This sounds very cool. I’m going to give it a shot.
Sister and others who can’t seem to find time to blog, take note!
Archive for December, 2007
jott?
Saturday, December 22nd, 20075-1>6
Friday, December 21st, 2007yeah, he’s OK.
Gaborik. 5 goals. 1 assist. 6 points.
Gotta see the slow-motion highlights on the Wild front page. Nice.
English?
Wednesday, December 19th, 2007“Roger Clemens adamantly, vehemently and whatever other adjectives can be used, denies that he has ever used steroids,” said attorney Rusty Hardin, apparently unaware that adamantly and vehemently are adverbs, not adjectives.
I read that and laughed. Welcome to America.
break
Saturday, December 15th, 2007Wow, Christmas break is here. Looks like I might be graduating after all. I passed all my classes (whew), and things seem to be going quite well. The Wild destroyed the Ducks 5-2, with 4 PPG in the second period. Gotta head over to the Wild site and see the highlights. It was at the Pond (ANA), and the arena is pretty much deathly quiet after every Wild goal. Pretty funny.
Some axioms I have gathered from probably 5-8000 pages of reading from a certain author. For some reason, I decided to share these:
- “Assumption is the mother of all [mistakes.]” -Rainbow Six.
- Lesson? Never assume.
- Roughly: “You don’t get old by making stupid mistakes.” -Patriot Games.
- Lesson? Don’t take stupid chances.
I know there was a third, but I can’t remember it. Sorry, I’ll get back with it later…
spiffy
Friday, December 7th, 2007Zetix is a fabric so strong it will resist multiple car bomb blasts without breaking. It absorbs and disperses the energy from explosions thanks to an inner structure so adamantiumtastic it can be used in body armor, window covering, military tents and hurricane defenses—it might even be able to fend off my ex-wife. When not shielding from explosions, it can be used as medical sutures that won’t damage body tissue. All of this is thanks to a property that apparently defies the laws of physics:
Zetix is built around the principle of auxetics: objects that actually get fatter the more you stretch them. Though it hurts to think about, as you will discover, it actually makes sense.
To demonstrate how Zetix works, the best thing is to look how a thread behaves. When you jump from a bridge using a bungee cord, the force of gravity acting over your body weight will stretch it as you go down in free fall. While this happens, the cord threads will stretch getting closer together and making the cord get thinner as it expands through a larger distance.
montana…
Wednesday, December 5th, 2007Remember Montana? Wow, that was a semester ago… forever ago, it seems like. Here are some memories:
- Cold. Wow. Especially at night.
- KOA with one power outlet…. interesting. Bring power inverter and or surge protector/multiple outlets next time.
- We ended up in Canada on the way back… interesting!
- Flashlight with good batteries might be an idea for next time, too!
- Dad didn’t bring hiking/mountain climbing shoes… oops.
- Chased a mountain goat around for a while… he cheated, though:
- And we got a flat on the way back… to bad we didn’t have a key… and I can’t find the photo right now… oh well. It was interesting anyway.
I think that’s most of it…
that was fun!
Monday, December 3rd, 2007I just took the general teaching methods final. This is the first thing that came to mind:
Vinnie Gognitti: “Well that was fun, in a terrible, sick, not-at-all fun way!”
Max Payne to the rescue… one day down, four to go.