Physicist to Present New Exact Solution of Einstein’s Gravitational Field Equation
cool huh?
Yesterday I played Magic. That’s pretty much all I did. I entered a booster draft tournament put on by the LRPC, therefore funded largely by the school. I paid $3 and got 3 booster packs, plus the one I won, and most of a second one I “won”. Good stuff for never making a deck before. Now I have my own 60 card deck that I think is decent, except some of the land isn’t technically mine, but land is easy to come by. I’m a bit of a Magic nerd all of a sudden, which is cool. Especially if I can get cards this cheap. 🙂
Here’s some more London Journal.
1-8-06
In a King’s Head
Today was a mixture of wander and planned events. I guess it’s not really over. I’ll write of what’s happened so far, while I have the opportunity.
I’m currently sitting on a low stool in a pub called “The King’s Head”. “Football” is being shown. Mike ordered a “pint” but I’m “teetotal”. Apparently the game is over. My minted lamb pie was pretty good. Rewind some though.
Went to a service at Westminster Abbey. Sat in with the choir. Was cool. I wasn’t the only agnostic.
After the service Mike and I went to the internet and he bought us tickets to the symphony. There were only three seats available when he got to the site so it was a hurried decision. We headed out right after we got the tickets, cause we wanted to explore. Mike lead the exploration, mysteriously, more or less straight to that Harry Potter train spot. After that was wandering. This is the best part.
We walked past the British Library and wandered in. Inside they had a display of their treasures. They had original works by Shakespeare, Jane Austin, Dickens, and a bunch of other cool people. Plus they had Beatles stuff. Especially cool was their science stuff. They had the first book published by Galileo, DiVinci’s notes, books, and letters by Newton, and a letter by Darwin which I could actually read. Very awesome. Then, again more, they had some really old, really impressive bibles, Qu’rans, and other religious texts. It was awesome. Very nice surprise.
Course, then we wandered around the corner and saw their featured Nobel Prize winners exhibit. More great science exhibits and information. Very fun.
Before 4:30 strike started we took the “tube” the rest of the way we needed to go to get to the symphony. We wandered all around they symphony building looking for food, but almost everything was closed. So we settled on this pub. It seems to be pretty much the authentic deal, no tourists here but us. It’s emptied considerably now that the “football” game is over.
Soon we’ll go to the theater and pick up our tickets. We’re sitting apart, but after the show we have to try to get home w/o the “tubes”. Should be fun.
Those symphony people are good. I enjoyed it. The guy in front of me didn’t make it back from intermission, and the guy three seats down fell asleep. Old people. Some of the music did have a very relaxing effect, I’ll give him that, though.
The return journey was simple. I’ve ridden on the top of a double decker bus now. Luckily, the circle line was running, so the last leg of our journey was done on the familiar “tube”.