Erin's comment was worth a blog in itself!
Dale, I am truly honored that you have dedicated an entire blog entry about me. Sweet! In return, I offer this: Our first class together was Differential Equations, with Prof. Rabinowitz. I vividly remember this, because Dale and I sat next to each other in class every day for like two months before finally introducing ourselves to one another. I also remember that Dale labeled his notebook "Diffy-Qs". I likely would have met Dale earlier through AIChE if it weren't for my vehement opposition to joining a club to continue doing the nerdy chemical engineering stuff I had to do all day during class. Finally, though, due to my eagerness to hang out with the "cool" ChE kids in class, I joined Dale, Linda, Rachel, and Nate (the Brookfield crew + Nate) up in the front of the room. Dale, do you remember how many more calories are in a beer at room temperature than in a cold beer? We were shooshed by Dale and Linda's RA for studying too loudly. We met at our traditional spot on the floor of Engineering Hall's entryway to "take notes on notes", the active (vs. passive) form of studying. Dale provided the practical insight for each and every homework problem--why would you ever need to know the heat transfer coefficient of this material? Dale also provided interesting roommate stories and the dorkiest jokes and puns you've ever heard. For those of you admiring the wedding photo with umbrella man, there is something besides the tornado warning that you should know about that day. Not only did Dale play the violin beautifully, but he wrote a violin version of "In My Life" (by the Beatles) for the occasion, despite the fact that he needed to rehearse for two other weddings that month! (Those two were Rachel's (pictured in a wedding gown in the photo posted by Dale) and Linda's (far right in the same photo).) Thanks, Dale. So, Dale, as I read the kind words of your blog and reminisce about our old college days, I am fondly reminded of the "Renaissance Man" that made our the study of chemical engineering relevant and fun. And I miss it!
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Always nice to have friends like that. :-)
What a nice note! Are there really more calories in warm beer?
I"m wondering if it has to do with burning more calories drinking/metabolizing a cold beer...? Dale, can you fill us in?!?
I'm with martha on that one...There's this crazy theory that dieters should drink cold/ice water/diet drinks because they burn more calories as it comes to body temperature than a warmer drink that will be closer to body temp already. Technically true....but practically, you'd have to drink SOOOO MUCH COLD WATER before you'd ever lose even a pound (36oo calories) that there are soo many other options that work better.
p.s. the Calories we all know and love (actually, hate) are actually kilocalories
Katherine is pretty close... The question was, how cold would we need our beers to be to cause our bodies to burn enough calories warming the beer up to our body temperature. It turns out the beer would hafta be below absolute zero for it to happen.
"Dale also provided interesting roommate stories and the dorkiest jokes and puns you've ever heard"
That doesn't sound like the Dale I know!
hmm... I wonder which stories have been passed on
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