Also, the Wikipedia is super-awesome. I knew of it previously, but only now do I discover that it has sufficiently advanced entries for things like "pure gauge," "hagedorn temperature," and "lattice gauge theory"... Dude!

Life has finally almost stabilized. After all those jewish holidays, being sick, etc., I've finally managed to catch up on all my grading and in all my classes ( Read more... )

Max and I got #1 (out of 8 dogs) in our graduation test from obedience class. Yay!

So, most of you have probably seen pictures of Max, but if you haven't, or if you'd like to see them again, I've put some of my favorites all together in one place:

http://www.wam.umd.edu/~ewerbos/MaxPics.html

(They are all on the same page, so it'll take a while if you don't have a fast connection)

This has been one of the best weekends ever so far ( Read more... )

I passed!

Halfway back from the underworld... Just no looking back!

Actually, I'm fairly certain I rocked today. Unless I'm totally on crack. Which is always possible. Go me! One more day to go.

The morning of the quals dawns icy cold... I think I'll do ok, but I'm *scared*.

I got an email from a Whippet meetup group I'm on about 39 abused Saluki's. The case is currently being worked out, so the doggies must be cared for in a shelter before people can adopt them, but they need money for that (e.g., "Dogs are heavily matted with dried feces, massive dead fleas, etc., and hard to handle for bathing/grooming so they need ( Read more... )

The best things about studying for the quals are the strong realizations that (a) I can do Physics, and (b) I really *like* doing Physics ( Read more... )