Archive for 2007
Put me thru school…
You probably think I should put myself through school with work, applying for scholarships, etc. Well, I’ve got 3 well paying jobs and 1 not so well paying job,* a hefty fellowship, a scholarship worth a few hundred, a grant worth a few thousand, and I’ve still only got 1/2 of my cost of of […]
New office
New rolly chair. Lots of bubble wrap. Rolling over the bubble wrap in my new rolly chair: the most fun ever. Cleaning very very dirty shelves is not.
BookMooch!
BookMooch is a website that I’ve just joined. It’s a well done trading site – like lala, but it’s for books instead of music. You make a list of books you have and a list of books you want. You don’t ever pay to receive a book, you just pay shipping on books you mail […]
a light lunch
Mrs. T suggests that pierogies make a good light lunch. While I love pierogies, I don’t think it’s ever appropriate to describe them as light.
mother of thousands
mother of thousands Originally uploaded by sarcozona My plant has babies! Aren’t they cute? This plant makes new ones on the edges of its leaves, then they fall off. You can see some others forming in the leaf on the top left.
breaking up is hard to do
To the nth term test: When I first met you, I was excited by your simplicity and the opportunity to repeatedly use L’Hopital. At first, I turned to you at every opportunity, but I have to go now. I am anxious to determine whether or not this series converges or diverges. Unfortunately, the limit is […]
For Ian
Scientists say they have cracked a nearly eight-decade-old riddle involving the Moebius strip, a mathematical phenomenon that has also become an icon of art. [link]