Hooray, hooray, well.....you know. :)

Me, standing in front of a blackboard, pen in hand: "As you can see, we can make an estimate of the atomic weight of the intervening material here, and once we have that, it gives an estimate for the total density, which is sensitive, up until the high densities where the material is totally black to gammas. In that region, we can't really make a ( Read more... )

Well, I'm suffering from the aftermath of acute caffeine overdose, and my CNS is all shot to hell. I drove for about 9 hours last night, and I've noticed that every time I'm in Seattle and Snoqualmie pass is full, and I decide to take the Columbia River Gorge through Oregon instead, it is somehow the "storm of the season" and I almost die somehow.

So, it's good to know that training still hangs around a while after the trainee has stopped actively partaking. I got out of my car last night at a gas station, and realized that I needed to feed the car some oil, such that it might be mysteriously consumed by the oil-eating demons living under the hood. Taking off from the pump at a full-tilt ( Read more... )

So...I was bitten by a Hobo spider, so I believe - while riding, I felt an extremely sharp pain on my left calf, which upon inspection revealed a painful red bump. I was unable to find a spider within my pants, and turned therefore back to biking. Had I but considered the situation, I'd have remembered that the wave function of a spider diffuses ( Read more... )

Okay, so, I'm literally just posting to do something with the blog again. Thus, this is a placeholder and doesn't serve any real purpose.

I'll see you all when I get back from Japan. (and, since I haven't mentioned it on my LJ yet, "surprise, I'm going to japan." Also I'm visiting Jon.)

We're going to be attending (among other things) a festivel around gifu, which I am told is roughly translated as the "penis festival." Wish us luck. :)

So, it turns out that when you're doing scientific work, and you need to make sure you do a mathematical problem correctly, and so round up a room full of mathematicians to explain the ideal way to solve a problem ( Read more... )

I have a Hurricane Short Wheelbase understeering recumbent now.

Just as soon as my legs stop cramping and cars stop driving over me, I'll totally be a traffic nuisance - in ur lane, wreckin' ur moodz.

*Me, clutching at my stomach* - "The spice is life! He who controls the spice controls the universe!"
*Jenny* - "okay, next time? Medium."