13th root but what's the point?

Is this guy human or what? I could hardly calculate the square root of a 4 digit number mentally and this French guy could do a 13th root of a two hundred digit number all in his head!!!! And all just slightly more than a minute!!! Impossible or what !???

Very impressive, but what actually is the point? Learning a language has an obvious benefit, as does the ability to complete basic mental calculations, but given the time and training involved in this feat, one has to wonder if there aren't more productive means of employing intelligence.
- Jenny, London

Oktoberfest

Okay so I haven't been bloggin for a while now but it's normal cos I am swamped by one thousand and one tasks to complete at work. So buzy that I dont even have time to get a hair cut. So buzy that ... I cannot continue finish typing t..h..i..

Anyway, I celebrated Oktobefest about a month ago... but not in Bavaria... in Amelika. Here are the pics.




No big fat Bavarian ladies in traditional costumes but German beer all round fits perfectly.