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Okay gentlemen and ladies, someone's cellphone went off so it's time for a Pop Quiz. Put away your notes, put away your pencils and papers, put away your calculators, and most especially put away your cellphones and answer the following questions.

That's right, I want you to answer it without a calculator and also without even writing anything down. I assure you it's possible. Please do your best.

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When you're done, you may turn in your papers and go back to your regularly scheduled midterm exam grading.

If you're not certain of your answer, please feel free to explain your reasoning.

I ended up going with an Audibile.com Audible.com membership, since for the first three months it ends up being $8 per audiobook, and something like $15 afterwards (audiobooks are usually $30-$60). So for my next book I'm now deciding between "Seventh Son" by Orson Scott Card (Sci/Fan), and "The Planets" by Dava Sobel (she's usually a science historian, but this one has dashes of personal stories and philosophy and other strange things).

I may have read Seventh Son, or other books in the series, but I forget, and I don't think I did do this one, so I want to start (restart?) the series from the beginning. I like other Card, though his politicky ones I like less. I've never read non-Sci/Fan audiobooks before, and this one of Sobel's is supposed to be unusual for her, but I liked "Longitude" and loved "Galileo's Daughter."

Which do you think I should get next?

It's been a recurring discussion in my household, so I figured since I'm procrastinating, it's about time to get others' opinions.

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Edit: To clarify, Person A contends they don't need to shower all that often, and therefore are inherently unstinky. On the other hand, Person B contends that since they shower daily, that they are always perpetually unstinky b/c of being recently cleaned.

Damn you, freakylynx.

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I suspect I will be slightly more efficient than working at work, partially from the not having to recover from and pack for commuting, and partially from the less distractions. I mean, the main things I've got to distract me at home that I don't at work are Gabe, and she tends to be sessile during the day, and cleaning, which only distracts me when I'm really freaking out about work (though I have to say having Mr. Roomba makes me want to clean all the time).

As you may or may not recall, I pay just over $200/month for my gas heat bill, but electric heat is free. I must have the heat on if it drops below 24ºF out - under that temperature, a space heater is insufficient to keep my bedroom warm enough for Gabe and I. The bedroom can survive higher but still cold temperatures, but the rest of the house will be cold - if it's under something like 40ºF out, without the gas heater the rest of the house will be under 65º, the point at which my fingers are numb when typing.

Now that this week is in the 50's and 60's, it's time to decide whether to shut the heat off. What do you think?

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