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19753. iiibbb - 7/12/2006 7:03:05 PM Published!!!
more or less... got another manuscript more or less accepted today after I make some relatively painless revisions. 19754. judithathome - 7/12/2006 8:51:55 PM Congratulations!!! You must be so happy...gonna celebrate? 19755. iiibbb - 7/12/2006 9:17:47 PM Sushi sometime
I need to address the revisions first. On further review... one of the revisions may be a little bit painful, but it should not prevent this thing from going through. 19756. judithathome - 7/13/2006 3:08:23 PM Subject: Fw: HELL EXPLAINED BY CHEMISTRY STUDENT
The following is an actual question given on a chemistry mid term.
The answer by one student was so "profound" that the professor shared it
with colleagues, via the Internet, which is, of course, why we now have the
pleasure of enjoying it as well:
Bonus Question: Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs
heat)?
Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle's Law (gas
cools when it expands and heats when it is compressed) or some variant.
One student, however, wrote the following:
First, we need to know how the mass of Hell is changing in time. So we need
to know the rate at which souls are moving into Hell and the rate at which
they are leaving. I think that we can safely assume that once a soul gets to
Hell, it will not leave. Therefore, no souls are leaving. As for how many
souls are entering Hell, let's look at the different religions that exist in
the world today. Most of these religions state that if you are not a member
of their religion, you will go to Hell. Since there is more than one of
these religions and since people do not belong to more than one religion, we
can project that all 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 of the volume in Hell because Boyle's Law
states that in order for the temperature and pressure in Hell to stay the
same, the volume of Hell has to expand proportionately as souls are added.
This gives two possibilities:
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 postulate given to me by Teresa during my Freshman year
that, "It will be a cold day in Hell before I sleep with you," and take into
account the fact that I slept with her last night, then number two must be
true, and thus I am sure that Hell is exothermic and has already frozen
over. The corollary of this theory is that since Hell has frozen over, it
follows that it is not accepting any more souls and is therefore, extinct
......leaving only Heaven, thereby proving the existence of a divine being
which explains why, last night, Teresa kept shouting "Oh my God."
THIS STUDENT RECEIVED THE ONLY "A"
19757. arkymalarky - 7/13/2006 6:04:51 PM Hey all!
Congrats 3i3b!
I hope you get a good report, Mags.
Back at the laundromat parkinglot, and yes, Alistair, this little hippie town of about 1300 people has about ten wireless connections. If I ever left AR and didn't move out of the country, I'd move in or near this town. It's very community-oriented and has a lot of great stuff, including an organic co-op with a nice store, for a town this size. And the physical environment is great. 19758. Magoseph - 7/13/2006 7:29:03 PM We just came back from the clinic—the right eye operation took longer than the left eye’s one. We were told that Flexy made a sudden move while being operated and there was a tear that bled--we have to come back to the surgeon’s office later this afternoon. This eye will take longer to heal. 19759. judithathome - 7/13/2006 11:02:59 PM Oh, I'm sorry to hear that, Magos...but keep in mind that the eye is the fastest organ to heal. 19760. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 7/13/2006 11:04:19 PM Bad luck, Mago. My father had to pee during that kind of procedure and the surgeon told him to go right there on the operating table. Industrial strength lamentations to the healing gods for Flexy and even more good wishes for him and his lovely partner!
Speaking of lovely, the most charmings Wonkers his adorable wife and erudite brother just left and what utterly lovely guests–extremely good company. Don't pass up the chance to entertain them if they're in your vicinity-they are a joy to be around. 19761. Macnas - 7/14/2006 8:57:28 AM Hello hello hello.
Heading to Sligo tomorrow, talk to yez next week. 19762. Ulgine Barrows - 7/14/2006 10:01:16 AM Have fun!
I'll have to look up sligo 19763. Magoseph - 7/15/2006 2:43:31 PM Thank you, Wiz and Judith—I must say that I had quite a scare when Flexy didn’t come back in his room a half-hour after the operation. It took this time an hour and fifteen minutes and by the time they brought him back, I was out of my mind thinking that he had had a heart attack or worse.
In view of the tear in his eye, he must have four types of drops given every four hours with intervals, so I'm busy. Flexy can’t figure out how he could have made a gesture to cause the tear when he was out unconscious as soon as they gave him a shot to put him under, so he says.
We have a perfect weather, hot but not Texas hot—I hope the heat will get the mosquitoes away finally.
I’m happy to know that Mac and Jay are all right—now I’m waiting for Ms. No and Thoughtful to check with us.
Where is Anomie--just wondering...
19764. wonkers2 - 7/16/2006 3:50:15 PM My wife and brother and I spent a delightful couple of hours last Friday at the home and studio of the WizardofWhimsy and his missus. We had Lemoncello, as promised, and biscotti and an opportunity to see the scope of the Wiz's impressive work. In addition to his monoprints the Wiz has done quite a bit of impressive sculpture with which he exorcizes his inner demons and political motivations. The one I liked best was a sculpture of a human figure, representing an environmentally predacious CEO, bound to a piling so that only his head was above water at high tide. His entire body up to his neck was coated with black tar-like pollutants. The sculpture represents a marine equivalent to stocks in the public square as fitting punishment for polluters. Another in the same vein inspired by the Exxon Valdez oil spill disaster was a large sculpture of a man rowing a small boat in which the man and boat are totally coated and enmeshed in oil soaked rope-like strands. What a contrast to the Wiz's beautiful landscapes! We also visited his gallery, Brickwalk Fine Arts, in West Hartford. The proprietor, Kevin, was quite an interesting guy who knows a lot about books and art. He has quite a collection of rare books and represents several artists. Definitely worth a stop if you happen to be in the area.
The Wiz is the third Motie I've managed to meet in person. The first was JJBiener when he came to Detroit on business several years ago. We had an enjoyable dinner despite his rigid GOP party-line views. Lunch with jexter two months ago in San Francisco was also great and even more congenial because our views coincide on most matters. Any and all Moties are welcome at the wonkers in Detroit at any time. In the summer, Cap'n Dirty might easily be induced to take members of the fairer sex on a moonlight cruise aboard the Tomater Sloop! 19765. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 7/17/2006 12:40:37 AM In that case, I'm takin'n Mrs. Wonk dancin' while mine is up-chuckin' from motion sickness on the sloop!
(And thanks for the kind words wrt to my own compulsions.) 19766. Ms. No - 7/17/2006 4:28:23 PM Good morning, Mago --- I'm here, just distracted.
I was in a bar yesterday with a friend being exposed to Gaelic Football and Hurling (which has nothing to do with stomach upset, btw) They open the bar at 6am on Sunday mornings so that people can come and watch the games live.
We were NOT there at 6am, but at 3 in the afternoon. It's our favorite weekend afternoon bar. Somehow we find it amusing in the extreme to go have a drink in the daylight hours when we ought to be attending to useful errands or house cleaning or something. About once a month or so we have to take an afternoon and head to Ireland's 32.
So, anyway, after recently watching some of the World Cup and, now, Irish sports I can't help but think how lazy American sports fans are. We need all these lights and bells and pipe organs to remind us to cheer for our teams. These people get up at 5 in the morning on a Sunday, half a world away in order to watch their teams play live.
And these are "amateur" teams. They don't get paid to play. These guys and the fans who watch are all just in love with the sport and the competition. The players all have regular day jobs.
Can you imagine Kobe Bryant playing that hard to not get paid? Or U.S. fans going out of their way to diligently watch such a thing?
19767. alistairConnor - 7/17/2006 5:51:33 PM Hello folks, we are on the boat to Ireland. We'll be landing about 11 am tomorrow if the Irish border guards are kind (there's a real possibility they will send us straight back...) 19768. Ms. No - 7/17/2006 6:06:30 PM Why would they do that? 19769. alistairConnor - 7/17/2006 6:12:13 PM Explained in other thread...
I'm hoping they will be indulgent.
Otherwise I'll just ask for political asylum, I'll be too ashamed to go home. 19770. alistairConnor - 7/17/2006 6:34:06 PM French cell phone link is becoming unreliable, with the coast dropping out of sight. Talk to you folks later. 19771. judithathome - 7/17/2006 7:18:59 PM Going to be 104° today and the rest of the week. We've had 6 straight days of 100° or above. 19772. Ms. No - 7/17/2006 9:09:13 PM Did you order that up especially for me?
Of course it hasn't been that much cooler here, of late.
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