Off-Topic

[ThisSlumgullionIsSoVapid]

I'm frequenting this site too many times with not enough updates.

Figured I'd make some random thread for non-sense while we wait.

Thought someone might get a chuckle out of this

[ThisSlumgullionIsSoVapid]

And some other more sociological things

and www.PhDcomics.com - if you've never been there you're sure to waste some time flipping through the archive.

[Supernovasky]

Love them!

[ThisSlumgullionIsSoVapid]

On another tangent, has anyone listened to last weeks 'This American Life'? (The episode is Kid Politics).

If not, I highly suggest listening to it. The first 1/3 where the kids have to role play as Reagan was pretty interesting/disturbing.

[sciencegirl]

Yes... but it was a repeat first aired awhile ago.. (they do that sometimes)... the Reagan library one is a classic episode. For some reason, the This American Life episodes that feature children are the most fascinating.. I still get chills thinking about the episode with the two transgender children "Somewhere Out There" - amazing radio. I'm surprised Ira Glass hasn't gotten a MacArthur.

[Supernovasky]

Need some sociology humor.

This UT Austin rejection sucks :-/

Gotta break up with my girlfriend because of it. She's moving to Austin for a killer job.

[ThisSlumgullionIsSoVapid]

Need some sociology humor.

This UT Austin rejection sucks :-/

Gotta break up with my girlfriend because of it. She's moving to Austin for a killer job.

Woah. I'm really sorry to hear that. That makes things 100x heavier.

If I lived near you I would take you out for an old fashion printer smashing

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=528_1301224180

[sociologyplease]

Ugh, I'm sorry about the UT Austin rejection, Supernovasky. UCSB, please call me! I'll be available all night and day to answer your call!

[socihealth]

I think a rejection which meant a break up would make me crumble. Im sorry to hear that. My SO and I are distance right now but I am not sure how things will shake out after admissions decisions go out.

Thanks for posting some fun things guys! Its good to try to get our minds off of apps for a few minutes now and then. Im actually about to turn on some Seinfeld re-runs.

[ThisSlumgullionIsSoVapid]

[ThisSlumgullionIsSoVapid]

Imagine a circle that contains all of human knowledge:

By the time you finish elementary school, you know a little:

By the time you finish high school, you know a bit more:

With a bachelor's degree, you gain a specialty:

A master's degree deepens that specialty:

Reading research papers takes you to the edge of human knowledge:

Once you're at the boundary, you focus:

You push at the boundary for a few years:

Until one day, the boundary gives way:

Edited February 5, 2012 by ThisSlumgullionIsSoVapid

[ThisSlumgullionIsSoVapid]

And, that dent you've made is called a Ph.D.:

Of course, the world looks different to you now:

So, don't forget the bigger picture:

Keep pushing.

via http://matt.might.ne...ol-in-pictures/

Edited February 5, 2012 by ThisSlumgullionIsSoVapid

[ThisSlumgullionIsSoVapid]

[sleepycat]

rotflmao

I also like the one above it.

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