Happy New Year! (and keeping it real...)

What better way to keeping it real than showcasing a talk that discusses ways the Earth could end? This one is aptly titled, "10 ways the world could end"

First class starts tonight (woo hoo!)

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I know, I know it seems like the proverbial shooting fish in a barrel, but some creature that I can't identify is having a fight somewhere in the neighborhood, freaking out my dog, and now I can't go back to sleep; so why not blog?
My alma mater is number one! Whoo hoo!
Woo hoo, Jane has posted a trick-or-treaty November Scientiae over at her blog! Go read! Yayay!
Gosh, there sure is a lot of snow out there! Update (1:00 am): Whoo hoo! My street just got plowed. God bless taxes!