RIP Stephen Hawking

[Drunk Monk]

I heard him talk at UCSC.  It was packed and we weren't able to get inside.  But they put speakers out in the field, along with a projection screen.  We could hear his answers and his talk, but not the questions from the long Q&A period afterwards.  I remember lying on the grassy field and staring up at the stars, on a crystal clear night, and listening to him talk about singularities and such.  In all honestly, I could barely follow his lecture - it was way above my head.  

It's one of my fondest memories from grad school.