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Welcome all to my site. This is a place where you can see the stuff that I do on occasion. I want to document what goes on in my life an share my experiences with all of my friends.
Welcome all to my site. This is a place where you can see the stuff that I do on occasion. I want to document what goes on in my life an share my experiences with all of my friends.
[Home, SLO, CA]
[Home, SLO, CA]
I am home. I live in San Luis Obispo. It is in California. I am sleepy so good night.
posted at 10:05 PM by Super Ben
Friday, December 07, 2001
[CCLA, SLO, CA]
Supporting Terrorism
My friend Pat sent me an e-mail about what I should write about, but instead I will post is below because the e-mail explains itself. I totally agree with his views on the subject. In a way we are supporting terrorism.
Hey Ben,
You know what I was thinking that you should write about in your blog section.
I was at the bus stop today and it's really funny to see american flags being displayed on suv's. I mean, what's so american about guzzling gas and supporting middle eastern oil. They're giving money to countries who, then, use it to support terrorism. Those damn suv drivers trying to defend america are actually the cause of the problem, in a perverse way.
I did a little bit of research. Working backwards, Osama Bin Laden is a millionare. The bin Laden family made their fortune in Saudi Arabia doing construction. In the 1980's, the Saudis government gave the bin Laden's a contract to rebuild mosques, public buildings, and roads in Medina and Mecca. Guess where all of the Saudis' money come from. Oil! Oil sold to the US. So in a perverse indirect way, we are supporting terrorism by our dependence on foreign oil. And SUV drivers are the worst offenders.
What do you think?
Pat Ma
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posted at 12:46 PM by Super Ben
Wednesday, December 05, 2001
[Home, SLO, CA]
Liquid Nitrogen
Today we were working with Liquid nitrogen in Physics. The stuff is so cool. It's boiling point is -195°C so when it is exposed to the air it will evaporate. We were to measure the rate at which it evaporates out of a styrofoam cup. We went up to the front of the class and we were all scared to pour it out of the thermoses because we didn't want to freeze out fingers off. My group ended up taking a whole thermos full of it. We started doing the experiment correctly and then the teacher decided to leave. We started doing crazy stuff with it. We were freezing pieces of donuts and trying to shatter them. We then got some leaves from outside becuase there weren't any heads of lettuce available. We crushed those too. We were then figuring out what else we could do with it. We poured some on the table and the nitrogen quickly evaporated away. I accidentally poured a little too much out at one time and it almost splashed onto my friend Elly's feet. We poured some into water also and it froze the surface as son as it touched it. I wish I could have more to play with. Liquid Nitogen is great.
posted at 11:07 AM by Super Ben
Tuesday, December 04, 2001
[Home, SLO, CA]
Being Too Honest
I am way too honest. I could have gotten away with full credit on a group poject if I hadn't told the teacher I didn't so anything with the group. I went to class last tuesday not knowing we had to do our group presentations that day. I thought only a written report was due. I found out that the other 2 in my group had met the day before after class to briefly go over the material. I would have gotten some stuff done, but I didn't go to class. I was so tired from working the audit that i slept through class time on monday. Anyways, I decided to sit with my group as the others were presenting. I wanted to see what little I could do for them. They decided to let me do a little bit of the report. I did the into and some of the facts. I presented it so well that the teacher told me that she wouldn't have known that I didn't do any work. I could have gotten full credit if I didn't say anything. I explained to her about my hardships and why I didn't do it. She was totally understanding.
posted at 1:18 PM by Super Ben
Monday, December 03, 2001
[Holiday Inn Express, SLO, CA]
Emotionally Distraught
Recent events in my life have left me emotionally disturbed. Dealing with these emotions are very difficult becuase of their magnitude of impact on my life. These are long-term emotions that you cannot forget easily. It's kind of hard not going into detail about them becuase it is not a result of one event but several that have occured. My emotions are all mixed up and I cannot think clearly. My health is getting poorer becuase my depression is destroying my appetite. I hope this does not last a long time for I fear this might hurt me in the long run.
posted at 12:49 AM by Super Ben
Sunday, December 02, 2001
[Holiday Inn Express, SLO, CA]
Sometimes Knowing Names
Have you ever had any of those people that you didn't know whether they were your acquaintance or your friend? They the people whose names you sometimes know and sometimes don't know. It's kinf of like the poeple that you had in your first class at college and then only passed by them in the hallways for the next 3 or 4 years. Sometimes you say hi and sometimes you don't even acknowledge them. What up with that? Are we all so afraid of each other that we can't say hi. Sadly enough the answer is yes. But if we all lower our inhibitions and take the initiative, we would be happier and have more true friends. Life would tehn be more memorable is you ahve more people to share it with. I think I need to start taking my own advice instead of jsut dishing it out.
posted at 3:10 AM by Super Ben
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