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Wondering if being padlocked is a form of eustress or distress. Eustress being a motivator that provides incentive or challenge to be productive. Distress being a cause of strain, anxiety, or suffering.

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homophone; a word pronounced the same as another but differing in meaning, whether spelled the same way or not, as in band and banned, pail and pale, bear and bare, and to, two and too, etc.

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Einstein, Newton and Pascal are playing hide and seek. Einstein starts to count and Pascal runs off and hides. Newton draws a 1 meter by 1 meter square and stand in it. Einstein says "10" and turns and says, "Caught you Newton. You're it!". Newton replies, "No, you caught Pascal - I'm a Newton over a square meter.".

 

Hydraulics class today - always good for a chuckle.

 

omphaloskepsis: contemplation of one's navel as part of a mystical exercise.

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