So, I've got three students in my astronomy 101 lab that cheated.  I got two papers that were identical, right down to the spelling errors.  This was the second time I'd caught them, so I had to fail them for the semester, which means none of them get to graduate.  Boy do I feel like a bastard.  They claim that they just asked each other for help, ( Read more... )

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Yeah, so I know I dont update anymore. Basically that's because I've gotten too lazy to do it. Also, since my life consists of an unending stream of identical days, what is there to write about?

But anyway, I've been working on a short story for my creative writing class. I thought I'd share it: The Oak Tree . I'm fairly happy with how it ( Read more... )

geeks + high explosives = best 3 days ever!


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I'm back from Kitt Peak, and I brought pictures! Playing with the .9m telescope was so amazingly cool. I finally got a chance to do real hands on astronomical research and I gotta say, it was great. Even though my adviser's research area is kinda boring (I mean, who really cares about variable stars?) just being able to use the giant equipment ( Read more... )

I feel like I'm packing an entire summer into three weeks ( Read more... )

so I spent two more days in the hospital. Turns out I have pericasomethingorother. Apparently my heart is being attacked by some bizarre virus that has it's lining all inflamed. I got to ride in an ambulance; that was cool. Basically what this means is that not only have the last 5 weeks of my vacation been an absolute loss, but now the next ( Read more... )

well I survived. No big suprise there. This has been a shitty couple of weeks for me as I knew it would be. The pain is pretty bad, but I'm doing the only thing that can be done with it, dealing with it and not letting it get in the way of my life ( Read more... )

poor chris hasn't slept in 36 hours. Apparently some jackass compsci professor gave him 4 programs to do by this morning. Chris has spent the last 36 hours straight working on them, with no result. I've never heard anyone call a computer a slut before... This is exactly the reason I switched from cs to physics ( Read more... )