I registered to vote in New York yesterday. It was sort of funny; the woman working behind the counter at the Kings County Board of Elections office seemed positively shocked that I wanted to register to vote and honestly didn't know how to allow me to do so until the manager come in and showed me where the forms were. Is it really that unusual for ( Read more... )

Well, I don't really know if anyone still reads this, but I suppose I may as well update those who do on what I've been up to in the past... year? Or something ( Read more... )

Oh god, I was so nervous about whether I'd get all my classes!

Just kidding. No one wants my classes. Anyway.

ASTR 232: Extragalactic Astronomy and Cosmology (Salzer), MW 2:40pm-4:00pm
ASTR 410: Senior Thesis Tutorial (Salzer), TBA
ASTR 431: Research Discussions in Astronomy (Herbst), W 12:10pm-1:00pm (0.25 cr)
PHYS 316: Thermal and Statistical ( Read more... )

So there's a fake grassroots advocacy organization called "Working Families for Wal-Mart." They, well, I guess they try to convince people that Wal-Mart is somehow good for working class people. Anyway, the chair of this group is former civil rights leader Andrew Young. In an interview with the Los Angeles Sentinel, he had this say when asked to ( Read more... )

Seen on the back of a city bus in Baltimore:

1-800-FOR-BAIL
E-Z PAYMENTS

Remember, this ad was approved by the city transit authority.

I've developed quite a penchant for injuring myself while I'm here. Earlier this summer I was walking into a Subway (the sandwich shop, not the rapid transit) that was below street level when I slipped on the stairs and fell hardcore and sliced open my elbow. It still hasn't completely healed ( Read more... )

Ned Lamont beat Joe Lieberman in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate. For those who don't know, Joe Lieberman is one of the most pro-war, pro-corporate Democrats there is. I am so proud of Connecticut, even though I'm not really from there. I am proud that someone has the guts to stand up to people like Lieberman who are afraid to stand up to ( Read more... )

My house was broken into ( Read more... )

Older Researcher- "Goldbach's conjecture still needs to be proved. It says that any even number, starting with 4, can be expressed as the sum of two prime numbers."
Summer Student- "And there's no proof of that at all?"
Older Researcher- "No... they've verified it out to 1017, you know, with computers, but there's no proof of it ( Read more... )

Ok, so I'm moving to Baltimore tomorrow. It will be a nine hour drive, which is the longest I've ever driven by myself. But, I now have a working car stereo, several AAA maps of the Balt/Wash metro area, and a car that is packed as though a sane person actually did it ( Read more... )