in our fast paced world, it's important to take things slow every once in a while. in this talk, we'll take a leisurely stroll through some of the research i've done recently on slow fibonacci walks, in which we try and generate numbers in a ``fibonacci-like way'' as slowly as possible. this talk is part of the graduate student seminar ``food for thought,'' and in particular (1) no prior knowledge of anything is assumed, and more importantly (2) snacks will be provided.