The following is supposedly an actual question given on a University of Washington chemistry mid-term. The answer by one student was so "profound" that the professor shared it with colleagues, via the Internet, which is, of course, why we now have the pleasure of enjoying it as well.
Bonus Question: Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs
heat)?
Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle's Law (gas cools when it expands and heats when it is compressed) or some variant.

One student, however, wrote the following:

First, we need to know how the mass of Hell is changing in time. So we need to know the rate at which souls are moving into Hell and the rate at which
they are leaving. I think that we can safely assume that once a soul gets to Hell, it will not leave. Therefore, no souls are leaving.
As for how many souls are entering Hell, let's look at the different Religions that exist in the world today. Most of these religions state that if you are not a member of their religion, you will go to Hell. Since there is more than one of these religions and since people do not belong to
more than one religion, we can project that all souls go to Hell. With birth and death rates as they are, we can expect the number of souls in Hell to increase exponentially. Now, we look at the rate of change of
the volume in Hell because Boyle's Law states that in order for the temperature
and pressure in Hell to stay the same, the volume of Hell has to expand proportionately as souls are added.

This gives two possibilities:
1. If Hell is expanding at a slower rate than the rate at which souls enter Hell, then the temperature and pressure in Hell will increase until all Hell breaks loose.
2. If Hell is expanding at a rate faster than the increase of souls in Hell, then the temperature and pressure will drop until Hell freezes over.

So which is it?
If we accept the postulate given to me by Teresa during my Freshman year that, "it will be a cold day in Hell before I sleep with you, and take into account the fact that I slept with her last night, then number 2 must be true, and thus I am sure that Hell is exothermic and has already frozen
over. The corollary of this theory is that since Hell has frozen over, it follows that it is not accepting any more souls and is therefore, extinct...leaving only Heaven thereby proving the existence of a divine
being which explains why, last night, Teresa kept shouting "Oh my God."

THIS STUDENT RECEIVED THE ONLY "A"

I need to get a new bottle of cologn and some after-shave.. I am bored with my "Explination" even though it has been my favorite for years.. And "Jade East" is so out of date.. Do you have any suggestions that you mighyt recommend?

There is a group that apparently died "Venting about anything".. I have tried to get a hold of the manager, for some time, but she is not responding. I tried to reach others, but they are not responing. There is only 3 of us, that chat... I would like to take over that group.. How do I go about it?

Awww, I would take them all!

I smile every time I see this video
view link

Has a Chocolate Lab on the front of the cover, wrapped in Christmas bulbs. Really cute! It has a lot of nice articles in it as well. One story about a man in Iraq and the incredible story that followed about the dog he and the rest of platoon fell in love with and his journey to live in the US.

Lots of nice stories in it.

I'm not sure where to put my granola bar recipe! I put it with breakfast stuff first, because I have a recipe called "power bars" that uses cereal, that I put with breakfast stuff. But now I think, should the granola recipe be with desserts? Under cookies?

Let us all put our Christmas cards to each other in this thread, this way they will be in one spot and won't get lost in all the wonderful flowers!