I am going to doing a Karen-style entry and talk about the weather. It is beautiful out - about as perfect as you get in Houston. It is crisp, low humidity, cool, clear air. I even wore a light sweater today. Ok, I know I didn't need it and even though it was 50 degrees out when I went jogging this morning it will probably climb into the seventies today, but its nice. I love autumn weather, it is most definitely my favorite season. I am going to carve a pumpkin this weekend and make pumpkin pie.

I went to the World Space Congress poster session last night and ran into Dr. Olds and about half the grad students I knew when I was at Georgia Tech -- it is SO funny how small the world is. Plus the two team leaders from the disasterous Europa project were there too. It was a real reunion.

I am going on a quest today to find someone who is willing to go to the Houston Opera with me - because for a rare occasion they are putting on an opera sung in a language other than English (La Boheme) rather than some modernized-appeal-to-the-masses-only-Opera.