Yet another Physics is Phun show in MD, Thursday-Saturday evenings (March 16-18). Details at http://www.physics.umd.edu/deptinfo/facilities/lecdem/outreach/phph/phph.htm .
This week's program: Going In Circles With Physics: physics ( Read more... )

Fun children's book read recently: Becoming Naomi Leon, by Pam Munoz Ryan. It's a fun story about what does- and does not- make a family.

Amusing quote of the day, from a different book:

" I'm a dragon. It's my job to annoy people. "

-from Requiem for the Sun, by Elizabeth Haydon ( Read more... )

Discovery is up.

Pastwastard

-Ibid

We're having another Physics is Phun program this week. Shows at 7pm this Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights.
This time, we will be doing demonstrations on: Water.
OK, so it's not as exciting as Fire, but we did that one last year....

OK, who left the CDs in the microwave too long?

Survived another physics show. Next up: Mechanics, motion, and energy, in March. Happy Birthday to A. A. Milne, and melancholy birthday tomorrow to Poe.

Yep, we're doing another of our infamous Physics is Phun shows at the Uni this week. If you're bored on Thursday, Friday, or Saturday evenings at 7, come up and see us electrocute ourselves.

OK, so this isn't exactly the world's greatest sales pitch- I've got a cold & I'm too tired to be exciting. It's still a fun show, though.

My lab is hosting one of our periodic Physics is Phun shows here at U-Maryland, tonight, tomorrow night, and Saturday night. If anyone's looking for an entertaining way to kill an evening, we'll be showing off fun physics toys starting at 7pm. This week's theme: Our Friend, the Nucleus.

In ordinary conversation, I'm perfectly happy to try to extrapolate meaning from what people say, however vague; I know people often do the same for me. "Thingy" is a perfectly reasonable component of day-to-day conversation ( Read more... )