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, 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
If it’s Thursday, there’s a Carnival. It’s Thursday 🙂 Check out the Carnival at Advanced Nanotechnology.
by Pamela | Oct 3, 2007 | Academic Politics, Personal, Teaching
Today I had two juxtapositions of journal articles. On one hand I had the photo-ready proofs of a journal article on the Astronomy Cast listener survey I submitted to, and had accepted by CAP. On the other hand I had a bunch of journal articles my student was working...
by Pamela | Sep 30, 2007 | Personal, Random
Today I was bad to myself and stopped by McDonald’s on the way into campus and got a soda and fries. (If I’m going to go to campus on a Saturday I feel ok being bad to myself). On the bag they handed me their was a code and a website and an invitation to...