I can't believe I spent the weekend on forwarding jph@m's offensive emails to the proper deans and administrators.

Interesting pset question

Suppose that, on average, 1 gang-related shooting occurs every 12 hours in Los Angeles.
a. In a 24-hour day, how many shootings are expected?
b. Find the probabilities of 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 gang-related shootings occurring in a 24-hour day.
c. Which numbers of shootings have the highest probability of occurring? Why is this answer
reasonable?
d. Using the information found in part b, draw a probability distribution.
e. Suppose that 10 shootings occur in a 24-hour day. Do you think that this could be a random
occurrence? Use the probabilities that you found in part b to explain your reasoning

Do you see woody?

A tiny woodpecker, in the least dirty way possible

Mona Lisa Reproduce!

the birthrate among Wellesley students is kind of pitiful

How to beat a child the Right and Proper way

Part of a proper education

Tiny Turtle next to Soyjoy for reference

Tiny!

Tiny Turtle

On the way to the Obs

ahhhh cheese

Thanks MMG Partners! (and yzhou, of course)

chichichichichi

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Marshmallow

Swine Flu Shun!

"The ill student should be wearing a mask when she opens the door. Tell her you will leave the food on a table or other surface near her door, keeping a "social distance" of approximately six feet. Do not hand the box directly to the student."

"How to boil water 101"

Why today was awesome

7 hours of sleep
Beasting class presentation and participation with ridiculously minimal (marginal, even) preparation
Cheesecake
Art Library getting rid of my $400.00 in fines
Wine and Cheese
Enough quarters for laundry
90s Music

How we Kowtow (Prof Joseph)

I'm just going to collapse tomorrow night, if not sooner

Mehhh, still very very behind~

a saddle...?

Multiiiiii (I kind of see it, but not really)

Commencement Ceremony

I'm just going to take this as a compliment...?

So arrived back in the states a week ago and have some updates from the 10+ weeks in Asia, but first an interesting scene from Wellesley:

I was helping this first year delete uninstall some program and was stumbling around her computer because it was 1) Vista and 2) in Korean. Anyhow, to distract her from my utter confusion over where everything was and which buttons said what ( (C) is continue, not cancel, btw) I was making some smalltalk and mentioned that I had been in China this summer.

"Beijing?"
"Yeah."
"So, you're Chinese?"
"Yup."
"You don't look Chinese."
"...? So, what do I look like?"
"Japanese maybe? Not Chinese. I have a lot of Chinese friends. You don't really look Chinese."
"Oh..."
"It's a good thing."
"Oh..."

I've decided against over-analyzing this.

Outside of Clapp Library

A glorious pile of returned books