« News from Another Land | Main | Looking Ahead »
June 13, 2006
Physics and Life
At some point in my elementary school education, I learned about this nifty thing called potential energy. Potential energy exists whenever an object which has mass has a position within a force field; in the case of us earthlings, that force is usually gravity. A ball before it's kicked, a rollercoaster car before it descends, and a swing before it's pushed all have potential energy. PE=mgh, baby.
And that, folks, is what Noel and I are full of right now. Which is fine. Potential energy, however, is not as much fun to write about.
(No need to thank me for the lesson in obtuse life metaphors and elementary physics.)
Carefully Dramatized Life Accounts | By elissa | 07:00 PM
Trackback Pings
TrackBack URL for this entry:
http://chattablogs.com/mt/mt-tb.cgi/32442
Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Physics and Life:
Comments
Hahaha... you're the coolest fine arts type EVER, Elissa. I just thought you should know that! I'm so sad that I'm not going to get to see you and Noel next weekend... *sniff*
Oh, and make sure that you two conserve that energy when it becomes kinetic. gh=(v^2)/2, baby. Oh, and notice that mass doesn't matter, so you and Noel should be able to pace yourselves together quite nicely. *wink*
Posted by: becky at June 15, 2006 05:18 PM
all my potential energy has been sucked out of me by attic greek. but i'm at my grandparent's now getting a recharge over the weekend.
Posted by: matthew gillikin at June 16, 2006 10:26 AM
