by Pamela | Apr 2, 2008 | Personal
There is a small storm of activity going on in my house. The majority of this storm is attic remodeling. The more interesting part of this storm is my preparation to go to Europe (which is one way to escape the sound of nail guns). This Friday I’ll be flying...
by Pamela | Mar 24, 2008 | Personal
While at LPSC I had the delightful experience of randomly stumbling across someone I could have been. There was this young woman – a first year college student who was a sophmore my credits (just like I was) – who was wearing a Space Academy Lanyard...
by Pamela | Mar 23, 2008 | Personal
Editing audio always takes 10 times as long as I expect. Audio is being edited from the conference, and cool stuff will appear tomorrow if it kills my processor. This semester I’m teaching science for pre-service elementary and early childhood teachers...
by Pamela | Mar 15, 2008 | Personal
We hit the last day of the meeting and I have something like 20 pages of notes to turn into blog posts. Unlike at astronomy meetings, I can’t write the blog post while listening to a lot of the talks. I’m taking notes, poring through imagery, and then...
by Pamela | Mar 14, 2008 | Personal
One of the themes that constantly crops up in papers on Mars is water. Did it exist? If it did, is it responsible or is something else responsible for the gullies, deltas, valleys, and other features that look like (and are thus named like) formations here on Earth....
by Pamela | Mar 13, 2008 | Personal
This subject is best described in one word: Pretty. Case in Point (from HiRISE): Scientifically, that one word explanation and picture, however, really don’t quite cut it. Nonetheless, the session started with a pretty picture show. I’m kind of frustrated...
