December 21, 2005
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Hey there- long time no update.
Well,
grading is almost all the way done, just have a few revisions and loose
ends to tie up. Another semester of grading can only lead to one thing,
another edition of:Students Say The Darndest Things Shake and Bake edition
Here’s some of the ‘best’ answers from this year:
2. Breifly describe the difference between a shield volcano and stratovolcano.
-Stratovolcanoes are the stereotypical volcanoe that looks like a mountain.
-A
sheild volcano is a lower lying volcano more wide. A stratovolcano is
the ones with the more well-known shape, tall and longer.Name three methods that are used to predict volcanic eruptions.
-Testing or visually looking at the type of magma coming out to see what type of eruption will occur
-Magma sediment tests
-Carbon datingName two uses for geothermal resources that are somewhat lower in temperature.
-air conditioning
Approximately how much more energy does a magnitude 6 earthquake have than a magnitude 5 earthquake?
-100° on the mercallis scale
-22-25 joules more energy
-10 km more energy
Describe the difference between an earthquake’s epicenter and its focus.
-The epicenter is the location of the earthquake above ground.
Just
so you know, I’m stickin’ it out in the SLC this xmas and such. It’ll
be the first time I’ll be away from LA and family in my life for this
time of year. But it’s OK, ’cause I’m havin’ fun with Aly’s family! We
hung with her Dad yesturday and her Mom on the weekend, with various
siblings here and there. On Sunday, we went sledding.
It was at a traditional place for the Pedersens called ‘Suicide Hill’ up Big Cottonwood Canyon.
Aly liked it.
It was really a blast, we will certainly go again soon.
Since
none of us are big Christians, we opened presents early. Some of you
may ask me, “How do I know Aly’s the one for me?” Well, just check out
what she got me for xmas:
A Marino jersey from his Pitt days, and
A cool Fossil pocket watch. Yeah, she knows me.
My best present for myself this year was a replacement Swiss Army pocket knife for the one I lost at GSA. I got the Explorer plus,
which comes with (among other things): a pen, a pin, a built-in hand
lens, and a mini screwdriver. Not only that, it was 20% off w/ free
shipping and free engraving (I put my name so if it’s lost again, I
might get it back). I’d recommend Swissknivesexpress.com to anyone that’s looking for a knife.Thanks for listening.
Comments (10)
Haha! Aly looks awesome with the snow completely covering her! That’s hilarious!
I’m sorry to hear about the knife. I was sure it would show up. Damn, that sucks. You’re the only person in the world who has a pocket knife + handlens with them at all times. I hope that in Philly we hear someone talking about how they found just that – then Talia and I will beat him down and get it back for you.
I like “carbon dating” best. Hah! I almost cut part of my thumb off between a knife and the hand lens of the Explorer (don’t know if it was the + or not). The knife snapped back into the housing and forced itself through my thumb against the hand lens. Lots of blood at the time, neat scar now. I warn you of pulling these two tools out at the same time…..
Happy Holidays!!
the sledding looks awesome! we’ll have to come out and visit SLC some day…we’ll be up in idaho for xmas…
awesome dude… no snow here in oklahoma!!!!
is the weather for all the different places new on your xanga or have i just never noticed it before? cool.
Now, I know you’re in love!
But, those answers to those questions were hilarious to read, and I know that I’ll have to get used to knucklehead answers like that when I start teaching. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you!
I love the new setup with the trips and rants and everything. I read your sept 11 entry. Very good. That trip is so memorable. One of my big sept11/cascades memories is sitting by that lake (don’t know the name of it) where we camped on the non-blasted side of mt st helens, i think it was sept 12. It was silent. Perfectly silent. No airplanes. And at night, there were no cars coming in. That was the most silence I’ve ever heard.
DAMN DUDE…YOU HIT THE JACKPOT. NOT THE SUPER LOTTO…THE MEGA SUPER LOTTO.
Nice new page design….
RYC: Yeah, I already thought about what a kid’s life is going to be like who is born this close to Christmas. We won’t ever screw him over on presents. I can’t control what other people do, though. Well, we didn’t exactly have a lot of control over this situation, so….. He’s not here yet, FYI. Soon, I hope.
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