The last several weeks have been so incredibly busy. Sheesh. Subsequently, this entry is merely an attempt at moving on form the last one. Not much else.
Still, if you're interested, I've started a little High Fantasy serial that takes place in my D&D campaign world--I started writing it in order to prepare for running a campaign over the summer. The main characters are characters...
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Still, if you're interested, I've started a little High Fantasy serial that takes place in my D&D campaign world--I started writing it in order to prepare for running a campaign over the summer. The main characters are characters...
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Something a little different...a little sword and sorcery. 
He shifted.
The bitter drink in his hand, the metal goblet cold against his over-hot skin, sloshed forlorn droplets to the battered, grime-covered stone floor. The runes that had so artfully been etched into that floor centuries ago, once glowing with a power so far beyond comprehension as to be almost laughable, had long since been worn...
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He shifted.
The bitter drink in his hand, the metal goblet cold against his over-hot skin, sloshed forlorn droplets to the battered, grime-covered stone floor. The runes that had so artfully been etched into that floor centuries ago, once glowing with a power so far beyond comprehension as to be almost laughable, had long since been worn...
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radiofrank:
Thanks - and thank you for sharing another amazing bit of work with us. Well done!
annalee:
Thank you for the little bit of Proust, it was a good introduction because I'm afraid I have never read any Proust at all yet but now I am inspired to!
This is what I get for drinking absinthe before bed time. Enjoy. 
She wasnt sure when she decided to fuck the Devil.
There could really only be one sort of option at that point, and she knew it--knew it far beyond any shadow of any time, any fractional doubt. The Devil was going to be hers. Hell be damned.
He entered her room just before...
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She wasnt sure when she decided to fuck the Devil.
There could really only be one sort of option at that point, and she knew it--knew it far beyond any shadow of any time, any fractional doubt. The Devil was going to be hers. Hell be damned.
He entered her room just before...
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pyromethious:
A-V-B!?! is that even legal to make :-D
radiofrank:
Thank you!
...and this, good sir, is brilliant. Well done!
...and this, good sir, is brilliant. Well done!
Ah, been a while....
Shadows moved and, in their density, he could see shapes and forms, ephemeral discordances that beckoned, reached, cursed and hurt. He moved through the doorway and found a small chamber beyond. Forged from the very stone, the chamber was cold and damp, lichen hanging from its ruined walls, rusted iron rings set at disconcerting intervals. The chamber was lit by a...
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Shadows moved and, in their density, he could see shapes and forms, ephemeral discordances that beckoned, reached, cursed and hurt. He moved through the doorway and found a small chamber beyond. Forged from the very stone, the chamber was cold and damp, lichen hanging from its ruined walls, rusted iron rings set at disconcerting intervals. The chamber was lit by a...
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radiofrank:
...actually, you probably did need to tell me that. I'm always interested in what other writers have to say about this sort of thing, and your input is greatly appreciated.
I hope that you'll favour us with more of your "sketches" as time goes on - and should we do a fundraiser in your neck of the woods, you will be the first to know.
(Since you're out that way, though, what about hitting up the Prom? I've always heard good stuff about it.)
I hope that you'll favour us with more of your "sketches" as time goes on - and should we do a fundraiser in your neck of the woods, you will be the first to know.
(Since you're out that way, though, what about hitting up the Prom? I've always heard good stuff about it.)
radiofrank:
I do it because I care, haha.
...and you should come! It is the mother of all parties.
...and you should come! It is the mother of all parties.
School starts up again next week. I'm probably not as prepared as I should be, but I've still got time (the first week starts on Tuesday, so I'm only teaching once--on Wednesday--and that's just the intro/calculus review, which I'm prepared for). My first actual lecture won't be until the week after next. Meh.
Been doing some work on my current novel project--which has been under...
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Been doing some work on my current novel project--which has been under...
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radiofrank:
Wow, that sounds like it's going to be one hell of a book. Can I get an autographed copy when it gets published?
rk:
I think I knew that, but it is useful to hear it from another. It has been on my mind all day today, and I think perhaps I'd be better off not going to her until I can somehow influence her to help herself, or she does it on her own.
How'd the wednesday class go?
How'd the wednesday class go?
Happy Holidays, everyone!
The semester ended fairly well, if I do say so. The last week has been kind of quiet--now I just have X-mas and New Years and prepping for my physics class next semester (I'll be teaching calculus-based E&M, waves, optics and, if time permits--which I doubt--a little relativity and one-dimensional quantum). I've already begun going through the text book and trying to...
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The semester ended fairly well, if I do say so. The last week has been kind of quiet--now I just have X-mas and New Years and prepping for my physics class next semester (I'll be teaching calculus-based E&M, waves, optics and, if time permits--which I doubt--a little relativity and one-dimensional quantum). I've already begun going through the text book and trying to...
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jaime:
thanks!
paranormal stuff, huh?
paranormal stuff, huh?
jaime:
we are working on an album. check the myspace for updates please
In an odd twist of mixing my scientific/mathematical background with my...shall we say, not-scientific background, I've taken the position of science adviser to the Coastal Organization for the Research of Potentially Supernatural Events. Or C.O.R.P.S.E. How could I resist with that name?
Anyway, I'm actually pretty excited about this. Far too many academics shrug off things that are not 'mainstream' science and although...
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Anyway, I'm actually pretty excited about this. Far too many academics shrug off things that are not 'mainstream' science and although...
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pyromethious:
I think we're out of the danger zone, I'm blogging on it
Oh and if you need any help with C.O.R.P.S.E. I hear there's plenty of mortitian SG/Hopefuls ;-)
Oh and if you need any help with C.O.R.P.S.E. I hear there's plenty of mortitian SG/Hopefuls ;-)
Well, long time no commenty.
School and work have been keeping me busy. The physics class is going well, I guess. There've been quite a few bumps in the road, but I'm learning. In fact, I'm teaching the calculus-based optics/E & M class next semester so, well, there goes my winter break, but the class'll be fun (read: challenging).
I guess I've officially picked my...
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School and work have been keeping me busy. The physics class is going well, I guess. There've been quite a few bumps in the road, but I'm learning. In fact, I'm teaching the calculus-based optics/E & M class next semester so, well, there goes my winter break, but the class'll be fun (read: challenging).
I guess I've officially picked my...
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radiofrank:
Optics? E & M? Those were two of my least favourite subjects, haha.
I'm sure that you'll do fine. Considering that your physics class is going on so well, I have no reason to doubt that this will also go well for you.
I look forward to hearing more about your research topic in the near future!
I'm sure that you'll do fine. Considering that your physics class is going on so well, I have no reason to doubt that this will also go well for you.
I look forward to hearing more about your research topic in the near future!
First week done. Not bad, if I say so myself. The functional analysis homework only took me two days to complete and both lecture sessions for physics went off pretty well. I'm happy. I really like the opportunity to spent basically three hours, twice a week, expounding on physics and generally making a fool of myself.
Case in point: I opened my second lecture with...
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Case in point: I opened my second lecture with...
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radiofrank:
Firstly, happy (very belated) birthday! I hope that you had a wonderful day.
I'm glad to hear that your lectures are going well - and I completely agree with your decision to more or less ditch the textbook. I haven't the faintest idea why any physics text (especially one for non-physics types) would teach the subject in that order.
I'm most interested to hear about what you're going to do next, especially since your class is no longer "theoretical".
I'm glad to hear that your lectures are going well - and I completely agree with your decision to more or less ditch the textbook. I haven't the faintest idea why any physics text (especially one for non-physics types) would teach the subject in that order.
I'm most interested to hear about what you're going to do next, especially since your class is no longer "theoretical".
rk:
Thanks man, I think I'll be up and about today already. I just feel like I got kicked in the gut a couple times.
How are things back in SB?
How are the lectures going now?
How are things back in SB?
How are the lectures going now?
School starts Monday. Had the first of two department meetings tonight (the TA meeting--the actual, full department meeting is Monday). I spent the last three days working out a nice syllabus (I wouldn't have worried about it but I'm the first TA to teach a Physics class at my school--which is relatively new...ish--and I had to include things that I didn't have to for my...
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radiofrank:
That's more like it.
valium:
ahah it's okay thanks !!
thanks !!
Thanks for the belated birthday wishes, good sir.