dates, brownie work, and weather reports

Yesterday was February 29th. I didn't really think about it until after I had posted or I would have mentioned it yesterday. Wouldn't it be really odd to be born on the 29th of February? Really your birthday would not come every year, but every four years. It would be strange to have to celebrate your birthday on a day that really isn't your birthday. So I ask you, would you rather celebrate your birthday on March 1st or February 28th (if you birthday was actually the 29th)? Just something to think about.

Today, despite my chemistry professor's prediction, has turned into a beautiful day. However, I have been inside for most of it doing homework. Chemistry pre-labs have turned into a down right Saturday nightmare. Then of course it hasn't helped that I have put off a lot of little things because of my chemistry and calculus exams last week, so basically I have all these time consuming little things that I have to attend to this weekend. My only happy thought, I have three weeks until my next chemistry exam. Some how that makes all the little things seem a bit less like pure torture and only complete agony. (In case you don't know the list goes: torture, agony, suffering, annoyance, mindlessly boring, boring. There is a pleasure list as well that goes (from best of worst): Heaven, bliss, adulation, fascinating, enjoyable, interesting, mildly boring, boring.)

I believe I have recovered enough from my exam to give you another interesting (though perhaps I should say fascinating) chemistry fact. Expansion work equals the negative pressure times the the change in volume. So now if your want to calculate how much expansion work was done on your freshly baked brownies you can.


Cheers! and Happy Saturday!

Your Literary Junkophile.


Amendment 1: Never take weather advice from a chemist.

Amendment 2: Or the weather channel.

Amendment 3: Remember that expansion work is not the only kind of work, so be careful when you calculate your brownie work.