by Pamela | Aug 20, 2010 | Astronomy, Galaxies, Nebulae
Sometimes, as an astronomer, I get to do some really weird stuff. This summer is one of those times. I actually, thanks to project PI (i.e. lead) Bill Keel, got an opportunity to help produce a comic book telling the story of how a Dutch school teacher found the light...
by Pamela | Jun 25, 2010 | Beliefs, Personal
UPDATE: People have been making a lot of assumptions about things that didn’t actually happen. I’m adding asterisk (*) places people have made assumptions and clarifying at the end. I’d like to start this blog post by saying just one simple thing I...
by Pamela | May 14, 2010 | Academic Politics, Teaching
I haven’t been doing a lot of writing lately. I generally just make the excuses, “I’ve been busy” or say “I don’t make money on my blog and need to focus on paid jobs.” These are just excuses though. I can always find time to...
by Pamela | Mar 19, 2010 | Travel
I think I need to change the theme of this blog from astronomy and academics to astronomy, academics and travel. I have to admit, somewhere in the past couple months I went from traveling a lot to traveling too much. I have acquired opinions about the wheels on...
by Pamela | Mar 17, 2010 | Astronomy, Meetings, Teaching
When I started graduate school, I was given the impression that astronomy consisted of two broad formats (observational and theoretical) and addressed a set of specific subtopics (planets, stars, intersteller media, galaxies/cosmology). In this paradigm, people who...
