the Harvard computer scientist has three children who among them have celebrated more than two dozen birthdays. He knows what it’s like to stand with a knife before a layered masterpiece, frosted with buttercream and chocolate curls, while pressed on all sides by small partygoers who instinctively recognize when someone else gets a better slice.
But it’s also because much of
When Tom Brady was growing up in San Mateo it is safe to say he was not dreaming of St Andrews. On his bedroom wall were pictures of San Francisco 49ers quarterback Joe Montana (and not Frank Worthington).
So why would a boy from the Bay switch his attentions to Brum? It is a question many Blues fans will have asked over the past 24 hours.
But Brady is not alone. While the Yanks are coming, as the famous song
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