Just after two-thirty in the morning. Thirty-four slides written on this talk. Six to nine more to go. Oi!

Last year, I finished my cosmic ray talk for the Astronomy Weekend at half past four in the morning. Two years ago, I finished my dark matter talk at two. Tis already too late to beat my 2008 time... let's see if I can at least avoid falling behind my 2009 completion.

Have covered "What are neutrinos?" and "Where do neutrinos fit into astronomy?" and "Solar neutrinos" and "Supernova neutrinos"[*]. This gives me a tiny bit of room to summarize all the work done on correlations with gamma-ray bursters, active galactic nuclei, and high energy point sources. Should talk about Ice Cube and at least mention Amanda, Nestor,[**] and Antares. Will try to fit in a cameo from GLUE and Pierre Auger, too...

ETA: For all [two] physicists who are likely to read this: The talk is specifically about neutrino astronomy and, thus, barely mentions oscillation at all. Just sayin'

EFTA: Four o'clock in the morning now. Forty slides done. Two or three more to go. Should be done relatively soon... and even sleep for a couple of hours! This is shaping up to be a really nice talk! I'm quite pleased with it. Hopefully, I will be awake enough to present it coherently in the morning. By which I mean five hours from now...

ESFTA: Four forty-seven am. Done now. "Neutrino Astronomy: Seeing the Cosmos in a ν Light" is complete. Forty-three slides and a damn nice talk, if I do say so myself. Time to catch a three hour nap, then shower and make my way in. Then iiiiiiiiiiit's showtime!!!


[*] Bursts and relics.

[**] Oxford comma -- whee! (Semi-delirious? Me?? Whatever makes you think that?!)

[***] Though my beloved [livejournal.com profile] cheshcat did wake up a little while ago to come check on me. Isn't she the sweetest??

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