Checking In

I'm traveling right now, and so only really have time to quickly check in. As I mentioned in an earlier post, I was in England for a few days and am now on the Italian island of Ischia, at the International Conference on the CMB and the Early Universe. I got here on Wednesday afternoon and my talk was scheduled as the second one of the conference, beginning on Thursday. However, Michael Turner, the first person scheduled, wasn't able to make it, and I ended up speaking first. This was fine by me, since I love to get my presentation out of the way early so as to get the maximum amount of time in a relaxed frame of mind to enjoy the rest of the conference and, you know, this beautiful island. My somewhat unwieldy assigned title was Physics of the very early Universe: what can we learn from ...