ita, the other day I saw a preview for a movie I bet you'd like, but I'll be damned if I can remember the title. It was French, I think? And action-y. Anyone?

Le Krav ?

More threatening in the sense of likely to incite violence by the people who aren't singing "99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall."

Okay, that totally makes sense.

It was French, I think? And action-y. It was called something like District 13, but that's not right. Anyone?

Ooh. My interest is peakedpiqued.

That's weird. I was just teaching Emmett a similar such schoolyard song the other day and realized it could count as theatening in the post-Columbine environment and that he shouldn't sing it at school.

Wise parenting. You and JZ should have a kid. Hey!

Got it! It was District B13. Or Banlieu 13. Or whatever. [link] [link]

What I want to know is

I know, right? I mean, why not just play it into the speakerphone? Wouldn't "cleaning it up" invalidate it as evidence, since the whole thing rests on it being untouched/un-tampered-with? That made no sense, even by 24 standards.

Congratulations Florida, you're getting a Scientology Super Power training center!

Alianne, My fave part of PB? The guard who said "I'm not a hero for $14 an hour." Very honest sentiment.

Me too! Me too!

I've decided to wear a sari to my friend's wedding instead of a salwar kameez. Now I just have to find a sari, learn how to put it on, and then hook up with another friend the morning of the wedding and dress each other.

so. stoked.

Good for you for calling, aurelia. But ugh.

Yeah, they fight often but the screaming was atypical.

Was it Precinct 13 that took place in Detroit? Maybe they were using the French pronounciation.

That made no sense, even by 24 standards.

It makes sense in the "Oh crap, we've got three hours to go" sense.

I'm showered and off to a production meeting.

Electron Band Structure In Germanium, My Ass

Abstract: The exponential dependence of resistivity on temperature in germanium is found to be a great big lie. My careful theoretical modeling and painstaking experimentation reveal 1) that my equipment is crap, as are all the available texts on the subject and 2) that this whole exercise was a complete waste of my time.

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I sifted through the box of germanium crystals and chose the one that appeared to be the least cracked. Then I soldered wires onto the crystal in the spots shown in figure 2b of Lab Handout 32. Do you have any idea how hard it is to solder wires to germanium? I'll tell you: real goddamn hard. The solder simply won't stick, and you can forget about getting any of the grad students in the solid state labs to help you out.

Once the wires were in place, I attached them as appropriate to the second-rate equipment I scavenged from the back of the lab, none of which worked properly. I soon wised up and swiped replacements from the well-stocked research labs. This is how they treat undergrads around here: they give you broken tools and then don't understand why you don't get any results.

Trudy, saris are so comfortable and feel very elegant in them.

You need the sari but also an underskirt and a top. I just wore a t-shirt under mine since I was borrowing everthing else, and noone had a top to fit me. There are sites on the internet that show you how to wrap a sari, but there's different styles from different regions of India.

The movie has parkour! I totally have to check that out, Jesse. Thanks for the heads up.