I don't know how I want this blog to work. But for now it's like a daily journal of sorts.
Friday
I passed a stuck car on a snowy road with a slight grade on my mountain bike J Audi 2.0T. I didn’t see other cars try to go uphill, but some were going down. It was a very slight grade.
Oh my, a distracted last two days of this week.
I walked in late to a seminar with two bowls of food, from the lunch that’s part of the seminar. Then proceeded to eat and was a little above eye-level with the speaker. Within a couple minutes he asked for the back row lights to be turned off (I was in the back row). I don’t think he liked me. But I stayed awake so much better versus not eating during. It was on climate change in Peru’s Andes, lots of loss of glaciers, and 18O dating (it’s in dust). Pretty interesting actually!
I’m amazed that the general populous is so well disciplined and functional. This must be because of goals and greater rewards to be attained, which require a certain behavior for future good (?). If people were pure physicalists I think there would be less restrictions on behavior, and in a totally anarchist setting fall apart. But, the perpetuation of man requires this to not happen and people have the general no-harm policy.
- Apparently I was being moody in the afternoon.
Then I meet and talk with someone, and that encounter and discussion have great value. The banter. The decisions. The product. If there wasn’t this possibility of great value we wouldn’t converse on such issues. Yes, it’s part of getting the job done. But, why is the action in itself valuable. Is it? If we were all volunteers it would still have intrinsic value, I think.
Today my officemate said “Do not be afraid of the prophet.” Kind of referring to himself, because he “prophesied” that someone would invite him to happy hour, so he didn’t eat his lunch. But, oh my the timing.
Constructive solid geometry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructive_solid_geometry
Went to McGrady's Tavern twice in like 5 hrs- first grad students, second 1-grad student (Alla) and her little. The hot wings were pretty hot, but I got used to it after the first 2, and was a mess while eating (next day it made itself known while leaving). After the second time we went to Molly’s. I learned a little bit about what it would’ve been like to be at a college within easy walking distance of a bunch of pubs. Maybe like multiple Fish Bowl’s with different themes and character. Then meanderings and an eventual short bit of couch sleeping in a dorm of someone Alla knew, I forget their names.
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Science!
A synthetic human eye lens with zoom! Flexible lens and electronics that are controlled via hydraulics. Brilliant!
18O in ice cores is due to dust deposition. Frequently this is removed from the air, but sometimes from dust events triggered by earthquakes or what not.
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Saturday
I remember the constant high of pure endorphins during biking and eating! I think Jesse said the endorphins from food and exercise are only less than those from drugs. He said even versus sex, but I’d have to check some studies before being confident. But they last so much longer without the drop from drugs. Here’s to the pursuit of long lasting endorphins.
Some 1-on-1 tutoring and free brunch. Met a girl who started singing “Dear Prudence” after I saw the first ~30 min of Across the Universe last night. I joined in, it was fun alternating lines. Very interesting set of chance encounters in the past couple weeks. Mark inductive study tomorrow will also go in that category.
I found an interesting article on cannabis and anointing oil during Jesus times: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/2633187.stm I didn’t bother looking anymore into the issue because I couldn’t find other unbiased sites.
Internet sites about old governmental rulings that are no longer correct should be culled… Everglades you are so massive.
I’m hungry, today I’ve only eaten food from other people- minus one small pepper.
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