Sunday Comics

Yesterday's Foxtrot comic...perhaps dedicated to Mr. Keltner?

Daily Recap: Friday, 4/17

Investigating Technologies:
Today was the last day of the current harbor rotation. Groups will be rotated into their new harbors on Monday.

Anatomy and Physiology:
Rat test. Anyone who didn't finish will have an opportunity to complete the test on Monday. Also...don't forget that Monday is the "rat funeral". You will be expected to come up with some sort of a tribute to your furry little friend.

Respect the van

I have to say...I like the new Honda Odyssey commercials:

Daily Recap: Thursday, 4/16

Anatomy and Physiology:
Today we had a short review/information session for the rat exam that's scheduled for tomorrow. The 80 question multiple choice test breaks down like this:

Unit	Questions	Labeling	Total
Introduction	4	-	4
Skeletal	4	5	9
External	4	-	4
Muscular	3	8	11
Digestive	6	5	11
Cardiovascular	5	11	16
Respiratory	4	-	4
Urogenital	6	6	12
Nerve/Endocrine	5	4	9
Total	41	39	80

You will be allowed to use your lab notebook and instruction sheets on the first half of the exam (the general questions), but not on the second half (labeling). You should study figures 2.2, 3.5, 3.15, 4.7, 5.3, 5.14, 7.2, 7.4, an 9.1 to prepare for the labeling section.

Biology:
We began our ecology unit by reading section 2.1. The assignment for this reading is a "contextual redefinition" worksheet.

iPod Shuffle

In 1994, Bon Jovi released Cross Road, their first "greatest hits" album. Among the album's "14 classic grooves were three new tracks: Always, Saturday Night, and an updated version of Livin' on a Prayer.

Saturday Night spoke to me the first time I heard it, and it has spoken to me continually since:

Hey, man, I'm alive.
I'm taking each day and night at a time.
Yeah I'm down, but I know I'll get by.
Hey, hey, hey, hey, man,
I gotta live my life.
Like I ain't got nothin'
But this roll of the dice.
I'm feeling like a Monday,
But someday I'll be Saturday night.

There's something hopeful here. It's an acknowledgment of the reality of life's hardships...but there's a strength in the human condition that allows us to shake off the past and look ahead with hopefulness. Each of us has the power to improve ourselves and our experiences. It's not a quick or easy process, but it's a doable one:

Someday I'll be Saturday night.
I'll be back on my feet,
I'll be doin' alright.
It may not be tomorrow, baby that's okay.
I ain't goin' down,
I'm gonna find a way.

You can check out the video here. Below is an acoustic version: