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PhD Qaulifying exam
Today I sit for the first part of the PhD qualifying Exam, for Nuclear Engineering ( Read more... ) -
Birthday Party
There might be someone following this who doesn't do Facebook, so...
I'm having an actual Birthday Party - first time in many, many years.
Friends, family and all the assorted weirdos I know are invited.
It will be in Naperville, IL at 6 PM on June 21, 2013.
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A Path Back to Monetary Stability
The world is engaged in a currency war. Its a race to the bottom as the US, UK, Japan, China and many, many other countries print furiously, trying to lower foreign cost for their goods. The only solution to avoid loss of cash is to convert to metal, then convert back at the future date, taking a vigorish loss on each side ( Read more... ) -
Abortion and the Bible
The "Right to Life" crowd wants you to believe that they have the Bible on their side, but maybe we should learn the truth. There is only one place in the bible where an unborn child's death is possibly mentioned ( Read more... ) -
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I as wondering about Right to Work and what it does for the wage picture for a state ( Read more... ) -
Failure
I'm experiencing failure ( Read more... ) -
Depression
Blast it all. I'm sitting here at home instead of in my classes. I was sitting in the dark. I can afford it - today - except for perhaps heat transfer. But I don't like it.
Took a little Zoloft, we'll keep taking that until this clears. I hate having bipolar disorder, even at this mild level. -
One set to watch them all
208 min, 220 min, and 250 min... 678 minutes of movies, or about 11 1/3 hours. It is The Lord of the Rings trilogy, in extended edition, with another 6 DVDs of stuff about the making of the film. It is geektastic, and I can't wait to start watching them this weekend with aelnyon!
Of course, I ordered them back in January, and they wrote up the shipping ( Read more... )
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