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First Lines Meme - 2013
So, it's been awhile...
First lines for each month this past year:
January: Real cyclists don't wear underpants.
February: It's been snowing since about 8 am, about 2½ hours now.
March: So, I haven't talked much about the teaching gig.
April: (For some of us, Opening Day is the new year...)
May: The semester has mostly wound down.
June: So, ( Read more... ) -
Still a Little Bothered
Am in Maine, at my campsite using the campground's free wireless. What a world with such wonders in it ( Read more... ) -
Bother
So, I was loading up the last couple of things onto the truck for my trip to Maine, and I was feeling pretty good about things. No weird accidents or illnesses to prevent me from going camping for the first time in 11 years. And then ( Read more... ) -
Sweltering...
I find myself using the word "sweltering' quite a lot lately. Indoor/outdoor thermometer is reading 86° in the house right now*, and 100° outside. I don't think it's really quite that high. The outdoor sensor is under the eave in front of the house, which faces west, not the best place for accuracy. Weather.com is telling me it's 86° out there, but ( Read more... ) -
Readercon
Friday was the first (and only, so far) truly nice day of weather we've had this month*. Saturday was warmer and more humid, and today is meet the new sweltering, same as the old sweltering.
* I use the word "we've" advisedly, because it didn't really get nice until I was in Burlington, so I have no idea what the weather was like in Rhody.Spent ( Read more... ) -
Filking for Science
I like start each lecture with a quote or cartoon or something similar on topic to what's going to be covered. (I used the cartoon in the icon in my first lecture.) Sometimes they're funny, sometimes they're pithy, and occasionally they are filks, like this one I did last night on the ideal gas law (PV=nRT):
One law for Boyle, with extent versus ( Read more... ) -
Happy New Year...
(For some of us, Opening Day is the new year ( Read more... ) -
Opening Day Approaches...
Matt "the Bison" Kemp helps Abby on Sesame street in the Cutest. Video. Ever.
As a side note, Vin Scully once dated Joan Ganz Cooney, In fact, he took her to the post '55 World Series celebration, after Brooklyn won their only World Series.
Another favorite Kemp video of mine: geekianna, extreme cuteness, baseballChemistry Saved My Life...
...and other thoughts about the blizzard of '13 ( Read more... )
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