why wy?

I've just realised that I have three weeks to exams, not two. Which is a good thing, it could have been the other way around. Which means I can turn down the panic knob by 50%, relax a little, sip my tea, even watch star wars.

Overheard in class: One more night of sleep, and my life will be complete.

I was doing anatomy revision the other day, and I was looking at a container with a brain, when I realised I had just come full circle. We studied the Brains in a Vat argument in philosophy once, and here I am, studying the structure of the brain, which happens to be floating in a vat of preserving fluid. Not quite Keanu Reeves (The central idea in The Matrix is similiar). More on the argument can be found here and here.

There's a potentially spoofable article on today on how polytechnics are going to be offering courses related to the new casinos. Shall I take Cutting The Cards 101 or Advanced Probabilty 103?

Quote of the week:
"Don't issue thunderbolts of wisdom from the top of Mount Olympus. Ultimately, this is not between me and the government, it's between me and the public."
Las Vegas casino mogul Steve Wynn, saying the Singapore government's direct involvement in designing the city-state's first two casinos was "unsophisticated".