So, I have another WEST-E tomorrow. The WEST-E is the exam that teachers in Washington state have to take to become 'highly qualified' and get endorsed in a subject. I currently have my WEST-E in science, which allows me to teach any level of science, grades 6-12, and the test I am planning on taking is for math, grades 6-8, or mid level math. It ( Read more... )

By looking at religion, you're seeing God's press releases. By studying math, you're seeing what he's really up to.

Mathboy, out/Peace.

Yesterday, I ran into an old customer I knew from my days at Metropolitan Market. We talked for a while about Feynmann, as we are both knew each other as astronomy/physics nerds, then the discussion went to the spirituality of math ( Read more... )

I've been looking back on old blog entries and wondering to myself, just what the hell happened? I used to write like crazy, obsessively logging my every individual thought in some sort of mad introspective fury. My writing skill was quite good, and I rather enjoyed reading some of my old entries. I would write short stories weekly, and had a mad ( Read more... )

So, here's my life lately ( Read more... )

So, last night I got my first really damn good night of sleep in a while. This last week has been incredibly intense, mostly because of PAX. That gaming con gets more and more amazing every year, and this year was no exception in the trend. Every PAX is better than the last, yet you wonder every year, how could this have been any better. And then ( Read more... )

So, I'm going on my fifth week of grad school ( Read more... )

This infuriates me. They're trying to make it illegal to tape a police officer on duty.

I can understand why cops don't want to be taped, but really, it's the best way to defend against abuses. And what's really fun is, this seems to be in response to the flood of police abuse videos all over the net.

It's best summed up here:

When the police ( Read more... )

I visited the UWT library today. I really looked at the books, something that, despite me working there for about a year, I rarely did. I usually would just figure out what I was looking for, obtain it, and leave- or simply just take care of the computers ( Read more... )

I recently watched a video on youtube in response to the claim by religion (i/e conservative Christians) that 'you can't trust science.' It points out all the great things science has done for us, and that religion has not progressed mankind at all ( Read more... )