Wow. A whole month is done, and suddenly I remember the REST OF MY LIFE that I had put aside.
As you probably know by now, especially if you follow my rants on Twitter, I’ve been teaching a summer course at UVa, “Life Beyond Earth.” It has been VERY busy, writing lectures and quizzes and class questions… And I was in the office working some 14 or more hours a day. Damn. But pulling together the material was fun, and my students were wonderful! I still need time to process the whole experience to write up my thoughts, and that’s coming soon.
This weekend, however, I’m in Jersey, doing the bridesmaid thing for my best friend Jackie and her totally cool fiancée Danny. Be back soon, I promise!
Got to go… I hear Jackie’s dad playing “Eye of the Tiger.” Time to get going!
I’m a brand new post-doc in astronomy working as part of the 
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John Knight // July 11, 2010 at 07:50 |
Congratulations. I look forward to hearing about your experience, after you’ve processed it. It seems like you’ve had one of those experiences that may have affected you in ways that you can’t quite imagine… at least not yet. Here’s to happy discoveries. Cheers to Jackie and Danny as well.
Ron // July 13, 2010 at 11:20 |
I have a great philosopher and astronomer here whom I know you’ll be interested with. Guillermo Haro (also known as Guillermo Haro Barraza) is considered to be one of the most influential Mexican astronomers of the 20th century with all his remarkable contributions to the field of astronomy. Even though he finished Philosophy at the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, he still pursued his passion for astronomy after he graduated. His most famous works include his researches on flare stars, faint blue star-like object that emit different radio waves and UV radiation, blue galaxies and planetary nebulae.