Day 996: Travel, Sick Relatives, Computers. Gah.

Things have been rather hectic here at VatulBlog HQ lately.  So busy that I have neither the time nor the inclination to blog.  I’ve seen more of the insides of airports and geophysical data than any human should and the best part is that it isn’t over.  More travel and data schlepping ahead. This past weekend, I flew up to Ohio to spend some time with my parents and grandmother, the latter of whom I haven’t seen since my wedding around sixteen months ago.  This is Patti’s (Tamil for grandmother) second battle with that awful beast known as cancer and she has just come out of another demeaning round of chemotherapy and radiation.  Yet, she got out of bed and walked into the living room to spend time with one of her favorite grandchildren and, through coughs and sniffles, lovingly related to me all the things I used to do as a precocious young kid visiting my grandfather and her in India.  I want to take this opportunity to say the following t...