Matt Springer is a graduate student of physics at Texas A&M university. He is also an occasional writer and tinkerer, and he is probably too curious for his own good.
when you order from Amazon, and a fraction of the purchase price will be sent to me at zero cost to you. Much obliged, and thanks for your patronage.Whew. You may have noticed things have been quiet around here. There's a reason. This weekend I drove to Slidell, Louisiana to be the best man at my friend Aaron's wedding. He was my college roommate at LSU, and he's about the best friend a person could ask for. After graduation, he's gone on to help NASA test rocket engines at Stennis Space Center at roughly twice my salary. Huzzah for grad school!
Anyway the ceremony was very nice, and at the reception I met someone who recognized my name as a writer here at ScienceBlogs. What are the odds? But hey, fleeting fame is not such a bad thing.
The next day I was floored by what I'm guessing was food poisoning. Whatever it was was exceptionally unpleasant but by today it has subsided to a generalized soreness.
I'm back now. Sorry for the absence; the physics begins again tomorrow!
Comments
So, I guess that makes your absence dedicated to chemistry?
(Horrible pun. Move along.)
Posted by: Kobra | February 24, 2009 12:09 PM
The only lasting, important thing we do in life is raise children. All of our publications and "discoveries" are forgotten within a year of publication, if they are ever read at all. All of our grad student advisees will disappear into some science hell. Can anyone imagine the utter anonymity of the thousands of scientists engaged at the large hadron collider. The only one who will ever be remembered is the schmuck who screwed up the heat generation/transfer calcs. The LHC may never run at full power.
So, last weekend was time well spent on life's important stuff. Don't apologize for getting your priorities right.
Posted by: Bob Sykes | February 24, 2009 4:59 PM