Friday, February 22, 2008

Your Results:

1. Theoretical Ideal Candidate (100%)
2. Kent McManigal (campaign suspended) (86%) Information link
3. Ron Paul (79%) Information link
4. Wayne Allyn Root (78%) Information link
5. Alan Keyes (78%) Information link
6. John McCain (66%) Information link
7. Chuck Hagel (not running) (65%) Information link
8. Tom Tancredo (withdrawn, endorsed Romney) (65%) Information link
9. Mitt Romney (withdrawn, endorsed McCain) (63%) Information link
10. Newt Gingrich (says he will not run) (59%) Information link
11. Jim Gilmore (withdrawn) (58%) Information link
12. Stephen Colbert (campaign halted) (56%) Information link
13. Sam Brownback (withdrawn, endorsed McCain) (56%) Information link
14. Duncan Hunter (withdrawn, endorsed Huckabee) (53%) Information link
15. Fred Thompson (withdrawn) (53%) Information link
16. Barack Obama (48%) Information link
17. Rudolph Giuliani (withdrawn, endorsed McCain) (47%) Information link
18. Bill Richardson (withdrawn) (46%) Information link
19. Al Gore (not announced) (45%) Information link
20. Christopher Dodd (withdrawn) (45%) Information link
21. Tommy Thompson (withdrawn, endorsed Giuliani) (44%) Information link
22. Hillary Clinton (43%) Information link
23. Wesley Clark (not running, endorsed Clinton) (40%) Information link
24. Mike Huckabee (39%) Information link
25. Joseph Biden (withdrawn) (39%) Information link
26. Dennis Kucinich (withdrawn) (39%) Information link
27. John Edwards (withdrawn) (37%) Information link
28. Michael Bloomberg (says he will not run) (36%) Information link
29. Alan Augustson (campaign suspended) (35%) Information link
30. Mike Gravel (34%) Information link
31. Elaine Brown (8%) Information link

Thursday, February 14, 2008

Here is what puts a (viscous) damper (or dashpot) on my social life:

Compressible Aerodynamics
Aircraft Sructural Dynamics
Flight Dynamics
Modeling and Symulation of Dynamic Systems
Special Topics in Aerodynamics
I often sit at my desk with razor blades.
just by the by


I am 1 part shipping and receiving department, 1 part quality department, and 1 part "don't look board when my boss doesn't have anything for me to do" department.

Friday, February 01, 2008

The old man storms into the office my boss and I share. Through heavy breaths he says "well there was a fire today." We gave a courtesy laugh assuming he was joking. Yesterday my boss, Corey, asked Stan if there was a fire in the sheet metal room. Stan gave him a hard time for not knowing what the explosion mold, grinding and welding smell like. Stan wasn't laughing any more. Yesterday he was grinding with sparks flying at the wall. Today he rotated his "rig." Most of the sparks were flying at the wall. Others found a dry shop towel on the floor and began to smolder. Not far away was a can of MEK, a strong liquid solvent with flammable vapors, that Stan claims he closed. Stan looks up from his work after the room becomes very bright. The old man's pure white hair and handlebar mustache run for the fire extinguisher that has never been used in the history of this company. A yellowish-white powder suffocates the flame. A plume of smoke exists the building through large box fans installed in the exterior walls of the shop room. Stan looks at his work bench, tools and hardware covered with powder. A bag melted to shreds gives freedom to 3000 tiny rivets. Corey and I explode with authentic laughter as we evaluate the scene. Stan’s still not laughing; he's upset about the mess on his project. The old man gathers his Girl Scout cookies and flannel coat and goes home.