[APML] I'm leaving AMPL soon....

["Tom & Lou Krajci" <krajcit@3lefties.com>]

I've been told (and told others!)...never, *ever* volunteer for anything
while you're in the military.

So what did I do?  I volunteered for a job that will put me in Tashkent,
Uzbekistan for the next two years.  I'm brushing up furiously on my Russian,
which I've neglected for 15 years.  (Ask me about the Russian past passive
participial construction...just ask me!  ;-)

Uzbekistan is not a wealthy country.  Internet connections, high-end
astrophotography, and similar things are about as rare as a clear winter
night in Seattle.  So I'll have to set this hobby aside for awhile while I
serve my country overseas.  (My last overseas station was in Germany.  I had
to forego astronomy while I skied the Alps.  Sacrifices must be made!)

Don't worry.  I'm sure there will be plenty to keep my wife and I occupied
and fascinated in Tashkent.  ;-)

...and anyway I've been drifting away from pretty pictures and more toward
amateur science.  I hope to make some acquaintences over there in terms of
astronomy, and who knows what else.

Do svidaniya,
Tom Krajci

PS.  If amateur science, especially on a budget, interests you, then check
out:  http://members.3lefties.com/krajcit/  (The absurdly deep field is an
interesting by-product of my photometry data collection efforts.)

PPS.  Whereinthehellis Uzbekistan anyway?
http://www.eurasianet.org/resource/uzbekistan/index.shtml


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