Freedom!!!!!

I turned in my fall 2011 grades. Overall the students did ok; then again you’d expect that from differential equation and upper division students.

I learned a few things along the way too, though hopefully the students learned far more.

Workout notes
I am still weak; I think that yesterday’s bathroom fest was caused by a combination of the department lunch (“home style” buffet) and dinner (Chinese buffet). My digestive track just couldn’t handle what I put into it. Yesterday was the “bananas and bagels” thing and that worked out ok.

So today I could work out a bit; I had a SLOW 4 mile run (untimed) which featured 3 hills. This was followed by a “60 percent” weight workout; basically I lightened up on the weight and did about 60 percent of what I normally do:
rows: 2 sets of 10 x 190
pull downs: 2 sets of 10 x 140
curls: 2 sets of 10 x 42 (pulley)
bench: 10 x 135, 5 x 155, 5 x 155
push-backs: 2 sets of 10 x 110 each leg
adduction: 2 sets of 10 x 190
abduction: 10 x 190, 10 x 170
sit ups: 4 sets of 25: level 1, 2, 3, 1
incline press: 2 sets of 8 x 125
military press: 1 set of 15 x 40 dumbbell, 10 x 75 seated on a machine.

So, it was better than nothing at all, but I sure am weak.

Posts
You’ve heard the disparaging term: liberal elite. The post I’ve linked to says that this might not be such a strong line of attack anymore as the gap between the true economic elite (the 1 percent, or perhaps 0.1 percent) and the rest of us widens. Roughly speaking: if you’ve met someone and have anything resembling a real relationship with them, they aren’t in the economic elite.

This post: talks about science and, no matter what Fox News says, is NOT like politics. It is true that scientists are subject to human foibles but as far as science itself: there is no “liberal” vs. “conservative” faction. There are some rivalries between disciplines and perhaps between the experimenters and the theorists, but it isn’t like politics.

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