An argument at the dinner table is nothing unusual. This time however the topic was painfully theoretical, the value of any number divided by zero. My sons Jacob and Sam fought over the topic. Voices raised. I silently stared at my corn chowder.

My lovely peace making wife offered the following, “The problem here is that Jacob is a linear thinker, while Sam is an abstract thinker.”

Sam saw an opening and took it. Speaking through a giggle, he added, “Yeah, I have a left side of my brain and he has none.”

Nice play son and a would be win, but it’s correction time, since the right side of your brain is the abstract one.

There is no arguing, however, that no matter how you divide it, tonight’s corn chowder was delicious. Fact.