Category Archives: School

still early in the game

Posted on October 5, 2011 by

A month into the semester and things are under control: my class in the Greek and Latin Roots of English is really interesting and useful and I’m taking physics more seriously and trying to get ahead of the class instead … Continue reading →

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I ran into somebody last night

Posted on September 30, 2011 by

It’s been amost two months since my last post and a lot has happened: the summer classes came to an end, I ran a marathon, I ran another marathon, I ran some races, had some fun, and the fall semester … Continue reading →

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conservation of energy

Posted on July 11, 2011 by

As the semester comes to a close, I realize that physics will be with me for life. It always has been, I’ve just never been able to think about how things work in these terms. One of the easiest concepts … Continue reading →

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physics is all around us

Posted on June 23, 2011 by

Just took my first physics midterm today which covered one- and two-dimensional kinematics, conservation of energy, and the physics of force, power, impulse and momentum in terms of Newton’s Three Laws. Nowadays I find myself looking at the world in … Continue reading →

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some thoughts on energy

Posted on June 14, 2011 by

First of all, really happy with the last few weeks as my class has been flying through kinematics, Newtonian physics and circular motion on our way towards deeper topics in physics. At the same time, I’ve been beating myself up … Continue reading →

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seasonal changes

Posted on June 10, 2011 by

It’s been a wild few weeks (hence the lack of updating) but everything is solid gold. The spring semester ended (my first year down!) on some very high notes (grade-wise) although I did have a mini-heart attack when I realized … Continue reading →

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memorial day weekend runs

Posted on May 27, 2011 by

I’ve been cooped up for the last few weeks in the library and my body is dying for physical activity! After I took my last final, I was so exhausted yet so full of physical energy but exhaustion took over … Continue reading →

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on mudras and pranayama

Posted on May 19, 2011 by

Runners need yoga: it’s a fact, plain and simple. You beat your body up for a couple hours, compressing the vertebrae, loading the joints and breaking down the muscle and you need yoga to lengthen the body, bring energy back … Continue reading →

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