Welcome to the Archer Family Blog!
Well hello family members! Welcome to the Archer family webpage/blog. Let me know if you have any comments or suggestions by emailing me at doug.archer@gmail.com.

This webpage allows you to start new threads, comment on old ones, and even post pictures, though make sure your pictures aren't much bigger than 1024 x 768 (~500 kb), or they will look really, really big.


To get things started, let me tell you a little bit about what I've been up to.

Things are going well for me here in Tucson at the University of Arizona. I am pursuing a PhD in Planetary Science, which should occupy me for about the next four years of my life. My classes are interesting, though I'm looking forward to finishing them up in a few more semesters, then just concentrating on research. My ultimate goal is to work for NASA and be involved with the human space exploration effort; specifically, I want to help get people to Mars.

Grad school may not be a very high paying occupation, but it can take me to exotic places every once in a while, like to Waikiki Beach in Honolulu for example. Here is a picture of me in Hawaii about a month ago:



Fun, huh? I was there for an astrobiology conference, learning about weird life on earth and the possibility of life on other planets. And the best thing was the trip was all expenses paid. So thank you NASA. I also had the wonderful experience of getting up close and personal with some liquid hot "magma"(said in the voice of Dr. Evil), here is a picture of that:


If you've never seen lava, next time you go to Hawaii, don't miss the chance, it was well worth the hike!

Other than that, I do have one picture of family interest that hopefully you will all appreciate. Though I'm glad to have finished the whole BYU experience, I'm sad to have missed Utah Football's phenomenal year. To keep up with the team, I was a regular in Tucson area sports bars, where I watched every game of the season minus the Utah State game, which wasn't broadcast, and the Wyoming game, which had technical difficulties. So to close out the football season and start 2005 off right, dad and I made the trip to Tempe to cheer on the Utes. Though it may not have been as close a game as the Rose Bowl, the 70,000 Utah fans, including the Archer's, thoroughly enjoyed the rout. Here is a picture of a couple of handsome devils at the end of the game:


Well, I think that's enough for now. Again, feel free to comment on the blog itself, the staff in our complaint department will get right on any suggestions you may have. And please, feel even more free to start posting your own goings on and pictures to the website. This can be a great way to keep tabs on everyone and as it is automatically archived, will represent a great collection of Archer family memories. And with that . . . . blog away!
- posted by DougA @ 3:43 PM