Claire seems to be doing much better this morning. Her fever is gone, she no longer cries out from pain, and she is finally eating.
I did not sleep a wink last night from worrying over my sick daughter. Since my in-laws have arrived early this morning to help with the baby, I will now attempt to get some shut-eye…
But before I do, as Gandolf powerfully proclaimed to the Balrog at the Bridge of Khazad-dûm, I would like to roar to this ear infection, “YOU SHALL NOT PASS!”
And in the spirit, here is a clever physics problem that incorporates that famous scene:
Physics was my worst subject in school, so I have no idea how I would even go about attempting to solve this problem. But taking into consideration the epic geekery of this question, I wonder if I would have fared better with instructors who were as creative as this…
Via Reddit.
Mina
this is the kind of exam question that would leave me in hives (i was horrible at physics), but what a cute sketch. and so glad that claire is doing better.
e.louise {Liz}
I wish my physics/engineering profs would have been this clever! It would have made it much easier to learn 🙂