Saturday Randomness

First things first: HAPPY EARTH DAY!!!!!

Okay, I'm at work. By working today, I was able to have last Monday off (to come home from NC) without using vacation time. It just means that I'll be sitting here in boredom till 3pm today. Joy.

Let's see, something you might enjoy:

I never knew court transcripts could be so entertaining, but if you share my interest in the whole evolution/ID "controversy" (which I fondly like to refer to as "Creationists trying to repackage a religious idea and teach it to unsuspecting youth under the guise of science"), you may enjoy reading the transcripts of the Dover, PA court case - the one where the School Board made teachers read a "disclaimer" about Evolution - which can be found here. This actually helped renew my hope in the future of science education, because before the court could even make a ruling, the voters had ousted all members of the Board who supported the "disclaimer." Power to the people!

My final exam in Financial Management is Thursday. For the Midterm, we were allowed one 8.5" x 11" piece of paper, front & back, on which to copy formulas, examples, etc. to assist us on the test. Okay, understandable, I'm not a big fan of memorizing random formulas; in fact, in my Chem class in college, we were allowed a 3"x5" index card for each test -- but only ONE, so as the semester progressed, you either wrote smaller or left off the stuff you knew. Back to Financial Mgmt -- my GRAD LEVEL course -- we are now allowed TWO 8.5" x 11" sheets, front & back, for the Final. Come on, people! Good grief, isn't that a bit much? So, I'm taking my "page" from the midterm, shrinking it to 33%, and therefore getting almost two blank pages to write notes covering the last 6 chapters of material. And forget actually writing notes, I'm just copying & shrinking the PowerPoint slides from the review we did in class (because the midterm review was almost EXACTLY the same as the test, just with different numbers). I anticipate NOT stressing over this Final too very much.

Next class on my path to an MBA: Business Economics.

I still have not unpacked from my trip. All clothes in my suitcase smell of cigarettes, thanks B, so I'll be taking them & the rest of my wardrobe to the laundromat tonight.

5 hours left . . .