Well, as of 2:30 pm Friday June 27, 2008 my parents sold the cows and youngstock and retired from dairy farming. As of 8:30 am this morning, they sold the last cow and officially retired from farming. She was an old and broke down cow, so she went to market rather than to the farm that bought the herd. I didn't think it would be the issue that it ( Read more... )

OK, so it has been a long time and I foresee this post getting really long. So for those that don't want the whole of it, I'll make links for you. :)

I really need to invent a teleporter that doesn't involve destroying original at point a and creating a copy at point b. That would make things much easier. Although, getting a little help on that ( Read more... )

Saw this and the first thing I thought after reading it was, "But what about those of us that understand fractions, but decimals make absolutely no sense whatsoever?"

USA Today article where a professor by the name of Dennis DeTurck out east says we should eliminate fractions completely.

Professor: Fractions Should Be ScrappedAnyhow, back to ( Read more... )

OK, I know I should make a more substantial post, but suffice to say I survived the holidays in one piece even though I will be penniless after Friday (tuition) until the next paycheck, which the university also will have dibs on for more tuition money ( Read more... )

Heh, even the meme doesn't know what I am... This are the two results it gave me after I answered the questions.

Results:
You have qualities associated with more than one type of Warrior. That's okay -- read the descriptions below and decide how you feel about each one, then choose one (or a couple) that feels "right".


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The joys of work, research and school = not much time for anything else. Did I also mention president of a fledgling student org? I'm just hoping to survive through the first weekend of October to be honest. I think by then it will slow down to acceptable levels of mayhem. Maybe ( Read more... )

Blanket forts!!!

And I had one to many CS friends in college. As a forester and biologist I SHOULD NOT understand this joke! *small part of me dies as I cry*

God created the world...

And now back to your regularly scheduled entertainment...

Catch ya on the flip side.

Send me the name and artist of a song that reminds you of me. Then challenge people to do the same for you in your LJ's ( Read more... )

Well, Livejournal informs me that is has been four weeks since I updated my journal. I wish I had more time to keep this updated like I want to, but I don't.

First there was WW...( Read more... )

So, I took a half hour today to go rollerblading on campus today before confining myself indoors to the computer lab (to check email) and the lab upstairs (to process samples). I was enjoying the nice weather, the workout (campus has a small bit of topography), and time to just let my mind wander. Unfortunately, I couldn't drag it away from the ( Read more... )