::HAPPY JEFFDAY TO ME::Every year, it seems I write a look-how-kickass-Jeff's-birthday-gift-to-me-is blog entry (see
here and especially
here). This year is no exception.
Along with a "316" cover for our previously "100" address sign (as seen
here), Jeff bequeathed to me a hexagonal envelope with "Want to know more about this card? Turn to page 385 of your gift" printed on it. Along with the card, there was a copy of
The Colossal Book of Mathematics: Classic Puzzles, Paradoxes, and Problems. Duly turning to page 385 brought me to the chapter on "Hexaflexagons," and within the envelope held one of same. In fact, it was one of a special subset of hexaflexagons, called a
hexahexaflexagon.
On page 385, there was a bookmark telling the story of how Jeff had discovered Martin Gardner's work (he bought over a hundred back issues of
Scientific American at a garage sale), made a hexaflexagon, and was "enchanted" by his writing and the hexaflexagon. Yay!
Next up: reading chapters "Nothing" and "Everything."
Thanks, Jeff.