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“Mom, I love you even when you fart.”

I had a great time taking Ian to work.

Just got back from the salon. I let my stylist talk me into dyeing my eyebrows. Hopefully this freakish Joan Crawford look will vanish in time for my job interview tomorrow.

I’m so proud of Ian. He’s now reading us bedtime stories. Tonight he read us a couple of chapters from Tales From the Odyssey by Mary Pope Osborne.

I’m considering blowing off working on the dissertation tomorrow to go see the wildflowers in Death Valley.

I am having a great time reading The Battle of the Labyrinth out loud to Ian and Hal. The best part is reading the monster Geryon’s lines like George Bush.

Mmm, I have a happy tummy full of half-price tapas and beer.

Sign that Writing a Dissertation is Stressful #42: You relax by reading a book about a series of grisly unsolved murders in the 1930s.

I’ve given up trying to write my dissertation. Now I’m just typing it.

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.

Autistic Kids: The Sibling Problem

NASA Santa Tracker

NORAD Santa Tracker

Mars mission delayed 2 years – CNN.com

Something about a conflict of interest…hmmmm. Hope I hear some gossip about this.

From FoxNews:

Italian Scientist Links Christmas to Ancient Pagan Celebration.

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.

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.