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I went to Cuba over Christmas, here’s a blog entry all about it.
Pictures to follow due to technical difficulties.
EDIT: Pictures are back up: Mike’s Gallery

I think that all good explanations involve analogies. Explaining something is a lot like teaching someone who has never knitted before how to make a sweater.
Will I need chapstick in Cuba?

I have a new hobby. It’s updating my livejournal profile. I hope to have a hundred intrests by the time exams are over.
To elaborate on one of the more obscure ones; “listening to instructions in songs,” I’ll give you some examples.
When Tom Morello tells me, I’d “better turn the base up on this one” [...]

Because of furious demand, (two comments!) this is a follow up post about greenhouses. This quote is a footnote in the book to a reference to the “greenhouse effect”
“The term “greenhouse effect” is actually a misnomer, originating in the observation that the glass in a greenhouse, which is transparent in the visible but opaque to [...]

I’d like to find a lost cat, or dog. Imagine how happy that would make someone.

I’m taking Simon’s advice vis a vis preparing for a musical. I’m going to see Crazy for You in January. So I’m listening to the music while I study for my exams.
I had a review session for LASERS today. The professor was worried that he made the exam too easy. Also, it took him an [...]

I figured out how to use the scanner in the physics labs. It works just like any other scanner. Today’s scan is from my lasers textbook.

Evolution or intelligent design? You decide!
The textbook then goes on to explain a common misconception of greenhouses.
It’s very slippery outside. I slid down a sidewalk. Wow!