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Interlude

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 9:56 PM by Phil Plait in About this blog | 10 comments | RSS feed | Trackback >

10 Responses to “Interlude”

  1. 1.   TheBlackCat Says:
    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.

  2. 2.   Wolverine Says:
    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!

  3. 3.   Katsu Says:
    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. ;_;

  4. 4.   Patrick Says:
    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.

  5. 5.   emawkc Says:
    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).

  6. 6.   george Says:
    January 31st, 2006 at 1:01 pm

    But…you seem to have internet this time. :)

  7. 7.   Thomas Siefert Says:
    January 31st, 2006 at 1:10 pm

    Does your presentation include any infor…… ah, darn someone beat me to it….

  8. 8.   Eric Ingram Says:
    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! :)

  9. 9.   Robert Says:
    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. ;)

  10. 10.   KingNor Says:
    January 31st, 2006 at 10:47 pm

    will this planetarium show about black holes play anywhere near the bay area?

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