The Phoenix came up in a meeting and I was all "My friend's thing is the arm!" Of course, now they believe me because I have a picture of me and the earthbound rover on my cube wall. One advantage of working in this business is that everyone geeks out over stuff like that. Even as it is everyday business to us. I say "My dad manages the Sloan site." and there is a chorus of oooohs and I get peppered with questions. And my dad goes "my daughter works for [y'all know]" and half the time, they've interacted with me.
Still think that SDSS should raise money by taking all the drilled discs (for the survey, they drilled holed in a circular plate, each representing an object in the sky they wanted a spectra of. Then threaded fibro-o cables into the holes, observed, catching each object's spectrum) and turning them into coffee tables. Which reminds me, I should see if I can convince my dad to give me one. I already have an in on getting duplicate extra palomar survey plates (glass photographic sheets) that I'd love to frame up and display.
Hrm, yes, I'm a geek.
I've plans for laundry, a goodwill run, attacking one bedroom closet disaster and possibly an IKEA trip for bolster pillows for the new futon. I like the covering on the current pillows. How I'll find a cover fabric for the whole mattress that coordinates is beyond me.