My new favorite website to waste time on is the National Geographic site. I love scrolling through Photo of the day. Isn't this photo of Japan just stunningly beautiful?


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Back from Mexico! I'm still exhausted... But the trip was great. It was nice to break up the routine and spend some time in a tropical paradise with Casey and his family. The wedding was lovely, and our own excursions were a blast. It was perfect weather too - only rained the very last day, as we were getting ready to leave ( Read more... )

So, no offense to my astrophysics friends, because I think space is very cool and important to study, but it has always frustrated me that we know more about Mars than we do about our own oceans. If we want to learn anything about how Earth's climate really works, or about the variety and nature of life on Earth, we have to begin to understand our ( Read more... )

Anyone who thought they knew what a pretty spring looked like, should come see it in Saint Louis. This is certainly the city's most gorgeous season. I am taking Casey to the Botanic Gardens when we return from CO ( Read more... )

I am glad today is through. I turned in my review and my bibliography, prepared my talk, and gave it. I think it went well - I may have slipped a bit into my boring voice but overall I explained the main themes of the book and the author's complex economic ideas and hopefully wasn't too repetitive. Also, the best part was that I got asked LOTS of ( Read more... )

I raise my mug of hot cocoa and toast to my really relaxing birthday ( Read more... )

( Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening, by Robert Frost )

OMG my cousin Izzy met Michael Phelps on Saturday! How cool ( Read more... )

( Click to read about and see photos of our park picnic! )

This week has definitely been the highlight of my summer! But, since I have to go babysit(waste) my entire day away, I'm just going to give a quick rundown of the week ( Read more... )