When you see something that is technically sweet, you go ahead and do it and you argue about what to do about it only after you have had your technical success. That is the way it was with the atomic bomb ( Read more... )

Al Gore is now a Nobel Prize laureatte. Now he can join the other "distinguished" winners of the farcical winners of past years among whom include such notable "advocates for peace" as Teddy Roosevelt, Henry Kissinger, Le Duc Tho (former president of south vietnam), Mohamed Anwar Al Sadat, the UN Peace Keeping Force of 1988 (Do I need to mention ( Read more... )

My girlfriend of five years broke up with me because she is too emotionally unstable to get through one semester. Awesome.

It was a hard decision, but I made up my mind. I am going to the University of Oregon next year to get a Ph.D. in physical chemistry. Hopefully I don't go mad. Someone come visit me soon.

As Miles Davis said, "If you understood everything I say, you'd be me!” Try not to get too discouraged by my test. Good luck!


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This weekend: interview at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore...for Ph.D. program in Biochemistry/Biophysics. Wish me luck.

Last weekend: My brother's 21st birthday

Next weekend: Visiting University of Oregon, Chemistry dept. for Ph.D. program in Chemistry. (specializing in biophysical chemistry - yeah!!)

"So tell your friend Veronica, it's time to celebrate Hanukkah, I hope I get a harmonica, on this lovely, lovely Hanukkah, So drink your gin and tonica, but don't smoke marijuanica, If you really, really, wannaca, have a happy, happy, happy Hanukkah." - Adam Sandler

I wrote this paper a while ago for a philosophy class. Anyone who is generally interested in philosophy, has a particular interest in Hegel, or the Deconstruction trend of the 1980s might find it enjoyable. Also, I attempt to present my interpretation of the death of metaphysics in post-modern thought.

Hegel “Deconstructed”:
An Analysis of Hegel’s ( Read more... )

In a Station of the Metro

The apparition of these faces in the crowd;

Petals on a wet, black bough.

-- Ezra Pound

Maxwell’s Equations:

∫ E · dA = q/ε0

∫ B · dA = 0

∫ E · ds = - dΦB/dt

∫ B · ds = μ0i  + 1/c2 ∂/∂t∫ E · dA

where E is the electric field, B is the magnetic field, ρ is the free charge density, ε0 is the permittivity, μ0 is the permeability, i is the electric current, and c is the speed of light.

Euler’s equation: eiπ + 1 = 0

Newton’s second ( Read more... )