Monthly Archives: August 2007

Ducking Butterflies

There are plants on either side of my door in the graduate apartment complex, and walking out after lunch today, I had to duck *twice* to avoid a very large monarch butterfly going from one side to the other. Apparently … Continue reading

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Research topic, anyone?

Today is my fourth real day of being a grad student, and I’m a little overwhelmed. I don’t have a specific research topic yet, and all I really know is that it will have something to do with Mercury’s thermal … Continue reading

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Launching…supermeg!

Welcome to the first post on the first blog I’ve ever had! It’s a little bit daunting, to be honest. I’ve never really been interested in creating one of these things before, but I just moved to California to start … Continue reading

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