Americans and Chinese both use numbers to represent bodily functions. What is #1 in america is #2 in china.

The interesting things you learn while hanging out with ones chinese roommates.

This morning I came across an elderly gentleman in a wheel chair pushing himself forward, rotating one wheel with his right arm and pulling with his right leg, so as to go straight forward. Watching this as I made my way to where he was, I spent some time thinking about how useful vectors are ( Read more... )

Things are moving along ( Read more... )

long walks in the woods = lyme disease...

The summer solstice. Summer is finally here. That does mean 100 degree heat for me as of next wednesday, if the weather report is right...

But for those of you that care, have a happy summer solstice!

I have a rather large amount of unused floor space here. I could easily fit one of those nice corner couches in my room and it would not be cramped at all ( Read more... )

I hated the commute at my last job. forty minutes each way. It was boring and in many ways dangerous, as I had to make a lot of left turns though/into heavy traffic. This also put about 30 miles on my car each day ( Read more... )

I just read every post for the last two months made by all of the friends I currently have on facebook. Damn. It is good to see that many people have a great deal to say about there lives ( Read more... )

I was thinking about communication between/within couples today ( Read more... )

People always tell me about how physics is "hard".
Studying physics to the PhD level is nothing compared to trying to discuss about 2000 years of civic and economic theory with an curious 10 year old. That of course being one small drop in the bucket of what one is accepting by becoming a parent.

I know that is random, but I was reflecting on my