swag
The primary reason to go to the big annual society meetings is, of course
the hot science results
networking for jobs
schmoozing with your peeps
The Swag!
Yes, that is why we go.
The NASA Space Calendars, the Hubble Mission buttons, the institutional logo USB sticks, the 3-D bookmarks, and, of course, the legendary High Energy Astrophysics Red and Black pens.
But each year there are one or two inspired surprise original Swag.
Who can forget the Lockheed Lunar Stress Ball? The foam space shuttle?
The photometrically accurate B,V,R ruler set?
This year the fancy Swag was definitely the…