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Almost the end!

Sat, 05 May 2012 13:04:47 +0000

Not of the world but of the semester and since it is the end of the semester the long standing research project is rearing its ugly head again. However, I have been intrigued by coursera and I have thought about doing a couple of their classes. I also signed up to take sign language this summer which starts at the end of May. Hmmmm…maybe these are enough other things to procrastinate about so I will work on my research?

Jane stop this crazy thing!

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 13:23:29 +0000

My last month and a half has been non stop work. When I say non stop I mean non stop. I now seek out even the smallest 15 minutes of time for myself (even writing this has to be quick.) I wake up and I work….I go to work and work (probably a good thing)..I get home I work til the moment I crash into bed. I do not sleep so much as go into mini coma’s. So…I await spring break and then the end of the semester where I may be able to emerge once again into the real world.

New Years Resolution

Sat, 14 Jan 2012 15:51:21 +0000

I never do that stupid practice of at the beginning of every year make some ridiculous statement that is suppose to I dunno make me feel guilty to eat cheesecake or force me to do something outside of my normal routine. However, this year I have decided to change that a bit and actually make a resolution. Since my whole schedule is messed up at the moment and I am over my head in work I have resolved that every day I will do something fun! Doesn’t matter what it is..but it must be fun. So I am going to post this and then let the resolution begin.

Happy One more time around the Sun!

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 14:53:54 +0000

Glad that the Earth kept it up! Here is to a completely different revolution for me but a rather similar one for the Earth.

Fall? It’s almost winter..

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 14:58:24 +0000

I have been neglecting my site. I wanted to turn it into an astronomy information site but I have been so busy with other things that poof..it hasn’t happened. I want to know how all the author’s of the science/skeptic blogs I read have time to post as much as they do. I am talking about individuals with jobs other than journalism. For instance, PZ Myers blog is constantly being updated. Not to mention the amount he tweets plus being a professor???? What is the secret??? Wait I know it’s ancient alien technology right??? That must be it or maybe all the super awesome bloggers that I read are actually all aliens from the planet Blogetta. The only way they survive is if they blog and if they do not blog they die. So it is true there are aliens on Earth…they are here..blogging.

Yeah so it’s been awhile…and???

Wed, 21 Sep 2011 02:06:11 +0000

Been busy working. Trying to keep track of where I am suppose to be what day when. Ahh…but at least it is almost fall

The Perseid Meteor Shower or … How I Hate Living In The City!

Wed, 10 Aug 2011 13:43:03 +0000

Its that time again! Every year August 12/13 the Earth moves through the debris from Comet Swift-Tuttle and hence we have the Perseid Meteor Shower. Every year I attempt to see them and every year it seems that I am mostly thwarted. What gets in the way you ask…oh I dunno…let’s see: 1) Michigan (need I say more about the clouds) 2) Trees 3) Light Pollution ….and this year 4) THE FREAKING MOON!

Now most of these would be solved if I didn’t live in a city. You see people don’t understand that light pollution makes it very hard to see the stars of the night sky let alone a freaking meteor. So yes person next door with your blaring, glaring, giant search light of a porch light please keep it on (not)! Of course I cannot cut down all the trees and this would be a problem out of the city as well…but I could find a clearing without light in my eyes somewhere. So all of those things I listed suck and are not in my control but this year its even better there is a full moon. So this year the chances of seeing anything at all are remote to zero.

So if you are like me and want to see the Perseid’s but live in the city you can listen to them. Just go on over to spaceweatherradio and you can at least hear the buggers hitting the atmosphere and burning up!

So til next year…

Ummm………..Yeah I still exist

Tue, 19 Jul 2011 15:07:50 +0000

I have been busy lately sorry. I really want to start posting astronomical content on this site but for some reason even though Astronomy is what I do I cannot think of a thing to write about. That is funny since the Universe is gigantic beyond our dreams and there is so much that can be discussed. I just cannot think of anything to write about. Perhaps it is that writing is not my forte (true) and that I am not as creative as I think (probably not so true). Well we shall see….stay tuned.

Why is it I discover everything a day late and a dollar short?

Thu, 05 May 2011 13:06:05 +0000

Back at the beginning of the year I discovered an awesome astronomy site that would have been great to point to my students had I been teaching this semester. Now something tells me a number of my past students may have figured out that this website belongs to me so I will go ahead and pass on my valuable find.

In an attempt to get more people reading actual journal papers it is nice to know that a number of students from a number of universities have taken recent astronomical papers and have summarized/re-written them in a way that makes the casual reader able to understand the science behind any of these papers. So if you love astronomy I suggest you put astrobites in your daily feed and behold the awesomeness that it is at the start of each day!

Woah…Long time no post!

Wed, 30 Mar 2011 23:12:03 +0000

Yes the snow is gone and so is about 2 months apparently! I have been keeping busy at work and school and watching the Doctor. Who the hell is River Song???? Might find out real soon!! Anyway, I never have anything worth blogging because I never remember the things that come up to blog about. I will say this…you will never ever ever ever find me on Facebook. I do not like it…I do not care for it. I figure if I want to friend someone then they already know they are my friend and they don’t need me to write on their wall to know it. Ah..well happy spring everyone.