Musing

Why Ho is Not Good With Dates Appeared without Ho-commentary in the Indy Star on 1/24/03 1. "Show up on time (never early). Don't bring a gift or flowers on the first date; chances are slim you'll pick something to her taste." ~ OK, I was always told that you should get there five minutes early or so in order to make a good impression on her rents and so that you don't keep her waiting. Silly me. 2. "Listen to what she says. Don't talk all night about your dog, car, boat, favorite sports team, job, or last girlfriend." ~ Those seem like the best ways to find out what the two of you have in common on a first date to me. Besides, my memory is so horrible that even when I DO listen, I would fail a quiz given by the date the next day. 3. "Do hold the door or chair for a woman. Don't use the line that "Women's lib made us equal." Any women will appreciate good manners." ~ No shit. Finally, one for three....

***Warning: Do not read this if you have anything against learning things outside of the classroom.*** This may not be anything new to you Zharticans, but I learned that absolute zero does NOT mean total lack of movement at the atomic level. I tried to question the prof about it afterwards, and he just gave me something about a ground level energy state that all atoms/molecules have to maintain. This seems incredibly obvious now that he says it, so I had to give myself a hearty slap on the forehead. On a more revolutionary front, I was skimming a book by Stephen Hawking in Waldenbooks yesterday and I came across something even more interesting: while parallel universes are things of science fiction and science fiction only, similar universes exist...somewhere. Things got technical beyond my ability to grasp in a simple skimming, but the way I understood it, there's a LOT of other J. A. Holewczynski's out there, which rocks me in this world, if not all of the others....

Updates in the World of Ho: 1. Chicago, while freezing, was a lot of fun. We all came home with pizza coming out of our ears, frostbitten earlobes, assorted gifts for ourselves, and for some of us, less gas than we left South Bend with (if you don't know, you don't want to know, trust me). 2. Although I don't have the specific grades with me, my GPA for the first semester was 3.7. Physics was the big hurt: B. Hopefully things will look up next semester... 3. This rolly-chair really kicks arse. I would highly recommend a rolly-chair to any dorm student. Or anyone else for that matter. 4. Oh yeah, my flu is gone. For all of those out there who were unaware of that fact... 5. So...who's up for Chicago? Kidding. 6. The only reason I love the computer at home is because I can burn wonderful CDs like the one that's playing right now. Otherwise, I'd like to nuke that son of a bitch. Thankfully, Heaton used exactly that word ("TOT...