Back from the grave

Well, I've been silent for so long that some might think I gave up on this blog. Those phantom people who actually read it :)

Anyway, the reason for the long silence is that I was really busy. I started my PhD in the University of Nebraska and was plowing through literature on the subject of my research. In the meanwhile I also did some translations.

I have to say that this period was rather satisfying. I had perfect freedom to look for anything I thought relevant, think on the subject of the project and write my thoughts down. I also had the chance to see what it takes to publish a scientific paper. On this front, I have to say, the picture isn't too pretty. Apart from several papers (out of about 60 I went through) most of the papers were somewhat superficial and left plenty of open questions. All the better for me to answer them :)

I also talked to my professor and though he narrowed the field for me somewhat, I still have a lot of latitude. I think the next years are going to be fun :)

Anyway, apart from that, our lives are going and advancing. My wife goes to conferences with the regularity of approximately once a month. The weather isn't much better than in Israel at this time of year, but could be worse.

I hope I am going to update more often from now on.