Wednesday, September 8th, 2004

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11:49a	Proof that God hates NASA as much as she hates us... I have a confession dear readers. I like to see NASA fail. What can I say? I'm a bad person. But then you knew that already. The NASA Genesis space probe has been out sampling the solar wind for some time now. Today, it was supposed to make its glamorous re-entry. And it would have been a spectacle, oh yes. The thing was supposed to zip on down into the atmosphere, deploy its parachute, and then get picked up in mid-air by a helicopter. Who the FUCK designs these things? I saw this on the Yuppie-Vision flat panel while I was at the dentist this morning. It isn't enough to have my teeth cleaned, I must also endure CNN at the same time. But I just couldn't contain my glee at thinking of the scene as the pilots missed the pickup. The evil bubbling within my soul wanted to see that thing get dropped. The punchline is that the parachute didn't deploy, and I am deprived of seeing the spectacle of the helicopter missing the pickup. Instead that little critter just augered itself into Utah (I believe). But that's okay. I like debris too. (1 Comment | Comment on this)
2:37p	They don't know what they're in for... Occasionally, shit like this (from APS) appears in my mail. This one caught my eye though... ---------------- 08-SEP-04 Dear Andrew, The American Physical Society is having a contest to create an APS Student mascot! Your creativity is needed to devise an object of some kind to make the Society more recognizable to students. Ideally, the student mascot would be used on future APS student brochures, posters, giveaways, applications, etc. The mascot idea should represent physics in a clever, lively manner. The student who suggests the winning idea will be awarded round-trip airfare to any 2005 APS meeting. This includes the CAM2005 meeting in San Diego (more information about this dynamic graduate student meeting will be sent to FGSA members this winter and spring). --------------- As you might guess, I have some suggestions. Likky the talking liquor bottle! Hey kids! Before you try to take a swing at your advisor, take a swig of me first! Then take another! Keep going until you can't got through with either your suicidal OR homicidal tendencies! Brownie the brown nosed platypus! He's been in school so long he'll do ANYTHING to graduate. And he means ANYTHING! I'm sure you can come up with some too. (Comment on this)

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