So, yeah, about that…
I haven’t posted in over a month, and after I purposely said that I was going to try to post more. I meant too, but Tech’s essentially free high-speed internet is somewhat intoxicating. Not really, but it is distracting.
I’m back at Tech now, and I should probably be studying. I may try to get my CS major roommate to help me with some of the blog stuff here, since I’m sure he knows something about cascading spreadsheets. Even though I wanted to keep my blog secret from my friends and anonymous from my readers (all 2 of them) he knows about it, mainly cause I had to ask for his help when I set it up. I’m not very computer savvy.
It’s almost pointless to blog, since I’ve had a hundred hits over the course of like ten posts in 4 or 5 months, and one comment, which I appreciated, but did not respond to. (I felt that I had answered that person’s question in the post he was talking about, but oh well). I’m gonna try a few things to get more people reading. I entered kitsune23@wordpress.com in the Slivers section of “The Technique”, the GT newspaper. (For anyone who doesn’t know, the Sliver section is essentially a column where anyone can log on to the ‘Nique’s website and enter a line of text to appear in the paper. It’s extremely random.) I did notice a few hits on the blog after I posted that sliver. I’ll try that again pretty soon, but doing it every week would probably be counter-productive, especially if I’m not doing a good job of updating.
As far as my life goes, nothing too amazing is happening. I’m trying to take part in more activities this semester. What else? I did get into a Chinese class, even though they had been full. That didn’t last long though, once people got a feel for the class. Anyway, that means that I’m now taking Japanese and Chinese. I’m either stupid or crazy. Probably both.
Watched the Avatar: The Last Airbender season premiere on Friday, that was pretty cool. Nothing mind-blowing, but it was a good start, and greatness in A:tLA is never really found in one episode. It’s the scope of the series all together that makes it truly excellent. I intend to write more on that in a soon-to-come entry, but I won’t make promises I might not keep. Also saw the Heroes premiere tonight, but I was distracted (looking for food) and will have to watch it again online tomorrow to catch it clearly. Disappointed cause Ali Larter wasn’t in this episode. 
I should probably try to avoid using emoticons in my posts.
I was also reading Snafu Comics at http://www.snafu-comics.com/ Sorta funny, but the cussing was a damper on the humor. If I sound like a prude, $&#% you. And you can quote me on that. (In fact, I may Sliver that right now).
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Justice League of Scientific Fallacies
Justice League of America #8 has been out for over a month. But I have to bring up this butchery of science.
Normally, comic books seem well-researched when it comes to basic real-life science. They have to be in order to give creedance to the comic book science, i.e. resurrections, telekinesis, etc., they typically employ. For example, Detective Comics #823, in which Poison Ivy appeared, contained mention of some plant biology that I didn’t learn until AP Biology my senior year. That isn’t knowledge one commonly comes across.
Brad Meltzer, writer for the JLA issue in question, is usually quite trustworthy as well. I’ve read The Book of Fate and, while hardly the best thing I’ve ever read, it kept me entertained. More importantly, it seemed to be quiet well researched in terms of Secret Service security, if the acknowledgements are to be believed. Likewise, his other JLA writing, along with ”Identity Crises”, was excellent.
If you’ll open your copies of Justice League of America to pages 12-14 (the exact middle of the book) you’ll see an incident involving Red Arrow, Red Tornado, Hawkgirl, and Geo-Force (if you don’t normally read comic books and you think the names are stupid, shut up and leave). Red Arrow is hurled toward a tree by Red Tornado at 60 m.p.h. at an angle that would break his neck. Hawkgirl flies in to block the collision, risking her own life. When he strikes, however, she says Red Arrow is “weightless” and she doesn’t feel like she’s been hit at all. The explanation is that Geo-Force nullified the force of gravity to make Red Arrow weightless. The problem, which I hope you all noticed right away, is that Red Arrow’s mass and the horizontal velocity of 60 m.p.h. are maintained. The voiding of the gravitational force would have absolutely no effect on the force of Red Arrow’s horizontal impact against Hawkgirl.
This is disgusting. Why didn’t some editor notice this? This is basic, basic high school Physics, or even middle school Physical Science.
The only explantion is that some supervillain, Lex Luther perhaps, has tampered with the laws of physics in his most recent scheme to take over the world or something. Although the repercussions of such a plan would doubtlessly destory the earth. Or the universe. Or, in D.C.’s case, the “multiverse”. So the “taking over” point would be kinda moot.
