Well, I haven't updated this in a very, very long time, but I think this warrants some sort of documentation ( Read more... )

I interviewed for a job doing payroll for a trucking company a couple weeks back.  I was basically guaranteed the job before I went in based on my resume and the fact that I was highly recommended by the person leaving the job ( Read more... )

My physics class is all about radioactivity.  The prof brought a Geiger counter into class just to demonstrate the relative radioactivities of things like your smoke detector, glow in the dark watches and salt (potassium chloride) .  So after measuring the radioactivity of salt she declares:

"I'm going to be a bit brave here"

She puts her finger in ( Read more... )

I moved out of my house last year, but have returned to my parents house as of January and I think my dad missed me.  I leave for school at 6:32am three days a week. My dad makes a point of getting up at 6:00am to brew coffee and make me my lunch. I come downstairs and my lunch is waiting, alongside a travel mug of coffee and a water bottle (only ( Read more... )

Some person from SFU:

"My prof has turned his class into a murder mystery style game. We have challenges (assignments), riddles (reading assignments), and puzzles (quizzes) that help us figure out who kidnapped one of the leaders in the field. We don't get grades for doing any of this. Instead, we earn XP.

This will be the greatest semester ever."

I ( Read more... )

I'm watching Mr and Mrs Smith, fimed in 1942.  They are having a problem because Mrs. Smith is employed, but her empoyers found out she was married, and as a policy due to the recent unemployment problems, they don't hire married woman.

Oh 1940's, you make me laugh.

Anyhow.  Today is a busy day, so I thought I should make a list!!
Today I must:

Go ( Read more... )

So I'm at church, comparing D&D stories with another geek.  One of the ladies from the church choir happens to stand near us.  She overhears me saying ( Read more... )

I am getting so frustrated with the reception hall business! I want to just give up and take the first thing I find at this rate.
So, Travis and I set aside X amount of dollars to rent a hall for our reception. As our ceremony is at my church, that is free of charge for us so no worries there. Well, I had no idea reception halls would be so ( Read more... )

Late notice, buuuuuut ( Read more... )

I love my job. Seriously. Best. Job. Ever. Lots of chemistry lab work. Right now I'm working on some soil extractions and running them through a fancy machine to determine their carbon. sulfur and nitrogen percentages. Before that I was pH testing them and before that I was extracting them from the soils. Unfortunately this job finishes mid ( Read more... )