The 16th-century Italian painter Caravaggio received scathing criticism in his day for depicting people of the Bible as common. His critics reflected a time when only members of royalty and aristocrac

I think at the end they all finally get it, only at the very end. Lucky them.Lucky them because even in the end I still don't understand the thought-pattern, my thought-pattern. Perhaps had they heeded those little red sticky notes of innuendos a

I am angry at many things.

I visited NYC a few weeks ago. Suddenly being from Tejas didnt feel that great anymore. I mean, New Yorkers had style, NYC was fun in every imaginable way and I enjoyed every bit of the short weekend spent there. I will go back again.

Two nights ago I went to see the Seether concert at the Palladium ballroom in downtown Dallas. Safety Suit then Red opened for Seether , I think Safety Suit did a remarkable job, they rocked out good and I bought their CD. But Seether just killed i

You know how it is with first loves, you can never quite forget them or get them out of your head. So this is about my first love - analog and mixed-signal electronics. For a few weeks I thought getting out of it is what'll make me happy, vesting

Yesterday I had a conversation with a Nigerian that veered towards the instability in many sectors in Nigeria. He, like with many other Nigerians and especially the bloggers, had the raw audacity to in one sentence ridicule and correct the method of

Listen up.This is coming two weeks late, but better late than never.Here are my top picks for July1. Disturbed - Criminal Reminds me of the pre-Digerati era 8/9 years ago. Certain actions afterwards will result in an unfortunate series of events.Favo

Nothing makes sense anymore.

'Tis oft misfortunes come together, or after one mischief another - Dougal GrahamI heard this uttered by a close friend and confidant at a time he was in really circumstances. Lots of truthfulness in it. Also makes me realize whatever tough luck

Took a knock in last Saturday's soccer game, my shin is swollen twice its size. Hope nothing's broken. From now on, I'll always use shin-guards.

Today I have submitted my first summary for some work I have done which I am the principal author. I hope the summary is accepted and they request a full paper. I hope I can publish two papers eventually out of the work on radiation in space electron

I'm most impressed by the continuous stream of new music in the rock genre.Top bands going into June ... I mean these are buy-it-steal-it-download-it-burn-it goodstuffs IMHO.1. The Raconteurs - Carolina Drama 2. Seether - Rise Above This 3. The

A while back I dated this black girl from Nigeria. It didn't work out a for a variety of reasons, and we went our separate ways amicably. I regret dating her though, because she was not only beautiful, but she made me laugh, and had a lot of conf

So I broke and made the phone call. I can't quite decide what to make of the conversation. I hardly feel these are things I should be worried about now. I hate this kind of pressure, even if it is the slightest. And about many other things, some

Not my ass crack.My fingers are itchy, I need something to occupy my time. This whole life thing is playing out how I always thought it'll be. Grad, get a job, be content as an individual contributor, then live and live and live and die. The End.

1. Finish writing draft for first FT technique paper, do a bit more on CWT to backup math, get to Chair by end of April.2. To get motivated for future school, call old man consistently and whine and gripe about how hard the MS was.3. Start coolest st

In the past week, my support shifted abruptly from Barack Obama to John McCain. I have way too many buddies from ROTC who have spilled their guts fighting wars abroad.Should be writing at least two IEEE papers based off my thesis, but June 1 is far f

I'm fortunate to have walked away from what could have been a fatal auto accident.Rude.

Last week, I was having a really bad day. So when I was driving into the parking lot of local Wal-Mart accompanied by my rather impressionable roomie and a Japanese dude cut in front of me, you best believe I jumped out of my car and barked orders at

You know you're on the edge when you have less than 24 hrs to submit the most difficult work you've done in your life. It will be near complete if you weren't such a perfectionist, and if you didnt keep getting newer ideas on how thi

I wont get to do this again until 2012, by then I'll probably have dreadlocks ... I know I'll definitely be in a band. I should have a couple Rude, Jnrs running around and being really naughty like their daadaa. Hmmmn, the things I dream abou

If you dont feel like reading the history, just scroll to the SOLUTION.My roomie dumped his 17" inch Acer LCD monitor for flicking "on-and-off", and I've been enjoying the hell out of the monitor (dual with my notebook) for two mon

I nearly got in a fucking argument with three fuckers with PhDs, they'd have gotten the better of me no doubt, and in vindictive ways. I mean what level-headed student tells his committee they're up shit's creek with a barbed-wire canoe.

What's all this fucking research shit anyway, I mean I've been mundo-fucking-gracious with all this you're-so-red-ass-so-let's-add-this-too shit. So this deal's off buster. I'm handing in the fucking lab keys, saying thanks bu