| Adventures in veterinary school: Year One (event) | by Rai Tai | As of 9:32 a.m on May 6th, 2008, I am officially done with my first year of studies at the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine. It has been absolutely more than I could imagine-- more work, more pain, more suffering, more long hours spent over books and notebooks and dead bodies than I thought a person could undertake and survive. It has also been more ...
|  |
| May 9, 2008 (log) | by iceowl | | As is our habit, the dog walk is in the evening. Oz and I head over to Novitiate Park at dusk. In clear violation of Santa Clara county ordinance 11.5 stroke whatever-whatever, we enter the grounds after sunset and stroll on the dirt trails.
These days the stars are bright. Some nights you can see the Milky Way through the light pollution.
Since my Lasix surgery my night vision is pretty bad. I rely on Oz to keep me on track. She's closer to the ground and as an official...
| |
| ram accelerator (thing) | by The Custodian |
The ram accelerator is a method of launching a projectile from a fixed mechanism. That's a lot of words for 'it's a gun.' What makes this gun special is how it works. In a 'regular' gun (and we're talking idealized 'gun' here) a propellant is ignited behind a projectile. The propellant expands rapidly, creating a high pressure area behind the projectile which is forced along the barrel by the pressure differential. The problem is that this isn't a very efficient way of doing things, in terms...
| |
| afterimage (thing) | by Simulacron3 |
Afterimages are a class of visual phenomena in which some aspect of an image persists after the visual stimulus for the image ceases. In simpler words, we continue to see something that is not there anymore. There are two types of afterimage, negative and positive.
The positive afterimage is like a positive photograph; it has the same coloration as the original image. The familiar example is when you happen to be staring at a flashbulb when it goes off and...
| |
| Endogamy (idea) | by fallensparks | It's like Webster says.
The practice of marriage within a social group. Examples of such a group
include occupation, family, colour, caste, nationality and religion. Religion is
probably the most relevant grouping worldwide. The Amish community and Orthodox
Jews may be the most famous practitioners but endogamy, to varying
degrees, is extremely common.
...
| |
| May 6, 2008 (person) | by Lucy-S | I want to tell you all something, but I can't, not yet, and so I'll tell you something else.
I'm almost there. The things I've been working toward the past decade are finally coming together. I'm close to starting a new life as the person I've wanted to be my whole life.
It took me longer than I thought it would. I guess ...
| |
|
