Last night I joined the American Geophysical Union so I could submit an abstract for consideration as a presentation at their annual conference. I have no idea whether or not it will be accepted, but it seems like I have finally joined the fray. The conference is not until December and we will not know whether or not our abstract has been accepted until early October. In the meantime, I have a boat load of unorganized data, some graphs and a LaTeX document started with a large and growing bibliography. I cannot believe I am saying this, but I am honestly enjoying the process. We have a great team of authors from three different institutions and momentum for the follow-on paper if this one ever gets accepted. I will keep you posted.