anti-racism rally
some students at trent have been attacked over the course of the past couple weeks. all attacks were random acts of violence (one guy even got slashed on the face and arms with some kind of razors), and all involved racial slurs. at our OPIRG board meeting there was talk of doing something in the new year (speakers, seminars, etc), but i was all in favour of "doing it old school" and just throwing a rally together. i definitely appreciate organized events, but i think there's a time and place to just do things. and we did! there was a sudden mini blizzard on the day of our rally, but that didn't dissuade the vigor of the committed group that showed up. you can check for the details at http://www.trentarthur.ca/ on monday, or let google find the local news briefs on it. it was a great success.
seasonal shtick
yeah yeah i know, christmas hype drives me crazy too. but i do really love snow and bundling up and spiced drinks and evergreen boughs and hugs and cheery people. i also get a kick out of the fact that the clocktower downtown plays carols. it could easily be obnoxious, but it's tremendously cute instead. the carols are purely instrumental and loud enough to get the job done without overpowering anyone trying to have a conversation on the street.
icing
the storm this week (finally!) was followed by a night of sleet and everything's now a sheet of ice. i'm sure old ladies are breaking hips all over town -and i really am sorry for that- but i love it. while everyone does the familiar shuffle-step to avoid slipping, i prefer the run-skate. it's quick and fun and the chance of falling is lower because of my momentum!
this time next week
my stats exam will be behind me, i'll have graded the 60? 70? 80? labs waiting for me, and i'll be reveling in the company of my adored VA folks. if only i didn't have to make it through this week to get there...
plus a most adoring Happy Birthday (and congrats for a sparkly new M.Sc.) to sweet, sweet Julia!
..and although the lyrics have nothing to do with julia, that got this song by our lady peace (another canadian pride band that most americans have never heard of) hopelessly stuck in my head:
http://www.dizzler.com/music/Our_Lady_Peace (double click on julia)
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2 comments:
on the topic of old ladies breaking hips, i watched this show one time where they were trying to find out why some old people fell down more than others and if they could be taught a better way to fall. so they basically just tripped a bunch of elderly people. mostly i think it was their reaction speed in bringing a foot forward when they tripped, but i think part of it was in how well they could adjust their momentum.
anyway good luck this week!
ah yes, some project designs are more complicated than others...
-2(ln(likelihood)+2k*(n/n-k-1)!
ack! i've been stuck in statistics so long i'm starting to forget my english... hm, i think the logistic regression formula for AICc roughly translates to:
i'm so excited to be seeing you soon!
:)
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