Wednesday, March 21, 2007

Wal... wha?

I am sick.

I've been sick for a couple of days.

Pretty much my entire family is sick.

Not a lot of positive stuff going on at our house right now. We'll get through it, but man, it's a pain to wade through.

Nobody was "nice" enough to tag me.... And though I just barely posted something like this, I thought I'd go through a few songs that I listen to off and on.

the first and top song is "Waldorf Worldwide". For some reason the lyrics have really caught my attention lately. (Don't let the first few lines throw you, heh) Which is wierd, I don't really like rap, but this is pretty rappish in a punk kind of a way. Reading through the lyrics never gets me with songs, I always want to hear them. So here you go.



Here are a few other songs that have been kicking around here and there. Most are not new to me, it's been a while since I listened to the radio. Unless you count talk radio in the car. But that's a whole 'nuther post.

"The Anthem" also by Good Charlotte.
"My own worst enemy" by Lit, with honorable mentions "Lipstick and bruises" and "Miserable". I need to mention here, that I really like Lit's style. Or... At least how they don't take themselves too seriously. =)
"Face Down" by The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus.
"I'm OK, you're OK" by MxPx
"Meant to live" by switchfoot.
"Silver & Cold" by AFI. (I like the sound, the video made the song a bit worse for me, beware...)

Until later.

Friday, March 09, 2007

Huh?

Dr. Schambaugh, of the University of Oklahoma School of Chemical Engineering, Final Exam question for May of 1997. Dr. Schambaugh is known for asking questions such as, "why do airplanes fly?" on his final exams. His one and only final exam question in May 1997 for his Momentum, Heat and Mass Transfer II class was: "Is hell exothermic or endothermic? Support your answer with proof."

Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle's Law or some variant. One student, however, wrote the following:

"First, We postulate that if souls exist, then they must have some mass. If they do, then a mole of souls can also have a mass. So, at what rate are souls moving into hell and at what rate are souls leaving? I think we can safely assume that once a soul gets to hell, it will not leave.

Therefore, no souls are leaving. As for souls entering hell, let's look at the different religions that exist in the world today. Some of these religions state that if you are not a member of their religion, then you will go to hell. Since there are more than one of these religions and people do not belong to more than one religion, we can project that all people and souls go to hell. With birth and death rates as they are, we can expect the number of souls in hell to increase exponentially.

Now, we look at the rate of change in volume in hell. Boyle's Law states that in order for the temperature and pressure in hell to stay the same, the ratio of the mass of souls and volume needs to stay constant. Two options exist:

1) If hell is expanding at a slower rate than the rate at which souls enter hell, then the temperature and pressure in hell will increase until all hell breaks loose.

2) If hell is expanding at a rate faster than the increase of souls in hell, then the temperature and pressure will drop until hell freezes over.


So which is it? If we accept the quote given to me by Theresa Manyan during Freshman year, "that it will be a cold night in hell before I sleep with you" and take into account the fact that I still have NOT succeeded in having sexual relations with her, then Option 2 cannot be true...Thus, hell is exothermic."

The student, Tim Graham, got the only A.