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Archive for April, 2008
Apr 30th, 2008
Comments(0) The Middle Ages: Globular ClustersAs an undergrad and even for most of my graduate school years, astronomy had this problem: Globular Clusters seemed to be older than the universe. We all knew this was a matter of someone calculating something wrong, but no one knew what. Cosmologists, looking at the still being explored expansion of the universe, kept getting […] Read more...
Apr 28th, 2008
Comments(4) Tomorrow’s Interactive ToysEarlier this evening a friend sent me a link to this blog post. Having only recently been introduced to a gin that didn’t feel like fire, I was highly amused by the title and the image from the text of all of the US and UK simultaneously drunk on gin and overpopulation, well, it kept […] Read more...
Apr 25th, 2008
Comments(2) End of the SemesterIt’s T-6 class days and counting until final exams start at SIUE. Spring is in the air, and students have cast away their winter cloths to frolic in the sun in shorts and T-shirts as they try to cram in as much of college life as they can before disappearing for summer. Yesterday, while walking […] Read more...
Apr 22nd, 2008
Comments(13) Summer Nights Drifting In: Summer Observing ChallengeAs odd as this may seem, I’ve never been big on the summer sky. It’s not the fault of the sky - summer brings a wealth of stunning objects, and I keep trying to convince myself to learn them. It’s just, somehow, a season I keep missing. I have countless memories of frozen nights spent […] Read more...
Apr 20th, 2008
Comments(4) See you in St Louis?I would like to take this opportunity to invite all of you to the nearest city to my own small town: St. Louis.
Apr 18th, 2008
Comments(5) IYA, The Movie TrailerI invite all of you to view the movie trailer for the International Year of Astronomy, and if you are a teacher, please share this video with your students (it only needs attribution to be used widely).
Apr 18th, 2008
Comments(1) Recovery, and Irrational FearsTo say it has been a long week would be an understatement. Last Sunday, jet lagged (very jet lagged) and happy, I landed at St Louis Lambert Airport, found where my husband had left the car on his way to California, and headed home to sleep. Monday morning was the technology rebellion, but by 3pm […] Read more...
Apr 18th, 2008
Comments(12) What the [beep] is going on?Yes, that was an Earthquake (5.4 Magnitude)
Apr 18th, 2008
Comments(2) What the [bleep] was that?!?!?It’s 4:47am. Up until I couple moments ago, I was dead asleep. Then the bed started shaking. Normally this means the dog is scratching violently.
Apr 15th, 2008
Comments(6) Home Safe, all tech deadI’m blogging from my iPhone. |