Tidbits on the Morning

This weekend, Katie is out of town. So, I have been staying in the new apartment, finishing some honey-dos and generally fixing what needs to be fixed. A big thanks to Joe for helping me install a rack above the washer.

This morning was way too early to be awake. The sun had not come up, and it is hard to maneuver in a dark place that has boxes and cables strewn about. I stepped on plenty on my way to the light switch.

The number 10 bus route got me to campus in a short, 7-minute ride. Perhaps there just are not enough people commuting at six thirty in the morning.

On the bus, I was reading "Graph Coloring and the Probabilistic Method" when a crucial sentence of a proof included the word "irregardless." This stopped me short and I was unable to finish the sentence by the time the bus got to my stop.

Soon, someone will pick me up so we can drive out to Atlantic, Iowa to talk with a bunch of nerdy people about complexity theory. This is a new thing for me, but it seems it could be fun. Today's topic involves computable analysis, but even though I have a full year of graduate analysis I need to look up some terms before I go. Hopefully, I won't be the only one who needs to play catch-up.