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Sign that Writing a Dissertation is Stressful #42: You relax by reading a book about a series of grisly unsolved murders in the 1930s.
On the way to school this morning my son told me he thinks Sarah Palin is a big fat fart.
From Time Magazine, here’s an article about the problem of parenting both a neurotypical and autistic child.
Mars mission delayed 2 years – CNN.com
Something about a conflict of interest…hmmmm. Hope I hear some gossip about this.
Yesssss! I finally defended my dissertation proposal. I’m all done with classes, too!
Now, I just need to study for comps, take comps, do field work, conduct experiments, run statistics, write up results, write dissertation, and defend dissertation. Uggghhh! It never ends. It’s a sickness.
Here’s a cool story I found on CNN about Autism and Christmas Lights.
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I am going to participate in the Susan G. Komen Race for a Cure 5 K with the “Geologists For A Cure” team.
I will be running in honor of my late grandmother, Helene Hughes, who was a two-time breast cancer survivor.
If you are interested in sponsoring me, please visit my Geologists For A Cure site.
Thanks
p.s. Please remember to do a breast self examination (BSE) once a month. Men – that includes you, too!
Hal, Ian, and I are off to Flagstaff this weekend so I can attend the 8th Mars Crater Consortium. I’ve never been to this conference before. I’m a crater newbie trying to take a “crash course” this fall. Attendees will be taking a tour of the rim of Meteor Crater on Sunday. It should be fun.
I just heard on the radio that Don Adams of Get Smart and Thomas Ross Bond who played Butch in “The Little Rascals” and “Our Gang” series have both died today.
Nazi Hunter Simon Wiesenthal dead at 96
Holocaust survivor dedicated his life to fighting prejudice
Tuesday, September 20, 2005; Posted: 8:43 a.m. EDT (12:43 GMT)
LOS ANGELES (CNN) — Simon Wiesenthal, the Holocaust survivor who helped track down Nazi war criminals following World War II and spent the later decades of his life fighting anti-Semitism and prejudice, has died aged 96
A statement on the Simon Wiesenthal Center Web site said he died early Tuesday in Vienna, Austria.
With more than six million Jews killed during the Holocaust, including 89 members of his own family, Wiesenthal felt driven to track down those involved in the atrocities….”
via CNN
From CNN:
Step back in time with the Sage of Emporia
Wednesday, September 7, 2005; Posted: 4:52 p.m. EDT (20:52 GMT)
EMPORIA, Kansas (AP) — William Allen White’s house was more than just a place for his family to eat and sleep…..(via CNN)
‘Gonzo’ journalist’s ashes to be shot from cannon (via CNN).
The funeral for writer Hunter S. Thompson takes place tonight at his home near Aspen, CO. Johnny Depp, who did an excellent job of portraying Thompson in the 1998 movie based on “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas”, funded much of the cost of the extravaganza (or maybe I should say extravagonzo).
Galactic survey reveals a new look for the Milky Way
MADISON: With the help of NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope, astronomers have conducted the most comprehensive structural analysis of our galaxy and have found tantalizing new evidence that the Milky Way is much different from your ordinary spiral galaxy. …
From SpaceRef
PRESS RELEASE
Date Released: Friday, August 12, 2005
Source: NASA HQ
NASA’s Multipurpose Mars Mission Successfully Launched
A seven-month flight to Mars began this morning for NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO). It will inspect the red planet in fine detail and assist future landers.
An Atlas V launch vehicle, 19 stories tall with the two-ton spacecraft on top, roared away from Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 7:43 a.m. EDT. Its powerful first stage consumed about 200 tons of fuel and oxygen in just over four minutes, then dropped away to let the upper stage finish the job of putting the spacecraft on a path toward Mars. This was the first launch of an interplanetary mission on an Atlas V.
via marstoday.com
