On this day, I learned that the cologne I have been hoping to discover for over two years so I could have Stu wear it is called Acqua de Gio. And it’s incredibly expensive. Figures. Maybe I can find a knock-off version.

I learned that Bart Simpson’s voice actress is a Scientologist.

I learned that some dudes shouldn’t have children.

On this day, I learned that the Washington Regional Medical Center ER has very vivid airbrush paintings inside. They make you feel very amused and happy, at least if you aren’t in immediate distress.
I also learned that hospital gowns are infinitely unflattering!
I learned that Staphylococcus aureus lives in people’s noses (hehehehe).

I also learned that Stu was right to warn me against Deathcicles.
These Deathcicles from a certain height will inflict grievous hurt.

I also learned that I-540 is pretty well dry today, yet still almost completely deserted.

On this day, I learned that you can deïce your car with a small screwdriver! At least to the point that you can open the door to get waterproof gloves and an ice-scraper.

I also learned that apple has a beautiful (except the keyboard >:[) macbook pro due out. Can I get a new one yet?

I also learned that my ID card works for Bell, and from there, you can get into the Engineering Hall.

I also learned there was an awesome clock in Old Main
You can see and hear the clockwork!

I learned that if you leave a styrofoam cup of diet coke outside for a couple of hours on a cold night, the top will freeze over in a happy sort of way!

On this day, I learned that the desk in the Oval Office was made out of a ship.

I also learned that the university will be closed for at least two days :( Not cool! (but very cold). I learned that the trees around here have been jonesing for a good pruning; seems like a third of them have broken down to some extent, some of them violently.

I also learned that I am starting to rock at Guitar Hero! woot woot.

On this day, I learned that solving Exact Equations in DiffE is rather similar to something we did in Cal III with partial derivatives. You have two functions M(x,y)dx + N(x,y)dy = 0 and integrate and derive the two functions to find out what their master function is.

I learned that by adding a “fudge factor” to the ideal gas law, you can increase the accuracy of your numbers by a great deal, depending on the gas involved. We went from 17% off to about 1% off, which is a lot better! There is a chart (please don’t have a heart attack when viewing the link) that allows you rattle off this extra rightness.

You read the chart by starting with two of Temperature, Pressure, or Volume, to get the third, you have to find where reduced temp, reduced pressure, and pseudo volume correspond to the Compressibility factor Z. Reduced temp is a ratio of the actual temperature and the critical temperature, a similar ratio exists for the reduced pressure.

I also learned that the campus health center closes when the university closes. Please don’t close tomorrow!

(in more fun news, I learned that the back parking lot is completely slick, and so is the three story high ramp. fun times for all!)

On this day, I learned about pilonidal cysts. They’re pretty nasty. You can also have similar intrusions on your skull (according to a disgusting picture.

I also learned that the walk to one of the cafeterias on campus (not the closest) is half a mile there. 2800ft. Good golly.

I learned that even today, some people still think that comets are bad juju. I thought Halley got rid of the cometphobia in the 17th century, but apparently not. (it’s okay guys, comets all like hang out in the Oort Cloud until something (the sun) gets a good grip on it and brings it HURTLING out into an orbit around the sun. Sometimes a planet (jupiter) will “capture” it and change its orbit, but the earth isn’t quite nearly big enough to do that to any that would be big enough to hurt us. Seriously. They’re cute!

I also learned that in the Great White North, automobile owners invest in Engine Block heaters so that they will be able to use their automobiles on the -40° mornings in their land. The only case of plugging in a car that doesn’t involve electric cars?

On this day, I learned that even MeFi can go down. *tear*

I learned that almost no one is at a KFC at 7pm at night (stu was the one that wanted to go there, not me!) It was rather peaceful compared to how I remember Whatta-Burger at 7pm on a Saturday night.

I learned that Copernicus was probably an alright guy. For some reason, i always get him confused with confucius, who was not nearly as alright.

I learned that there are machines at the HPER (campus gymland) to do pullups, and strange other ones that I can’t even begin to describe.

I learned that to viddy something is to watch, that I’m not cut out for the ultraviolence, that there are differences between editions of the novel, and that the scene at the end of A Clockwork Orange took 74 takes.

I also learned that Mozilla named their image library libpr0n.

On this day, I learned that Sephora is an amazing store and I want to go back every day. I felt so pretty after we left (and smelled really nice too!) I was really close to buying a ton of makeup, I felt so pretty. Sephora sephora sephora.

I learned that the Pinnacle Hills Promenade is not a single mall, but composed of many unconnected stores, much like the Tanger Outlet mall in Pigeon Forge, TN. Stu and I want to go back when it is slightly warmer and walking between stores doesn’t make my eyes bleed tears.

I learned that between him and me, Stu and I are capable of carrying on a conversation about astronomy at great lengths over dinner.

I also learned that some dumb butts decided to drive to Washington DC through Ohio. I understand that it’s about the same length of time either way, but I mean, come on, why would you pick several degrees of latitude NORTH in January? It’s their own fault for getting stuck in a blizzard on the way.

On this day, I learned that there is a pretty freaking awesome sounding dance hall right down town. Definitely want to check out their open floor on Thursday nights.

I also learned that it can take months to get a dentist appointment in the UK, depending on your situation, and that you can get a kind of antibiotic without a prescription if you have a paper saying you tested positive for chlamydia xD

I also learned several ways to measure the height of a building with a barometer:

1. Tie the barometer to a string as a pendulum and measure the circle it makes (someone told me about a place that had a gigantic pendulum demonstrating this effect, but unfortunately, I can’t recall where it was. They used it to tell time because it would knock down different pins as it wound its way around.)
2. Drop the barometer off the side of the building and time it until you hear it hit the ground
3. Measure the barometer and number off the lengths of barometer it takes to get down to the ground and multiply
4. Find the change in mmHG between ground and top floor and apply the density of air and mercury to get the delta change in mmAir.

On this day, I learned that the Shamwow guy shouldn’t be made fun of! A guy trying to make his own way with the CoS hindering him should be encouraged, not berated~

I learned that Contemporary poetry is all about writing in ways that haven’t been written before, and that my instructor seems to believe it is fully superior to previous forms. Which makes me kinda sad, but whatev.