UPS is stupid

Remember to smile. If
that's hard, try a gentle expression of nonspecific pleasantness from time to time.
~WILLIAM GERMANO

Writing papers and getting them published is vital for Ph.D. students who want to get jobs in research after graduation. Your ability to write well significantly improves the chances that your paper will be accepted. When I was a young graduate student and read a paper that I didn't understand, I thought "Gee, I must be dumb." Today I will read the ( Read more... )

In Kristin's thesis:

I owe deep gratitude to my fellow graduate students,
friends, and family for their continued support, especially to Dr. Mara Koželsky, a
fountain of advice and inspiration to her younger sister.

it's a story about an autistic kid. Rudy style, only much much better:

http://www.democratandchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060305/SPORTS0102/603050346

be sure to watch the video.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7935064058166993925

http://dictionary.reference.com/features/dictionaryalphabet2005.html

http://www.nathannewman.org/nbs/Read more... )

I had a dream last night. In this dream, somebody was talking (there was also a room full of refridgerators that were used to hold bodies, and a secret door, and an orthodontist's office that my mom worked at...but i have no idea what those were about) and when they talked they couldn't say the "n" sound (note that "n" is a different sound from " ( Read more... )

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