Happy March!

So I have about 12 different things I want to write right now so I'm just going to space them out into 3 or 4 different posts. So sorry for the onslaught, but here goes!

I can't believe it's March already! I officially have 8 more school days of my college career (not including finals week! I guess I'm not entirely dismissing grad school either...) So I guess I should say I have 8 more days of undergraduate classes. I know I should savor them, but I can't wait for spring and sunshine and (near) freedom. (I guess I do have to work and apply to internships, but I'm still looking forward to it!)

But enough of that business. On to the main point of this post. I just read this article from National Geographic that says that scientists believe that the 8.8 magnitude earthquake in Chile on Saturday likely shifted the axis of the Earth by three inches, which in turn leads to a shortening of days (only by 1.26 millionths of a second, but STILL). I just can't believe that! Apparently the huge quake in Sumatra in '04 did the same thing. I just really like hearing about scientific discoveries like that I guess. Not to mention it boggles my mind that scientists can figure stuff like that out, and also that the Earth has so much power and force!