http://lillowen.com/2009/12/17/in-which-i-briefly-talk-about-physics-for-the-first-and-last-time/ Sun, 20 May 2012 03:37:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://lillowen.com/2009/12/17/in-which-i-briefly-talk-about-physics-for-the-first-and-last-time/comment-page-1/#comment-246 Amy Fri, 22 Jan 2010 05:42:50 +0000 http://lillowen.com/?p=271#comment-246 Cattywompus? Quite possibly the best word I have read in awhile. Time to bring back word of the day. Cattywompus? Quite possibly the best word I have read in awhile. Time to bring back word of the day.

]]> http://lillowen.com/2009/12/17/in-which-i-briefly-talk-about-physics-for-the-first-and-last-time/comment-page-1/#comment-236 Lauren Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:51:31 +0000 http://lillowen.com/?p=271#comment-236 Ha! Perhaps I should tackle a math-based post next. :) Actually, this post was partially based on that conversation we had weeks ago about making big life-changing decisions, and then I watched that episode of Flash Forward and thought man, I'm glad we never really have to see the other life from that other choice all laid out like that. Ha! Perhaps I should tackle a math-based post next. Actually, this post was partially based on that conversation we had weeks ago about making big life-changing decisions, and then I watched that episode of Flash Forward and thought man, I’m glad we never really have to see the other life from that other choice all laid out like that.

]]> http://lillowen.com/2009/12/17/in-which-i-briefly-talk-about-physics-for-the-first-and-last-time/comment-page-1/#comment-233 Bethany Sun, 03 Jan 2010 18:51:37 +0000 http://lillowen.com/?p=271#comment-233 ps. You should talk about physics more often. You are good at it! ps. You should talk about physics more often. You are good at it!

]]> http://lillowen.com/2009/12/17/in-which-i-briefly-talk-about-physics-for-the-first-and-last-time/comment-page-1/#comment-232 Bethany Sun, 03 Jan 2010 18:50:50 +0000 http://lillowen.com/?p=271#comment-232 As you know, Lauren, I think about this stuff all the time... how different paths could end up with different results. Everything from whether or not we decide to move away and change our jobs to... whether to come home via Merryhill or Hwy 7. Somehow it seems as though choosing one thing over the other could lead to a whole different life - the people we'd meet, the advantages we'd have and also the heartbreak that might find us. Since we don't know the possible outcomes (that is, until I master the physics and figure it all out), sometimes it feels like we're choosing blindly. And that bugs me a bit, so I sit here being indecisive when I NEED to decide. I like alternatives, keeping all doors open, but eventually I have to start shutting some doors so that I can actually DO something. Sigh. And you're right, once I've chosen something and done it, I rarely look back at what might have been. And I think I'm pretty happy with the way things are. As you know, Lauren, I think about this stuff all the time… how different paths could end up with different results. Everything from whether or not we decide to move away and change our jobs to… whether to come home via Merryhill or Hwy 7. Somehow it seems as though choosing one thing over the other could lead to a whole different life – the people we’d meet, the advantages we’d have and also the heartbreak that might find us. Since we don’t know the possible outcomes (that is, until I master the physics and figure it all out), sometimes it feels like we’re choosing blindly. And that bugs me a bit, so I sit here being indecisive when I NEED to decide. I like alternatives, keeping all doors open, but eventually I have to start shutting some doors so that I can actually DO something. Sigh. And you’re right, once I’ve chosen something and done it, I rarely look back at what might have been. And I think I’m pretty happy with the way things are.

]]> http://lillowen.com/2009/12/17/in-which-i-briefly-talk-about-physics-for-the-first-and-last-time/comment-page-1/#comment-231 Lauren Fri, 18 Dec 2009 02:22:57 +0000 http://lillowen.com/?p=271#comment-231 See, that's why I cheated. It eliminated the element of suspense, which was less fun, but I didn't die, which was more fun. See, that’s why I cheated. It eliminated the element of suspense, which was less fun, but I didn’t die, which was more fun.

]]> http://lillowen.com/2009/12/17/in-which-i-briefly-talk-about-physics-for-the-first-and-last-time/comment-page-1/#comment-230 Lindsay Fri, 18 Dec 2009 01:26:58 +0000 http://lillowen.com/?p=271#comment-230 I never cheated with the Choose Your Own Adventure Books, but I died a lot... so I stopped reading them. I never cheated with the Choose Your Own Adventure Books, but I died a lot… so I stopped reading them.

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