320 Annexes

Last year, we declared that Illegal Pete's was our Annex. We've met there for beer and celebrations, mid-week release, and farewell parties.

This year, we've cornered a new Annex - let's call it "Annex B." It is actually room 330 in the School of Education building but we have our own door to it from 320F. So thanks to Laura's brilliance, we can declare that as our second Annex. And I've labeled it as such with my label-maker. :)

Elapsed time to degree - Results by discipline college & degree program | PBA

Elapsed time to degree - Results by discipline college & degree program | PBA

Check this out, yo

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Watson's Syndrome

This must be the reason why we don't finish quicker. AT least I'm using that excuse this week.

/SMARTASS

New SPSS Syntax:

1. GENERATE FLOWCHART.

2. FIND THEORY.

Here is the output (it needs some work)

the 320F&D corner on weirdness

We have now been blogging enough to have archives. Wow. I'm not sure if we should be proud or worried.

Today's self defense lesson:

How to Dissuade Yourself from Becoming a Blogger - WikiHow

How to Dissuade Yourself from Becoming a Blogger - WikiHow

Super Geek Cape

Evidently, we all have our moments of super geekism. So we're going to have a little 320f&d version of the hubcap award: a cape. Whoever is the biggest geek gets to wear the Super Geek Cape. (We have yet to construct the cape but it will be a cinchable plastic bag with SG taped on the back.)

The "Geek Cape" is modeled by the lovely Heidi Iverson who is also the first proud owner. The cape is hand crafted by Julie Schneider out of only the finest quality garbage bag. It comes only in black and one size fits all (or at least all of us).

Math Joke

What do you get when you cross a mountain climber with a mosquito?

(the answer is in comments. . . )

Map of 320F Office

Inspired by Cath....








=== = Window
B=Bud
J=Julie
L=Laura
K=Kim
D=Danielle
== = Shelves
C=Coffee pot
P=Printer
V=Visitor's Desk (typically Steve, Kim, or Karla)
M=Mascot; squash masquerading as a peacock

Trivia/UseFUL information contest

So what is the difference between an incandescent light bulb and a halogen light bulb? The winner gets a prize. [Entries will be judged by a panel of 1 expert (not me). Danielle is not eligible to enter].

Good luck.

New Words

Confuded {Kahn·fud·did} /adjective - 1. Being confused or befuddled
etymology: Believed to be derived from Standard English confused (being perplexed or disconcerted) and the result of a standard typo.
confud/ verb
confudely/ adverb
confudedness/ noun

Concisize {Kahn·sIs·Iz} /verb - 1. To take a long section of text and make it shorter. Often the converting of passages of text to tables is involved.
etymology: Modern adaptation of the Standard English "to make more concise." Thus concisize is the result of concisizing "to make more concise."
consisized/ verb- past tense

Metacognate {met·ah·kog·naet} /verb - 1. To engage in the process of metacognition.
Etymology: back-derived from metacognition (noun).
Metacognated/ verb - past tense

Uneliminable {Uhn·E·lim·in·a·bul} /noun - 1. Not able to be eliminated

Schmissertation {shmi·sur·tay·shun} /adjective - 1. Often used in conjunction with dissertation (long paper produced by graduate students) as in "Dissertation schmissertation" to express frustration, annoyance or lack of motivation.
Etymology: Derivative of dissertation. The sch- sound added to the front may be connected to the word schmuck. The exact origins, however, are unclear.

To-the {tu·thuh or tu·thE} /conjunction of preposition and direct article - 1. Used to denote an action in a particular direction or to an object that is unique or has been previously specified (e.g., he walked to-the building) 2. Used to denote action to a particular limit (e.g., she read to-the end of the paragraph)
Etymology: Conjunction of to and the. Particularly useful when bound by word limits or when one has made a statements such as "I've got three words for you" followed by "regression to the mean." Clearly, the use of to-the in the second sentence makes for a logically consistent pair of sentences.
variation: To-a /preposition and indefinite article - variation of to-the used when the noun following has not been previously specified (e.g., he walked to-a building)

Pedagogicality {ped.a.gah.jih.kal.i.tE} /noun - 1. quality or state of being pedagogical. 2. The lesser known refrain to Mary Poppins' perennial favorite, "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" . Sadly, it was the victim of
over-zealous editing.

Multivariate Statistics

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Speculation of the day

Where are our missing peeps?

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