From PN re the average net worth of American families in the Nov. 4 issue: 

“I am so glad you pointed out that it is skewed by a small number of billionaires and multimillionaires. I thought it was irresponsible for the Fed to publish the average net worth instead of the median net worth, which would have been so much more informative (and less demoralizing to the great majority of Americans whose net worths are below $1 million).”

From AS re the age of the moon in the Oct. 27 issue: 

“I read about the age of the moon increasing by 40 million years. I didn’t think much of it even though I generally love those things. When I saw it in your blog, I had to say it meant very little to me. It sounds like a long time. But it only comes to 1.555555555% older. That’s nothing when you’re talking about 4.43 billion years.”

My Response: That’s exactly how I felt. I probably should have added the math you did and said something like, “Someone tell me: Why is this important?”