I'm sick and at home today.
1. I've come down with Ebolized Whooping cough. Could not go to work today. The thought of having to walk to the bus and take Bart to work kept me in my bed this morning. I got up at around 10:30, had a bowl of cereal, and watched an hour of "the Most Deadly" on Animal Planet. Apparently, you don't want to accidentally step on a Stone Fish.
2. Got a call from my mechanic, and I braced myself for the damage. I've been catastrophizing and ruminating about all sorts of expensive scenarios. Luckily, I came away nearly unscathed. Turns out it was just a wastegate line from the N75 valve, which means the motor did not need to be pulled!...thank you Lord. I'm picking up the car tomorrow. My mechanic says the car is running perfectly...but the question for me is always: How long is that going to last? So I'm continuing with my plans to have it sold by November. The next owner will have a one hell of a crazy fast car.
3. Re. the Large Hadron Collider, I talked with theProf. on the phone. I've always thought that the Universe and the Big-Bang could be represented with an equation...I was wrong. Though theProf. admits he's no expert, he reminded me that equations simply represent ideas; nothing more and nothing less. My brain no longer hurts thinking about it.
4. Shopping around for new cars. I've narrowed it down to the following: 06' or 07' Subaru STI (RA or Spec-C spec mod. equivalent), EVOLUTION 8 or 9 GSR (Modified Street time-attack spec), or E46 M3 (bone-stock).
5. I'm crawling into bed now....
2. Got a call from my mechanic, and I braced myself for the damage. I've been catastrophizing and ruminating about all sorts of expensive scenarios. Luckily, I came away nearly unscathed. Turns out it was just a wastegate line from the N75 valve, which means the motor did not need to be pulled!...thank you Lord. I'm picking up the car tomorrow. My mechanic says the car is running perfectly...but the question for me is always: How long is that going to last? So I'm continuing with my plans to have it sold by November. The next owner will have a one hell of a crazy fast car.
3. Re. the Large Hadron Collider, I talked with theProf. on the phone. I've always thought that the Universe and the Big-Bang could be represented with an equation...I was wrong. Though theProf. admits he's no expert, he reminded me that equations simply represent ideas; nothing more and nothing less. My brain no longer hurts thinking about it.
4. Shopping around for new cars. I've narrowed it down to the following: 06' or 07' Subaru STI (RA or Spec-C spec mod. equivalent), EVOLUTION 8 or 9 GSR (Modified Street time-attack spec), or E46 M3 (bone-stock).
5. I'm crawling into bed now....
posted by supergoober at
12:03 PM
1 Comments:
You want great gas mileage, get a motorcycle ;)
But I hope you feel better - I hope you did not get it from me, I started getting sick last Thursday and mega-dosed the Vitamin C. It always seems to work to shorten the duration and lessen the symptoms for me - there is a bunch of research behind it, coupled with the placebo effect of my absolute belief that it will work and, bingo, cold is gone.
As far as the equation, some people believe that the existence of math is intrinsically part of the universe, and we are just uncovering the secrets, while others believe that it is a purely human construct that attempts to project our minds onto the universe - I have made eloquent arguments on both sides, but somehow cannot bring myself to fully believe either one.
Hope that you end up feeling better - about 15% of my students seem to be sick with some form of cold, and the general consensus is that it takes two-three weeks to get over it - hope you don't have that!!
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