po-TAY-toe

Today was a crazy day. Highlights:

1. I went to bed at 4 AM last night for no good reason. I overslept and missed all of my 8 AM Calculus lecture. I almost missed turning in my exam. O_o Note to self: Don't do that again.

2. Engineering Discovery at Newman School: Building telegraph circuits (with a switch and a buzzer). Cool lesson, went well, very hands on. The kids were happy.

3. Arrived at MIT. Met up with Markos, Xave, and Patti. Enjoyed a potato feast (in preparation for tomorrow's potato famine).

4. Roof hacking. W00t!

5. This conversation, between me and Mads (Madeline):

Mads (to Patti): Where did you get those lockpicks?
Me (calmly): Lockpicks.com.
*some conversation follows where some people think I was joking and Xave insists I was telling the truth.*
Mads: I couldn't tell if you were joking or not.
Me (calmly): Yeah, I do that. Sometimes I sound like I'm joking when I'm actually being serious.
Mads: Oh... wait, was that a joke?
*laughter*
Me: Exactly.


Also, a pinch of philosophy. Smullyan is an awesome philosopher, who chooses to write in the form of parables. I suggest you read this and this. They're both fairly short pieces, and the stories are quite funny.


Edit: Edited because I'm confused...