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On Unnecessary Complication
"How do you live in your brain?" --- Question Put to a Classmate By Her College Friend -
On Education
"Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence." ---Robert Frost -
On Wedding Cakes
"For 6/8/10" layers, we have the convenient mathematical fact that 6/8/10 forms a pythagorean triple, meaning that making the top two layers one flavor and the bottom layer a second flavor gives exactly the same amount of both flavors."
I <3 my geek. Convenient mathematical fact indeed. -
On Severe Persistent Asthma
Doc: "Your asthma was taken care of by the dermatologist?
Patient: [nods]
Doc: "That's awesome." -
On Planning
"You're awesome. Crazy, but awesome."
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Omnious
A funny smell coming in through my window A/C draws me out onto the balcony. I see an ambulance-shaped vehicle emblazoned with "S.C.I.D. Forensics Unit" parked in front of my neighbors to the south, lights flashing silently. Two cars, one marked "N.O.P.D Crime Lab," are double-parked and block my driveway. Another government-issue cruiser is double ( Read more... ) -
Distractions
As greenlily put it, puffy_wuffy posted a link to the only HP7 summary you'll ever need. I like how the author pokes fun at some of the plot devices that J.K. either didn't explain fully or seemed very heavy-handed with. That's not to say that I didn't find HP7 extremely satisfying---I most certainly did---but there was one thing that I really wished they had ( Read more... ) -
(Untitled)
I am done with Step 1 (as of 4:00pm yesterday) and HP 7 (as of 4:30pm today). The former took 8 hours to complete, and the latter took 10.
A real update should be up later this week. -
On Precision
Me: I am pathetic. I yawned and pulled something in my neck. Ow.
Jer: Pulled "something"? Come on, be precise, med student! =P -
The Bat Cave
C and I often study in what he calls "the Bat Cave." It's a small, unoccupied office on the first floor of the med school building. People who need to find me know to check there first.
I have of course told sawicki about the Bat Cave. He recently came across this while doing some travel research, and thought I might find it amusing:
Bat Cave: Located ( Read more... )