Wednesday, March 03, 2004
Physics versus my toe
As many of you know, I have troubles with my feet. I won't gross anyone out by going into detail, but all my years of running, biking, hiking, and being overweight have been hard on them. My latest trouble is my right big toe... it hurts. Bad. It is like it is broken. Ibuprofen doesn't help, and it aches anytime weight is put on it. The worst part is, I have no idea what I did to it.
Tomorrow is my physics mid-term, and I am franticly trying to study two chapters of material, and do 30 problems, as well as look at the study guide. I have tonight (it is 11:30 PM already), and two hours tomorrow to do it. I am stressed! My work week has been nutty, and my other courses have all demanded my time thus far this week. Physics, it seems, was forced to be an eleventh hour effort.
One question in the reading was concerning toes. It was asking, why (in terms of physics) does it tend to hurt when you kick a heavy desk? It seems hard to put daily activities into terms of physics. Physics works nice for runaway trains and cubes sliding about on a frictionless slab of ice. But when you have to explain why your toe hurts when you kick something... you tend to over think. It took me all day to come up with the answer. (hint: it has to do with the force you are applying vs. the inertia of the desk)
This physics test has a HUGE inertia, and my effort for it has been weak. Unless I can cram like I never have before, I am going to kick against this test and end up hurting. So be thinking of me at 1:30 PM (my time) Thursday as I face a monster of a test.
I am telling you, my toe really hurts!
Tomorrow is my physics mid-term, and I am franticly trying to study two chapters of material, and do 30 problems, as well as look at the study guide. I have tonight (it is 11:30 PM already), and two hours tomorrow to do it. I am stressed! My work week has been nutty, and my other courses have all demanded my time thus far this week. Physics, it seems, was forced to be an eleventh hour effort.
One question in the reading was concerning toes. It was asking, why (in terms of physics) does it tend to hurt when you kick a heavy desk? It seems hard to put daily activities into terms of physics. Physics works nice for runaway trains and cubes sliding about on a frictionless slab of ice. But when you have to explain why your toe hurts when you kick something... you tend to over think. It took me all day to come up with the answer. (hint: it has to do with the force you are applying vs. the inertia of the desk)
This physics test has a HUGE inertia, and my effort for it has been weak. Unless I can cram like I never have before, I am going to kick against this test and end up hurting. So be thinking of me at 1:30 PM (my time) Thursday as I face a monster of a test.
I am telling you, my toe really hurts!
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