Anistropy - deviation from spherical distribution

I’ve been in a time-warp lately, losing complete track of weeks, days, hours and femtoseconds. The last couple of weeks have been marked by 25 hours spent learning electron paramagnetic resonance, losing myself in an alternate 3-d universe and making it through a tornado! Read on, I dare you!

Yes, I spent a horrible amount of time studying for a really hard test last week (physical inorganic chemistry). The test went much, much better than the first. Nonetheless, I have no idea how to judge my grade, seeing as how the class average on the first test was 50%! Coffee was not too friendly during those countless hours – the effects wore off way too soon! So you say that too much coffee is bad for me and that what I have is actual chemical dependence? Read on…

Monday my advisor asked about my research proposal. Where am I at with it with only 5 weeks left before summer? I hadn’t started yet! The Spirit of Genius has led me to some great articles the past few days and helped me right along with this process. Hopefully I’ll have a rough draft ready in two weeks. Feel free to ask about where I’m at with it and how I’m using my time.

The Friday of spring break Nina and I visit the Krannert Art Museu (KAM) at the U of I. You know, I really enjoy viewing classical paintings – I can relax my mind, bringing it into the painting’s story. The museum also had this 3d exhibit (Calcuart, more pics) that was way, way cool. One stands in the center of three panels with projections of these different 3d images. You don't even need drugs to take part in this psychedelic experience, it's awesome!


At Grad IV on Friday the speaker described a proper theology of the soul and body. While it wasn't too applicable, it did give a great basis for the spiritual disciplines of fasting and meditation. I would really encourage you to listen to Todd Daly's talk. Daly is the new systematic theology and ethics prof at Urbana Theological Seminary and did his PhD in 'bodily ethics'.

Oh, and without my knowing, I made it through a tornado tonight! While I was typing away on the pc the wind and rain was pounding against my office building. So much so that I didn't want to leave my desk for fear of the windows breaking. It was at this point that a tornado hit downtown Champaign (3 miles away) and proceeded to travel north to our "Wanamaker corridor". Well, praise God for the mercy of keeping me far from it.

Finally, over spring break a friend of mine had me as a guest on his radio show, Dual Exhaust: No Muffler. The show airs at 12 - 2 am Thursday mornings. You can hear the show by clicking here.