Wandering Aimlessly

I'm a nerd who likes nerdy things. However, I tend to post very little. If you choose to follow this page, I'm sorry I'm not as interesting as you'd probably like me to be. I do have a PhD in meteorology, though, so I'm always open to answering weather questions.

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Wandering Aimlessly turned 13 today!

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Wandering Aimlessly turned 6 today!

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We are now pre-boarding those passengers w/ VIP access to the #nonTRANSFERABLEfilm, Join the #RedCarpet on FB Live http://thndr.me/mvPrL8

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Wandering Aimlessly turned 5 today!

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I just helped save Tinker Bell on #NewPeterWendy! An awesome #PeterPan #WebSeries, watch it now! New episodes today http://thndr.it/1JPA5mV

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Wandering Aimlessly turned 4 today!

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yup. talk about it.

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Science Needs Women:  For Women in Science; the L’Oreal Foundation 

I’m sharing this video on any platform I can because when I first found it last week it had something like 1,400 views, but it’s the most beautifully produced and succinctly narrated video addressing some of the most complicated issues facing women in STE(A)M fields I’ve found yet. 

I’m sharing this for every time I’m called a “feminazi.”

…for every time I’m told that my concerns aren’t valid, our that our issues are imagined.

…for every time I hear “women just don’t like science,” or worse - “women just aren’t good at science.”

…for every time we’re told that we can have a family or a career, but not both - and for every time we feel like we have to decide between the two.

…for every time a study comes out saying as many as 64% of women endure sexual harassment during field work. 

…for the fact that women earn 41% of PhD’s in STEM fields, but make up only 28% of tenure-track faculty in those fields.

…and because we need more women mentors in these fields to stand up for issues that are not “women’s issues” - these are people issues that affect our collective society as a whole.

The women in this video are my heroes and they should be your heroes, too.

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Science needs women.

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THIS IS A PICTURE THAT SOMEONE TOOK WHO WORKS ON AN OIL RIG IN TEXAS. HE WANTED TO GET A SHOT OF THE LIGHTNING THAT WAS FLASHING BY.  HE WAS UNAWARE OF THE TORNADO UNTIL THE LIGHTNING ILLUMINATED IT. This has been called a one-in-a-million photo; taken south of Ft. Stockton, Texas.

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Actually, this is photoshop.

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Wandering Aimlessly turned 3 today!