I went to the grocery store thinking I'll just buy enough to make roasted tomato basil soup. I ended up going AWOL and buying 98 dollars worth of stuff, most of it that is on the pricier end (8 dollar rib-eye steak) or will go bad fast ( Read more... )

My PhD thesis has been submitted to the committee.
243 pages (not including the atlas of spectra which will push it to 265-270).

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I saw this on yahoo news ( Read more... )

from a conversation I had at Cambridge Commone with some ex-hippie/socialist who apparently knows a famous Harvard astronomer ( Read more... )

We're getting there. I need to send a somewhat-polished version to the committee by the end of next week. Currently, the thesis is clocking in at 185 pages. I still have another 5 pages to add in chapter 2 and an introduction to finish. The total count should be close to 195 pages. However, this does not include the data tables to be printed ( Read more... )

... I went to a Ron Paul meetup last night in Harvard Sq. They had a big screen playing clips of him from the debates and from his appearance on Real Time with Bill Maher. The reception was very warm, and if volunteers from the campaign of any other republican had done the same in Harvard Sq. I would give maybe about 30 minutes before an angry ( Read more... )

I could have the final part of my thesis prepped for finishing by the end of the day. Of course, that is if 'all goes well'.

Looks like I might be refereeing a paper :).

So day two (of four) of my self-imposed vacation (from work) was relaxing. For the second day in a row I sat outside reading in the sun. I was able to finish "The power of Productivity" today, which you'll be hearing about soon. I also did a lot of 'scheming'. I scheme a lot: especially when I do cardio.