Physics of pain
2 weeks from Friday and then total freedom for 2 months! Plans include a trip to the land of tulips and clogs, although not for a tulip/clog appreciation field study, let me tell you.

I might also find myself on an Alp somewhere, a plank of wood/composite anchored to my feet, speeding towards an impact with an immovable object (a ski-instructor called Jürgen, for example) at a force of µmg (sin A) Newtons, where µ is friction, or lack thereof; A is the angle of incline of said Alp, m = my mass (minus blood shed en route) and g = 9.81ms^-2. Hey, Applied Maths might have been the "seventh subject" of my Leaving Cert, but I remembered some stuff, dammit! Now, knowing the coefficient of restitution of my jawbone is required to calculate how far I will fly when Jürgen takes a swing at me because he was chatting up two blondes when yours truly ploughed into him. This in turn will give my take-off velocity u and angle B, which, in conjunction with A above, will allow us to work out exactly where I will land/where the rescue team can pick me up: - u (sin B) t - ½g (sin A) t², you know? I need to go lie down now.