by Pamela | Oct 11, 2007 | Astronomy, Meetups, Personal
I have to admit, I’m not quite sure where I am, other than I’m in Texas and Cygnus is straight overhead. The town is call Quanah, and it is small, and dark, and the desk clerk at the hotel is very friendly and missing a front tooth. Did I mention...
by Pamela | Oct 10, 2007 | Astronomy, Exo Solar Systems
Looking for planets is a difficult task. Planets are physically small (compared to stars), physically faint (compared to stars), and are consistently located next really bright objects (those would be the stars). Looking at planets isn’t much different from...
by Pamela | Oct 10, 2007 | Astronomy, Personal, Politics
This year I’m traveling more than I think I have ever traveled before. Thursday I’m flying down to Texas to attend AstroFest, which is being hosted by the Swinburne University of Technology and their program Swinburne Astronomy Online. Friday morning...
by Pamela | Oct 7, 2007 | Personal
I now have a bathtub. Yesterday, my husband and I drove 230 miles across Missouri and 230 miles back in the name of saving gobber money in shipping on an acyclic claw-foot tub to replace the one that got removed in the process of trying to save my bathroom from its...
by Pamela | Oct 4, 2007 | Personal
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