Question #1

"How does fluorescent light work?"
-Anonymous

Well Anonymous, let me just start off by saying I’m a big fan of your poems, even though some of them are kind of weird.

Light pretty much all works the same - it moves really fast and probably causes cataracts. But in case you meant “how does a fluorescent light bulb work?” I’ll answer that one too (even though I have soooooo many questions to answer).

When you were young, did you ever smash the tail of a lightning bug (or firefly depending on where you are from) and rub it between your fingers to make your fingers glow? I know it sounds inhumane, but the way I see it, the more time kids spend killing bugs the less time they spend killing higher order species. Anyway, fluorescent light bulbs work pretty much the same way. Just crush a fluorescent light bulb in your hand and you’ll know what I mean.

The Journey Is the Destination

brienapplegate.com has been officially launched. There you will find some pictures that I have taken and some other miscellaneous goods. Check it out.

Cats and Dogs

This storm has been pounding Atlanta like Michael Moore on a treadmill and they still expect me to ride my bike through it for 15 blocks to get to class. And believe me, it's not easy to ride on roads that are slicker than deer guts on a door knob in tropical storm force winds. Oh well, Georgia Tech wouldn't cancel class for the apocalypse. It's really not too bad outside right now, I just wish they didn't send out that megamod email saying that classes might be cancelled. They love building up our hopes. It just makes our morale that much easier to crush.

Mow Over the Competition

Looking for an internship? Well you need something to give you an edge over the competition. Companies love it when you have done your research. Let them know you are interested in them. Here's a great example:



This is my good buddy Mark Peterson, photo courtesy of Taco. You can see Mark do a standup comedy act Friday, September 17 (that's tomorrow). He will be performing at Under the Couch around 7:30 and it should be pretty good since he won the last standup competition. There will be some professionals there as well.

The Question Box

Well some people said they would like me to start a blog so here it is. I wish I could say this was my first website so I would feel like less of a nerd, but it's not. However, I've never done a blog (or even read a blog for that matter) so that's my excuse for this one being so bad.

I am going to try to make this blog interesting so you actually want to read it and so it's not just a big waste of life. Here you'll find stories, phrases, pictures, and diagrams from the chronicles of my super exciting life. I'll try to update it twice a week or so, or at least until I get bored of doing this.

This blog is also going to have a theme to mix things up a bit. If you found this site you might have noticed that the address is http://questionbox.blogspot.com. It's called The Question Box because that's also what the blog is going to be used for. You can ask me a question about anything - life, how the world works, whatever - and (if it's a good question) I'll answer it. If I don't know the answer I'll find it. Send questions to brien.applegate@gmail.com.

Enjoy.