My Super Bowl quotes of the day:



"People who move to Houston fall in love with this place, but before you get here you have a lot of misconceptions -- is it prairie? Is it a swamp? What the hell is it?"

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Like an ungainly adolescent determined to shine at the prom, Houston is going to extravagant lengths to primp for the big event.

Week 3 of fall semester. Why do I feel like I'm in jail, ticking off the time until Week 15 is over. And then I only get to start it all over again. Each semester I hope I will enjoy better than the previous one, but no luck yet. The definition of insanity: repeating the same action and expecting a different outcome.

Yesterday I was so bored, I volunteered myself to convert shuttle's Approach and Land guidance from a simulation written in C, to one in Matlab. This would involve learning a little bit about shuttle guidance first, which should be good for me. But, seriously, not exactly thrilling even for a self-professed nerd. Yet I find myself excited about it because at least its something to entertain me at work.