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I’m not a TOTAL Blogging Slacker…

Posted in astronomy, blogs, personal, podcasts, skeptic, writing on August 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Despite my inactivity over on this blog (shameful, I know), I’m still out and about on the internets. Once I got back from my crazy-busy teaching semester, and a busy-then-relaxing two weeks in NY and PA, I got back to my regular blogging over at Discovery Space. The latest is a summary of the astronomy [...]

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To the Don

Posted in personal on August 10, 2010 | 1 Comment »

I came back to CVille a couple of weeks ago to some very sad news. Don Backer, radio astronomer and one of the principle investigators of my project, had passed away. I honestly didn’t and still don’t know quite what to say. Don was one of the most energetic, hard-working people I’ve known. I mean, [...]

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Teaching… about ALIENS!

Posted in academia, astronomy, education, personal, science, teaching on August 4, 2010 | 3 Comments »

Hello! Oh, wow. Hi. Back. Or something… Um, yeah! So my month of teaching MADNESS is done. And weddings and seeing family and Tim’s family and all that good stuff is behind me. And I’m trying to get my head all back into research and such, and lots going on, plus my inbox is still [...]

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Major Hurdle

Posted in personal on July 11, 2010 | 1 Comment »

Wow. A whole month is done, and suddenly I rememer 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 [...]

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Bat in my Face, Immunity in my Butt!

Posted in animals, personal, twitter, vaccines on June 1, 2010 | 2 Comments »

Ah, the woods. Relaxing, peaceful, quiet, and full of potentially rabid animals. So, I’ve moved in with my friend, Howard, who owns a lovely house out in Lake Monticello. I was really enjoying the woodsy scenery, and I can handle the bugs, even learn to live with the wasps. Howard said he once had to [...]

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Two Weeks in the Quiet Zone…

Posted in astronomy, nrao, paper, personal, science on May 25, 2010 | 2 Comments »

Hello to those of you who haven’t given up on me ever posting here again! I’m slowly getting back to a normal schedule after spending two weeks in Green Bank, West Virginia, in the Radio Quiet Zone. What’s that, you ask? Well, I wrote a two-parter all about radio astronomy’s own version of “light pollution” [...]

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My New Gig…

Posted in blogs, personal on April 18, 2010 | 4 Comments »

So, it’s been quiet here again. Sorry about that! But, if you don’t already know, I’m now blogging for Discovery Space News! So, you can expect to see a handful of short, fun posts every week on the latest science and space news by me over there, along with the amazing writings of Irene Klotz, [...]

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Radio Stars!

Posted in personal, podcasts on March 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

My buddy and officemate George is going to be on Public Universe at Blog Talk Radio tomorrow morning at 10am EDT. The show is really fun, and they ask some great science questions, so check it out! They have a recording of my chat with them from last week as well, which was a big [...]

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LIFTOFF!

Posted in astronauts, personal, space on February 8, 2010 | 4 Comments »

Wow. STS-130 lifted off at 4:14AM on 8 February 2010. The crew of the space shuttle Endeavor was strapped in for a second launch attempt after the previous morning’s attempt had been scrubbed for a low cloud ceiling. A few miles away, on a much emptier and slightly warmer causeway, the space tweeps gathered once [...]

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Spacey updates…

Posted in astronomy, carnival, ksc, personal, space, twitter on January 31, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Okay, a slew of updates since I’ve been busy! Last week, the very awesome Nancy Atkinson wrote up the Carnival of Space #138 over on her new blog. Check out news about Mars, Kepler’s findings, and more! I’ve posted a draft of the Twitter poster I had at the AAS Meeting at the beginning of [...]

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