Joke

Q: How many surrealists does it take to screw in a light bulb





A: It takes two. One to hold the giraffe and the other to fill the bathtub full of brightly coloured screwdrivers.

Back to Texas.

Well, my advisor got a really good job offer from University of Texas at Arlington. He accepted and will be bringing the most of the research group with him, so it looks like I will be moving back to Texas.
I'll be getting an effective pay raise, because the cost of living is much lower there and I won't have to pay for my own health insurance.
With the extra money, I intend to get a car. Having a car again, will be so nice and convenient. I was thinking a light pickup, for the utility, but does anyone else have suggestions on a car? Remember my budget is somewhat limited.
Its a somewhat better research university than where I now am at, and its a public university so we should have more money at our disposal.

I miss Houston!

I miss Houston.
I miss the heat,
I miss the humidity,
I miss the friendly, pretty girls who would smile at you when you nodded their way or howdied them as you walked past.
I miss the brightness at night.
I miss the really, really good restaurants.
I miss the trees!
Florida doesn't seem to have to many real trees.
I miss free concerts in Herman park.


Well, enough nostalgia for now... I like Florida just fine, but I really miss Texas.

Your dream car.

Every guy has one, a dream vehicle. We all promise ourselves when we are old enough and can afford this thing we will get it. Somewhere along the way we forget because of bills, family, mortgages, etc. Then we hit our midlife crisis and realize we haven't fulfilled any of our dreams so we reach out and buy the car... because at 40 its one thing we can still do. With 600 horsepower and other amaisingly awsome goodies, well, here she is in all her beauty, the car of my dreams.

Happy chinese new year!

Yes folks! My sources tell me its now the Chinese year of the pig! OINKOINK.
I'm pretty bummed, I missed the launch. It was scheduled for Friday but got scrubbed. They ended up launching Saturday, but I forgot to check the Saturday launch window. Oh well, the THEMIS satellites are still very cool. I was talking to my friend Paul (Heh, I should now say Dr. Paul. Congratulations!) about them and we figured how the early part of the mission may be able to back up some ideas he has about day side Pi2.

Some Weekend Ramblings

Went to the launch conference last week for THEMIS after the meeting a friend and I went to a
Dick Dale concert. Man, that old guy can really play the guitar. It was a pretty good show and the music (as well as the volume) was awesome. He also did some Johnny Cash impressions that were really good.

I'm pretty excited about THEMIS, hopefully it can settle some pretty long running disputes we have had in my field and clear up some confusion. Nothing quite like empirical data to give us insight.

Well, I'm off to get some food... later y'all.

Come With Me Baby!

come with me baby, tell me who you are
don't worry, I won't let you get to far
away from me your flower will fade
don't worry baby, time can't persuade
the life you live to leave you alone
with just me we will find us your home

so kiss your brother and father adieu
to the city that gave life to you
and me we will fly up past the stars
we go where all the music is sung
in love of each and all that is real
in life, when I will take you away

come my baby I will take you away
come my baby I will take you away
come my baby I will take you away
from here...