Being ill sucks..Where's my Android 5 OTA? And another thing..

I have been ailing to varying degrees since 11.09.2014. I would suspect Lyme(borreliosis), but since I feel better today, it isn't likely to be that. My symptoms have mainly been an overwhelming sense of enervation and general malaise. Given such non-specific symptoms, it could simply be that the change to DST. I nearly always have a bout of some level of difficulty directly after the change--which occurred on 11.04, but this time(no pun intended) it has been a four day event. Given that I had no fever, or other outward manifestation of real illness A wee bit of seasonal affective disorder(SAD) seems the likeliest culprit. Unfortunately, I am back.

WTF, Google? I want my over the air(OTA) update to Android 5.0 AKA Lollipop. I do not want a buggy release, but the image for my Nexus 7 is available for download..and has been for a couple of days. I have resisted putting any not "5" compatible applications on my tablet..and I have foregone rooting the device. I am going to clean up my tablet before I apply the update. I would flash the image, but I do not need to go through the process of reinstalling everything and remembering what settings I prefer.

The last thing on my enfeebled mind is that I still have 100 bulbs to put into mother earth. I must accomplish this within the following two days. Than I will mulch a few things, and be done until spring 2015..save for starting a bunch of plants. But that's not until Feb. 2015 at the earliest.

What I learned on the Internets today.

I learned that while global climate change doesn't exist, 2014 is on track to the hottest year in recorded history. Please do not use the first link. Climate change deniers are a most mediocre type of creature. The site owner--and principal oddball--has no expertise in climate science. I am not going to make an ad hominem attack..non-specialists in lots of disciplines make breakthrough contributions. However, there is more evidence for anthropogenic climate change on our blue rock than for a great many things in science which people by and large believe to be true. Scietists do not often state that things are true. All of the findings of science can be overturned via contrary evidence.

That is all I have today. I planted 100 allium bulbs at just above freezing temperatures and I need water, heat, and to go take photos of my new garden plots.

150 more bulbs in ground today! 100 to go..Yippee Ki-yay!

I am (nearly) so done planting bulbs this autumn. I should go back to UNH and get a post-grad degree in something to do with plants. Dang. I just checked the pre-reqs. for an MS in plant biology..and I am certain that I could do this.."Applicants are expected to have adequate preparation in plant biology and in the fundamentals of physical and biological sciences. They must submit current scores (within five years) from the general test of the Graduate Record Examination (GRE)". Screw the current scores. I took enough bio., physics, and math to maybe even go for a PhD.

Here are the PhD pre-reqs: "Students will complete a program of study as determined by their guidance committee. Students will be advanced to candidacy after successfully completing comprehensive written and oral qualifying examinations covering a broad basic knowledge of their major and minor fields and their ability to design and carry out basic research in plant biology. Candidates must successfully defend a dissertation based on original research in plant biology".

Now I just need a few years of time to get this done.. :) I need to get hooked up! I can do research..heck, it's what I do nearly every day. I was born in a laboratory.

The link.

My biggest issue in my academic career was being unable to teach undergrad courses. I expect students to know the material before it is presented. The out is this: "Teaching experience is required of all M.S. and Ph.D. degree students. The requirement may be fulfilled by enrolling in a supervised teaching course, by serving as a teaching assistant, or by having previous professional teaching experience. I am not even certain that I could assist in teaching. I am still willing to give it a go..

Who wants to pay for me to go back to school? Come on! I need to learn more stuff.