So here’s the deal. I got 6 hours of sleep last night, which is twice my average over the past week. I just got in to Denver tonight, and I’m exhausted. Tomorrow I have a series of press-the-flesh activities at the Denver Museum of Natural Science; a planetarium show about black holes is premiering, and my group helped fund and write it. So what I’m saying is I can’t post anything tonight besides this note, and I may not be able to post until tomorrow night. This week has been incredible, but I may sleep for a week when I get home to make up for it.
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January 30th, 2006 at 10:17 pm
Sleep!!!! Sleep, sleep, sleep, sleep, sleep. Less typing and more sleep. I look forward to hearing from you when you wake up next week. Now go to bed.
January 30th, 2006 at 10:46 pm
You have some nerve, mister. Who do you think you are, jet-setting around the country doing skeptical and sciencey things instead of updating your blog daily! Sheesh!
January 31st, 2006 at 8:15 am
Huzzah for Denver! Just make sure to drink plenty of water while you’re here. Dehydrated Bad Astronomer who is already sleep deprived would be a bad, bad thing.
Darnit, I wish I had enough money to go see the new planetarium show. ;_;
January 31st, 2006 at 9:36 am
You’re in Denver, how did I miss this. I thought show didn’t start until Feb 10th. This must be some sort of special schmooze thing. Anywho, we have a pretty cool museum, enjoy it. It’s a beautiful day as well, you missed the cold snap. Welcome to Mile High.
January 31st, 2006 at 12:40 pm
Does your presentation include any information about the black hole near Uranus?
(Hey, somebody was bound to say it).
January 31st, 2006 at 1:01 pm
But…you seem to have internet this time.
January 31st, 2006 at 1:10 pm
Does your presentation include any infor…… ah, darn someone beat me to it….
January 31st, 2006 at 5:29 pm
I agree with Wolverine. If you think you’ve got it bad, just remember Randy Gardner (stayed awake for 11 days). Now quit your complaining and get back to blogging!
January 31st, 2006 at 9:34 pm
You might try a sleep aid and reading Richard Hoaglands website. You’ll be out in no time. Or, angry and mad and on here writing a post in no time.
January 31st, 2006 at 10:47 pm
will this planetarium show about black holes play anywhere near the bay area?