I thought I’d follow Janet and do a sort of end of year review or summary (or, really, snapshot) in the following style: List the first sentence of every first post of the month for all twelve months. I’ve no idea what this will produce, so here goes:
January
I’ll admit that I was quite surprised by this.
February
Lovely layers in the distance on a hike at Runyon Canyon this morning, looking North East.
March
A snapshot from last Friday night (a week ago).
April
Well, I learned recently* that the BBC wildlife program makers have done it again, breaking new ground in scientific discovery while making a new series.
May
Well, here’s a turn up for the books.
June
Well, you’ve probably guessed that I’ve been somewhat distracted for several days.
July
150 years ago today, Charles Darwin presented his theory of evolution to a group of his peers for the first time.
August
Well, you may not have gone to the chat between K C Cole and Leonard Susskind that I mentioned a while ago at the LA Central Library downtown.
September
So now it’s made it to NPR!*
October
Tomorrow I’ll be doing something a bit unusual, I’ve heard.
November
Hollywood Halloween.
December
The conjunction of Jupiter (top), Venus (middle) and the waxing crescent moon (er, bottom) over Los Angeles last night.
Well, that was fun and even interesting! I hope that you enjoyed scanning over old posts and comments as much as I did. Thanks so much for reading (and maybe commenting) here for another year, all of you. It has been a pleasure being host.
Best Wishes for Next Year!!
-cvj
Happy new year Clifford. I hope 2009 finds you healthy and fruitful.
My challenge for the Joe Paterno Professor of Penn State (away team) and the Professor of Physics and Astronomy (and interdisciplinary media communications) at USC, is for them to rise above their patently biased agendas and come together in this happy new year in a warm handshake of cooperation and peace; now, let’s get ready to rumble!!!
*cross-posted at Michael Berube’s blog site!
All the best in the New Year Clifford.
Wow, things don’t get much more random than that!
Happy new year, Clifford!
Happy New Year Clifford.
Happy New Year, Clifford. Thanks for writing (and for not running for the hills last summer when I introduced myself in Aspen). I hope you have an excellent 2009.