Last Thursday I saw a station with 93 octane gas at over $2 per gallon. Now two stations on my drive to work have $2.03 and $2.04 for 93 octane. I have never seen gas prices over $2 in my life.
Myths and hoaxes
A coworker and I were just discussing the direction of water flow in toilets. He didn’t know that the oft-repeated grade school tale of southern hemisphere toilets swirling in the opposite direction is a myth. See http://www.ems.psu.edu/~fraser/Bad/BadCoriolis.html.
www.snopes.com is a great resource for other myths. Teeth do not dissolve when soaked in a soft drink. (My 2nd grade reading teacher actually tried that! Now I know why it didn’t work.) Nova does not mean “doesn’t go” in Spanish. Poinsettias are not poisonous.
DEEM
The EMIS department chairman seem to believe that my plans for Doctor of Engineering in Engineering Management are reasonable, so I am applying to the Doctor of Engineering in Engineering Management program.
EMIS 8363 results
Somehow I got a 60 on the final exam. There must have been a curve because I came out of the course with a B.
Final Exam
I have my EMIS 8363 Engineering Finance final exam in 1 hour. The professor allows open book, open notes, and a calculator or PDA or laptop to be used during the exam. (No internet connection allowed!)
I see two ways to properly study for this exam:
- Pore through massive amounts of material and work lots of practice problems.
- Skim everything and concentrate on just knowing where everything is in the notes and textbook.
Given that I am an “efficient engineer” (per David Russo) I have chosen door number 2.
I don’t know how well I’ll do. I just want to get it over with.
Time for Marie Callender’s Country Fried Chicken meal. (Ugh.)