Use “nubile” in a sentence that relates to lab in a random conversation with Dr. M. This one may take Jenn and me until tomorrow to figure out how to do…

The Thorn meeting was interesting last night. I am very much being tested, despite the facade (at least on Luke’s part) of simply incorporating me into the chain of command when money decisions are being made because they will influence my reign (should I have a reign). So I stepped up to the plate. Luke is a computer whore who will spend (squander?) on computer things when they aren’t needed for smooth functioning of the Thorn. Bob likes pretty things, like sexy monitors. I think people can feel free to bring their own damn laptops (particularly given that everyone junior year or lower will have laptops capable of running the…

Conversations with Jenn and the Cool CS Guy have me thinking about where I live in terms of time–past, present, future, or some combination of the three. There are people that live almost exclusively in the past and future–for anything to have meaning, to be important, it must have longevity and be “permanent”. The idea of death as simply an end to existence is enough to inspire fear, because the ultimate desire is to be able to exist in some permanent, unchanging state forever. All plans for the future (including afterlife thoughts) revolve around creating a stable base or on proving that one’s existence is not “merely” a brief blink…