Wearing Spandex and Riding The Bus

The original title of this post was "Sorcery and Science," but the current title is more catchy I feel. Nevertheless, the original title does give a nice introduction to two of today's prevalent themes. First we talk sorcery. Then we talk science.

Nice leather spandex pants

As some of you are aware, last weekend was not successful for those who fall in the upper echelons of the ovine-caprine scale. Losing to a team whose core fan base considers pro wrestling re-runs to be quality entertainment can be frustrating. Now admittedly, not every Fruit is MUSSing themselves over men wearing spandex and women in leather pants (although some still are). Indeed, these spandex and leather loving fans are more recently being supplemented by persons that would otherwise just fall in the ambivalent middle of the o-c scale.  These persons only like to ride the fruit wagon now that being a Fruit is popular. 

Just remember, the longer a Fruit is on a wagon, the more rotten it becomes. Eventually the sorcery ends.

Do you ride the bus or the bandwagon?

In other news, Engineer R pulled the bus cord for the first time after almost a year of riding the county bus. This is that cord you pull when you want the bus to stop. Since he previously always rode to stops that multiple parties had selected as their destination, it had never prior been necessary for him to pull the stop cord. However, with the change of residence--and in an attempt to avoid riding the bus that slowly ambles about campus shuttling mostly freshman from their dorms--Engineer R rode an obscure bus to an equally obscure location. Hence the pulling of the chord.

Engineer R rides the bus

When he is not pulling cords on buses, Engineer R pretty much does nothing. He has two classes on mathematical statistics and time series, then some credits of research, all of which he dabbles in. This leaves him free to eat dinner at home and to exercise and lose some of the 90 pounds he has gained in the last year. (Good thing spandex stretches, right? Rest assured though that he is not going to become a pro wrestler.)

Engineer J has significantly more responsibilities at school. Because of the structure of her major, she has ended up taking a number of 1-credit courses that meet for long hours each week. Some of these classes take place in the evening. They offered sections that were earlier in the day, but they were all full by the time Engineer J could send something like 29 copies of her transcripts and finally get approval to register. Engineer R has found by sad experience that it often takes a lot of attempts to finally get it right with these state schools. Maybe next year.

In closing, we are going to include some images from Engineer J's homework. These are images she has created. Comment below if you have further questions or comments. Or if you need a referral of a good leather clothing shop.