Answering questions at Boston College O’Neill Library
I don’t think there is a reserved way to ask a stranger if they’re into fisting. You could (and probably should) get to know him VERY well before you ask him. Alternatively, you could start with a conversation about more typical sexual interests and then see where his limits are. Whatever approach you take, please respect any indication that he is uncomfortable with the conversation and stop before you cross a line.
You’ve got some nice walls there, I’d love to. I have one trip coming up soon, but I’m still making my travel plans for the summer. bit.ly/bc-bocconi
It’s not entirely clear to this Wall why or how this particular misconstrued notion of anatomy became a popular meme, but perhaps this is where Walls–especially Library Walls–differ from humans. If you’d genuinely like to know more about human anatomy, the classic, of course is Gray’s Anatomy of the Human Body, O’Neill Library QM23.2 .G73 1985.
At BC it seems that people branch out every year & meet new people to add to their social circle, even in senior year! So, don’t feel like it’s too late. One of the best ways to meet new people is to join clubs. Next year go to the Club Fair. Stop by a lot of tables & start going to events. Get involved in Campus Ministry and if you have a faith tradition start attending campus services. You’ll be meeting other people with similar interests and friendships will follow. : )
It sounds as though you’ve seen Avengers: Infinity War. I hope you enjoyed it! You should chat with the person who asked who dies in the movie to help them prepare for the experience.
IDK, but it’s possible, and kudos to BC negotiators if it’s true. Go to kingstonturf.com and tell me whether you see any pictures of BC.
Teacher: “Who can tell me where Hadrians Wall is?”
Little Johnny: “I suspect it’s around Hadrian’s garden!”
The walls in the facilities office have told me that the walls in Iggy will be untouched by contractors this summer.
Dear questioner, your “friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age. They do not believe except they see. They think that nothing can be which is not comprehensible by their little minds. All minds, whether they be adult’s or children’s, are little. In this great universe of ours, humans are a mere insect, an ant, in their intellect as compared with the boundless world about them, as measured by the intelligence capable of grasping the whole of truth and knowledge. Yes, dear questioner, there is a [Fr. Leahy]. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy. Alas! How dreary would be the world if there were no [Fr. Leahy]! It would be as dreary as if there were no questioners. There would be no childlike faith then, no poetry, no romance to make tolerable this existence.” bit.ly/yes-virginia-leahy
In 2010, Lai et al. published an article (bit.ly/sluggymoves) on the locomotion of terrestrial gastropods – snails and slugs (as opposed to marine gastropods like sea slugs). Slugs crawl steadily on their belly or ventral foot. How this takes place is a subject of some controversy. It seems to be driven by a train of periodic muscle contractions (pedal waves) and relaxations (interwaves) from their tails to their heads. These waves interact with a thin layer of mucus that somehow produces a net forward propulsive force. The controversial question is how exactly the mucus layer interacts with the propulsive forces in terms of fluid dynamics. In response to your question, I think undulate would be the most correct.
As a public space and friend to all students, I can’t share spoilers and risk ruining a new blockbuster movie for those who haven’t had an opportunity to see it yet.
However, I think you could have a worthwhile conversation with the person who posted the “I don’t feel so good Mr. Stark” post-it! If you want to read more about who dies before you see the movie, try this article: bit.ly/infinity-death-list
“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.” This apocryphal quote, often mis-attributed to Albert Einstein, illustrates that everyone is good at something, they just need to find the thing that suits them best. Everyone fails repeatedly; the most important thing is to get back up and keep trying to find what you’re good at. Being in college is all about figuring out what makes you happy, what you’re passionate about, and what you can do to make that your life’s work. You’re not a failure, you’re just still finding your calling.
Sounds delightful! One of my helpers has posted it to the library internal “unfilled patron requests form”, and maybe….?
Among climate scientists there is a consensus that raising the temperature will increase both the severity and frequency of extreme weather events. It’s a matter of physics: increased energy adds more air circulation and water vapor to the climate, both of which fuel weather events. It’s very hard to say, however, that any particular storm is “caused” by global warming. For an introductory answer to this question, see Storm Surge: Hurricane Sandy, Our Changing Climate, and Extreme Weather of the Past and Future, by Adam Sobel (MIT meteorology PhD): O’Neill Library QC945 .S624 2014.)
Given that pixelation–also called mosaic censoring–is a standard feature of even low-end photo and video editing software, and that attempting to draw a pixelated body part could be considerably more challenging than simply drawing the body part and then pixelating during production work, it’s quite likely that genitals are first drawn & animated and then pixelated. This blog entry on de-pixelating seems to imply as much: bit.ly/mosaic-censoring
Everyone gets the worst group partners. That seems to be a universal truth in education. But, learning how to work with groups on projects is critical to working in the real world. You will almost never work alone in a job. I would encourage you to not look at the situations as “my way or their way”. “They” are all individuals with ideas and perspectives just as rich as yours. State cases for your ideas using facts, learn to compromise on things that are less important to you, try to find ways to “yes, and” their ideas. If they think something is important and should be included, the answer is “Yes, and…” with your idea to make it better.
Just be brilliant, creative, persistent, well-connected and extremely lucky, and the rest will follow! For actual career paths that may or may not lead to this level of adulation, why not schedule a consultation with the Career Center (bit.ly/BC-career).
Those are not easy questions to answer. The Wall is feeling a little ancient today, so it will start by recommending Plato’s dialogue Ion, in which Socrates interviews a poet to determine whether he’s an expert on what he writes about. bit.ly/bc-ion. Ancient ethical theory tended to think of virtuous people, where modern thought tends to think of virtuous actions, so it kinda depends on who you ask. bit.ly/bc-ethics. More immediately, you might be interested in reading Molly Ringwald think through her complex reactions now to the movies she made with John Hughes. bit.ly/bc-metoo.
I’m sorry you’re cold. So are my human assistants. Have you ever noticed that part of the stereotypical outfit of a librarian is a cardigan? The library isn’t chilled for our comfort; it’s for the books. They don’t need to be cold, per se, but they do need to be kept dry, and the most efficient way to do that is to remove moisture with an air-conditioning system. Above a certain temperature and humidity, molds begin to multiply, and mold is the the #1 enemy of paper. (Fire is also a problem, of course, but much rarer.) So, my assistants all sympathize, but there’s little we can recommend but to either a) wander the library in search of a less chilled area or b) join the library fashion-world and don a cardigan.
It would certainly give the other clubs a run for their money… and a leap, vault over a wall, and a roll, too, probably. Glad you’ve found the club for you at BC!
