Desk entropy

I was amazed at the accuracy of this Ph.D. comic in depicting the trajectory my desk has taken over the years (click on the comic for a bigger view). I can only hope that I manage to get my desk to the final stage depicted in this comic by the time I defend.

Challenge Me!

This past weekend, I amazed party goers at KBS by successfully completing both the cinnamon challenge and the flour challenge on the same night!!! What are these difficult, strenuous, and manly challenges, you ask? They involve eating a select amount of an item (cinnamon or flour) dry, without the aid of any externally produced liquid swallowing agent. What especially impressed the witnesses of my triumph was my eagerness to attempt these challenges without the aid of the large amount of liquid courage normally associated with such amazing endeavors.

First, I downed a teaspoon of cinnamon with ease. Not having learned my lesson, I next consumed a tablespoon of dry flour!!! If only someone had videotaped the event and posted it on Youtube....

Sadly, I learned after completing both of my feats that the cinnamon challenge was administered incorrectly. It was supposed to be a tablespoon of cinnamon as well, thus I only completed 1/3 of the cinnamon challenge. In order to prove that I can accomplish the entire challenge, I will eat a tablespoon of cinnamon the next time I am in Lansing if my blog readers will encourage me to do so. Please, provide me with cinnamon and lots of peer pressure and I will be happy to perform the historic feat for you all!!!