First Light
This is the first post of my new blog, Ionian Journal. As opposed to my other blog, Titan Today, which is basically a news and discussion site for outer planetary satellites, this blog is more of a sounding board for my own views, either on the overall news of the day or on events in my own life. So for the most part, this blog will probably not get nearly as many visitors as Titan Today. And I'm okay with that. However, there were times when I wanted to post something off-topic on the other blog but didn't want to for risk of alienating my current readers. So I have created this blog. If you don't want to hear another blogger talking about the latest events, don't come here. If you could care less about my life, don't come here. If you want to just read about Titan or Enceladus, visit my Titan Today site.
If you are still interested, I thank you for sticking around. I want to say this right off the bat. My politics tends to be on the...right side of the spectrum. I'm not very religious, so I don't spout off my religious views, though as readers of my Titan Today blog may remember, I did post one off-topic post on the death of Pope John Paul II so you know my religious affiliations. Regardless, I will most likely not veer to much into religion.
I am a Republican. Not many of us in the planetary science business, but we do exist. I do support President Bush though not blindedly so, as some of his critics would have people believe. I think he is a fairly intelligent man, not a genius, but certainly not the idiot that again, some of his critics would have you believe. Yes, he can be a bit...colloquial at times. I see this as a strength, an ability to speak to the everyday Joe and Jane, though some do see this as a weakness and consider it a sign of his supposed lack of intelligence.
In terms of my life, from my other blog, you know I work for the Cassini ISS team, processing images of Saturn's moon Titan. I am also a college student at the University of Arizona, majoring in Geosciences and minoring in History. I am in my third year, so I guess you could say I am in the home stretch. My life is general quiet, punctuated by periods of high stress centered around Titan flybys and tests/papers.
If you are still interested, I thank you for sticking around. I want to say this right off the bat. My politics tends to be on the...right side of the spectrum. I'm not very religious, so I don't spout off my religious views, though as readers of my Titan Today blog may remember, I did post one off-topic post on the death of Pope John Paul II so you know my religious affiliations. Regardless, I will most likely not veer to much into religion.
I am a Republican. Not many of us in the planetary science business, but we do exist. I do support President Bush though not blindedly so, as some of his critics would have people believe. I think he is a fairly intelligent man, not a genius, but certainly not the idiot that again, some of his critics would have you believe. Yes, he can be a bit...colloquial at times. I see this as a strength, an ability to speak to the everyday Joe and Jane, though some do see this as a weakness and consider it a sign of his supposed lack of intelligence.
In terms of my life, from my other blog, you know I work for the Cassini ISS team, processing images of Saturn's moon Titan. I am also a college student at the University of Arizona, majoring in Geosciences and minoring in History. I am in my third year, so I guess you could say I am in the home stretch. My life is general quiet, punctuated by periods of high stress centered around Titan flybys and tests/papers.
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