by Pamela | Dec 14, 2007 | Personal
While it started yesterday, it’s not too late to enjoy this week’s space carnival over at Universe Today.
by Pamela | Dec 11, 2007 | Personal
It’s final week here. This means faculty are wondering around, hyped up on caffeine and glee that the semester is almost over while the giggle while writing exams and cry while grading them (okay, maybe that’s just me). Writing finals is almost a religious...
by Pamela | Dec 10, 2007 | Astronomy, Observing
The other night, while driving home, I saw the constellation Orion looming large over the horizon. This leaning ancient warrior was fighting off Taurus the Bull as he does every winter from here in the Northern Hemisphere. The return of this particular set of stars to...
by Pamela | Dec 5, 2007 | Astronomy
Tonight at my home university (SIUE) we have a special guest speaker, Dr. Christopher Sorensen of Kansas State University, giving a talk on his research (more on that below). I’m currently sitting in the audience waiting through the 10 million distinguished...
by Pamela | Dec 5, 2007 | Astronomy
As the semester seems to rush to a close, everyone is raising around, desperately trying to get things down. There are papers to write, papers to grade, tests to write, tests to grade, and a never ending parade of end of semester functions to enjoy and suffer through...
