Arts as Astra

I've been tagged by remcat!

Here are the meme rules:
1. Pick up the nearest book (of at least 123 pages).
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the next three sentences.
5. Tag five people & post a comment here once you post it to your blog, so I can come see.

My book:
( Looking for Earths: The Race to Find New Solar Systems, by Alan Boss )

I'm supposed to tag 5 people:
unclenomer
rms10
astrogeek
mama_pipa
luvrhino
Feel free to ignore or pass on whether you've been tagged or not.

seen at remcat and ilai

Instructions:
1. Go to Career Cruising, www.careercruising.com
2. Put in Username: nycareers and Password: landmark
3. Take their "Career Matchmaker" questions at the upper left corner
4. Post the top ten to twenty results
5. If you'd like, put the careers you have seriously considered in bold

( my results )

Somewhat belated answers to questions from benazeer:

1) If you couldn't have been a physicist (say a horrible experience with 8.02 turned you off the subject forever, or something like that), what would you have specialized in?

( Read more... )

2) What stage of development was the worst and/or do you most dread your children going through?

( Read more... )

3) You are granted the ability to either overhaul math and science education in primary schools throughout the country or to make foreign language an integral part of elementary school curricula, but not both. Which do you choose and why?

( Read more... )

4) If time and money were not a concern, what crafty or construction project would you most like to do? This can be a joint project with unclenomer if you like.

( Read more... )

5) If you found yourself living a big-budget summer action movie, what would the plot be? How would you use your mad astrophizzicist skillz to save the day?

( Read more... )

The five question interview meme. Which means you can ask me for five questions of your own to answer in the comments.

Questions from arcanology:

1. What should an individual male academic do in order to make the academic career less male-biased?

See very long-winded answer here.

2. Has Unclenomer yet torn something up that lead you to question his sanity?

( Read more... )

3. Could you be trusted with the Glance of Death?

( Read more... )

4. What is the ideal length of time to farm out your kids to someone else?

( Read more... )

5. In what way do you fear that you are becoming just like your parents?

( Read more... )

Perhaps a bit late with this meme, but here's my recap:

( first sentence of each month meme )

This summary does not include non-public posts. If it did, most of the above entries would be about one or other or both of my kids. And maybe about my triathlon.

seen at eowyns's

( soda, I say! )

In response to the meme seen here, here, here, here, and here:

As fond as I am of hand-crafted stuff, both receiving and giving, alas, I have over thirty job applications I'd like to get out in the next couple of months.

So virtual knitwear for all my Friends! Enjoy!