The Art of the Snowflake

Saw this neat bit on Sunday Morning (my dad's favorite show) about this professor in California that uses a special photomicroscope to take pictures of snowflakes. He has published several books on the subject, but I just think they are really pretty.



In fact, he has a whole website called SnowCrystals.com dedicated to his project. And, just in case you think it's a waste of time, don't worry... he's a physicist. Thus, he has lots of neat science on the creation and morphology of snowflakes, like this neat little chart that looks at the shape of the snow crystal based on the temperature and the supersaturation:


Oh, and just in case you still aren't convinced, he provides this explanation why he's studying it: "This is the way that basic science becomes useful -- figure out how things work the best you can, and later on use that knowledge in unforeseen applications."

:-) Anyways, nerdiness for your morning.

SnOMG: New Post at Rainbow Cincinnati

Seriously, I wrote this in ten minutes. :-) Since I suffered through two days, you, now, have to suffer through what I did for two days. If you'd like the abridged story: nothing.

Here's your preview:

It started bad enough, the two days of the white death we just had here in Cincinnati.
Two tests with grades in the 70s range -- to my credit, I was six points above the course average in one of the classes -- and a patient assignment that can best be described as "complicated," I managed to get home around 5:00pm to discover I had left my keys at school.

Fuck it, I thought, I'm going to bed.
(click here for the whole shebang)

Don't forget to check out my whole column over at Rainbow Cincinnati. And find the rest of the excellent content of the site by clicking on the image below.

Random Post

Somedays I log onto my blog and think, "Now what am I doing again?"

That was just now. 

I'm so bored I'm cleaning. Even bleaching my whites. This is why I went to school... relief from abject boredom. Seems appropo.

I know, great post. 

Kthxbye!

SnOMG!!!!!

After yesterday's craptastic day, Christ College canceled classes today!!! Watching WLWT because they are my friend on Twitter. Seriously.

This is fun too: this is live streaming video of one of their reporters driving around so you can see what the roads look like. Quality is questionable based on the signal, but it's neat when it works. 

Update: I've been debating this this morning. The nurses are at work, they have to go in. Sure, some people will not be able to make it in, but pt census will be down, especially in the ED. What does it tell us, as nursing students, about snow? Maybe they shouldn't have cancelled classes... especially clinicals. Nurses go in regardless of weather. The administration, though, wants to sit inside at home. I guess that's what matters.

SNOW DAY!

I have a shit ton of stuff to post, but I have to admit, I'm still the southern boy when it comes to snow. It makes me happy when it's soft and beautiful like it is this morning. And the best part? Working third shift, I get to see it start to fall and before it becomes dirty city snow :-). 

OHIO/CINNKY: Random inappropriate comments about the snow...

(No names are used as not implicate the people I love.)

"I heard 12 inches were coming and I thought I'd give you a call."

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"That don't look like 12 inches to me."
"Oh, honey, how many times has someone told you they were bringing 12 only to have five or six show up at your door?"

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And from the front page of the Cincinnati Enquirer:
"It was how deep?

"Whether you got 9 inches or 15, it was still fun out there"

ADVENTURES OF: The Jewish Troll

I'm going to be taking pictures of the snow as it comes down on top of my THE TROLL, which is happily (probably not) letting the snow fall down upon it. I'll be updating you hourly with what she looks like!!! (And, yes, she's missing a shoe. I am a cruel, cruel bitch. She pissed me off. And now she will be cold. LOL)

820am:













920am:














1020am (She fell over, and, because we're all for fair journalism here that shows what the world is REALLY like here on the ground... I left her there. I am a cruel bitch.):











1120am:










1220pm:









0120pm (where did she go???):












I think I'm going to turn on a movie. It's coming down as mostly ice now. :-) I'll be back, I promise.

220p











0350a (the next morning, on my way to work)











0620p (36 hours later)














And, it's done. Easy come, easy go.

OHIO/CINNKY: SNOW DAY! (and 150th post!)

So today is the day that the skies open up and dump up to 12 inches on the city of Cincinnati. In honor, here are some pictures of the first inch starting to come down:






























(Of course the troll had to play along. Check out the next blog for today's task.)

BTW--> Does anyone know how to use a Canon PowerShot S3IS? I'm doing a lot of pointing and shooting and the pictures are not as clear as I would hope! Help!!!!!

Oh, and this is an update, because the troll is making rounds on my text messages and people are laughing, but here are the street pictures I'm taking too:

820am:













920am:



















1020am:















1120am:












1220pm: (please not the snow plow that's not plowing)












0120pm (hell yea postman, well done... thanks for the fucking bills):