I got back from my Orlando vacation/scholars bowl tournament yesterday. The vacation was lots of fun and the scholars bowl tournament... well, it was a learning experience. Among the highlights of the trip ( Read more... )

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Today I had to get up early for a change and ride for an hour and 45 minute drive back up to Madison.  First, I got my hair cut (it had gotten a bit long).  While I was sitting at the hair salon waiting around I happened to pick up a newspaper from my old school, and they're experiencing a bit of loss too, but not nearly as severely as ASFA.  The ( Read more... )

( Here's to the memories )

( Star Wars Pictures!! )

The nickname for my senior t-shirt is due tomorrow but I haven't decided on a good one for it. Here are some of the possibilities:
DJ
Dr. Jones
Darth Vader
Wookiee

Anyone have any other good ideas or like a particular one of these? Nothing insulting, please.

Here's the list of poker hands from highest to lowest so you won't make any mistakes when it comes to what you have (from Wikipedia):

• Royal flush: A straight flush that is ace-high. Example: A♠ K♠ Q♠ J♠ 10♠
• Straight flush: Five cards in sequence and of the same suit. Example: Q♦ J♦ 10♦ 9♦ 8♦
• Four of a kind: A hand with four cards of the same ( Read more... )

It looks like Google has been succesfully taken down. I've tried loading the website a few times and nothing has been coming up for the past few minutes. Lots of other people seem to be having the same problem too. If anyone has any more information on this please comment here ( Read more... )

I was just surfing around the internet and happened to find the website for last year's NASA SHARP program in California.  It looks like I'll be doing a few things not related to research during my time there:  http://www.calstatela.edu/faculty/ltabriz/Nasa%20Sharp%20Website/NASA%20SHARP%202K4/.  Also, there's an article about Shelby on the second ( Read more... )

I was out of school today on a spring holiday type thing. I think it has something to do with weather days, which we didn't use even though we did miss two days of school last fall for that oh so lovely Hurricane Ivan. I managed to get some stuff accomplished, like eating at the restaurant that I am going to eat at prom night. Very nice ( Read more... )