Four GRBs detected in three days! Woohoo! That kind of activity keeps me pleasantly busy.

Fairly soon I will begin analyzing data from the Gamma-Ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) Burst Monitor (GBM). That will open a new areas to be in both high-energy astrophysics and instrumentation.

Last week marked two years since I began researching GRBs. One would think that after two years, I know everything there is to know about a subject. In reality, not even experts know everything there is to know about their subject. Given that theories are so fluid and new instrumentation and new observations bring about new (and sometimes controversial) results, what you think you know one day might be laughable the next day.

My exposure is also growing. Attending that GRB conference really opened my eyes to GRB research I didn't know existed. Hearing a talk and understanding a talk are two different things. I'm still trying to process what I heard and learn more. This is challenging material, and I'm doing the best I can. Somewhere, in between what was talked about and what was not mentioned, I will find a problem that I'm curious enough about to dedicate a couple years to solving, and off I'll go.