Never tell me the odds November 6, 2013
Posted by mareserinitatis in science fiction, younger son.Tags: science fiction, star wars, wisdom, younger son
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As I was explaining (complaining?) to the older son about the odds of some particular favorable event happening, the younger son, who was playing a video game and didn’t even bother looking up from the computer, piped up with this little gem:
You know, he’s a smart kid. If Han Solo hadn’t attempted to outrun the Empire, the most likely outcome would’ve been capture. Of course, I suppose he didn’t see the getting encased in carbonite thing as a potential outcome.
Fortunately, I don’t anticipate that any outcome will result in carbonite encasement regardless of the success or failure of my attempts.
Your name in lights! October 28, 2013
Posted by mareserinitatis in career, engineering, research, work.Tags: funding, names, principal investigator, star wars
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Having an unusual name, I always felt unfortunate. All those cheap little do-dads they sell that have people’s names on them? I never got one. Having a rather rare name means few things ever show up with my name on it. On one occasion, I think my parents felt guilty about this and had some guy at the state fair carve out my name on a wooden key chain. I have to admit that was pretty cool, but sadly the key chain broke after a couple years.
All of that is okay, though, because today made up for that.
I was recently awarded a small amount of money for a project, but the really cool part was that I was the PI on the project. I got the final paperwork from the financial people at the university today. When I opened it up and was ecstatic to see the following:
Principal Investigator(s): Cherish
I would rather have my name there than on any key chain (except for the one my parents got for me).
(As an aside, I do have to admit that seeing it in the Star Wars font is pretty darn cool, too.)
Friday Fun: best videos I came across this week June 8, 2012
Posted by mareserinitatis in Friday Fun, humor.Tags: electronics, robin williams, solar physics, star wars, venus, video
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Just keep in mind that I don’t have a very high bar for all of them….
Friday Fun: For all the Stars Wars Geeks April 27, 2012
Posted by mareserinitatis in Friday Fun, science fiction.Tags: science fiction, star wars, video
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