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At Susana's going away party, I met some follows I didn't know before. I've run into them a number of times since, and agreed to go dancing when I came back from my trip. So I'm back, I call the girl up, we meet up at the Big Sleazy. Body language indicating a strong interest was thrown out on the floor, and we end up chillin at her place a bit. ( Read more... )

UPDATE: I totally forgot to talk about some of the science at the conference. I'll do so soon, particularly the last keynote speaker's plan to propose an intereferometer constellation whose baseline separation could be earth-sized, made possible by his group's work in controlling laser noise, as well as the quiet impressive work going on at HBCUs ( Read more... )

Ok, so I've been meaning to mention this for awhile. Leaving aside the fact that anyone pursuing physics in today's job market is just a bit messed up in the head (you don't do this for the money), I am just unbelievably weird. Just what might indicate I have a problem? I'm really geeky. No, even geekier than you're thinking right now. ( Read on for evidence that all my cups aren't in my cupboard... )