More Power, Mr. Scott

I was going to blog last night, then the power went out. My laptop still worked (the miracle of batteries), but the two wireless routers on the block died. Lack of internet access makes it difficult to post to a weblog. I should set up email blogging, but I doubt I'd use it.

Yesterday: I did some Heat Transfer homework while Lee talked to Dr. Vakili. I didn't make any headway because this stuff is HARD. It's really just solving the same family of PDEs over and over again with some different boundary conditions, but those tend to be the problem more than the equation. I just now, this minute, had an idea how to solve one of them. I'm not sure yet if it will help much, but it's worth a try.

In class, Dr. Antar was his usual self. He's always very animated and wants to do a good job teaching, which I always appreciate. His method of rewriting the book isn't my preference, but he does offer better explanations and reasons why. He'll answer any question, too. Auditing guy usually asks some good ones. Annoying guy is usually annoying, but he hasn't been there a lot recently.

Night class was cut short because the teacher didn't feel like it. Why can't I do that every week? "I have a (insert body part here)ache. I need to leave early." Lee and I were going to take Sonic into class, but we changed our schedule and ate before class in the office. Class was more memo writing about marketing. Nothing useful for an engineering thesis. I hate that class.

About 9:40 last night, the power went out. It came back on about 11:15, just after I'd decided to go to sleep. So I went to sleep anyway. I slept almost 11 hours. No seminar today, so I kept working on the Heat Transfer. I attempted every problem. I solved one or two of the 10. Those may not be right, but I got an answer. The others I'm going to ask about tomorrow. I hate to bug him about 8 problems that take an hour or more each. What I'd really like is the solution to each problem. Then, I can either figure out what they did or ask more specific questions.

Harold Ford, Jr. lost! Harold Ford, Jr. lost! Harold Ford, Jr. lost! More tomorrow.