Unexpected benefits

Those of you lamenting the scarcity of science-related posts, rejoice! I just received my second qualifying exam today, and although that may sound like terrible news, one of the questions is actually a post that I have been wanting to write for a long time. So, I think I will simply post my response to the exam as a science-related post. How cool is that? The bad news is that I first have to finish off some of the other questions, because I'm worried that I'll run out of time if I start on the fun ones first. So, hang in there, science coming up!!