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How Teeth Grow

I’m thinking a lot about tooth growth right now. It’s an important part of nearly every project I work on and is of great importance for projects I have interns working on at the moment.Continue reading “How Teeth Grow”

Analysis Paralysis

I was cleaning up my office at work this morning, in preparation for my coming field season. OK, I admit, I was procrastinating.

I came across this fortune:

Actually useful, for once. How many of us suffer from ‘analysis paralysis’? pic.twitter.com/fKTdvxEewL

— Penny Higgins (@paleololigo) July 17, 2013

Continue reading “Analysis Paralysis”

Eyewear and Vanity

I started thinking about this more than a year ago, and the urgency has been growing. A couple of weeks ago, I finally decided to act.

When I first started pondering, it was purely my vanity. The wish to ‘look the part.’ Then it became a practical consideration. And now almost necessity.Continue reading “Eyewear and Vanity”

Field work cometh

In one week I begin the long trek across the country, from my home in western New York State, to Laramie, WY (and then to Vernal, UT), for three weeks of field work.

It’s been two years since I’ve been to my old stomping grounds in Wyoming. I’ve never been to the field site in Utah. There will be a lot to see.Continue reading “Field work cometh”

Vrr’ak’l

Today I’m sorting my field equipment for my field season (a month of camping) which starts in about a week. In the process, I’m cleaning up my home office a bit.

I was putting some of my old artwork away, and I came across this tiny scratch board drawing.

It’s a Vrr’ak’l from the Stink Bug story. I drew this more than 20 years ago. Guess I’ve been thinking about these guys for a while.

Stink Bug – Chapter 15

The Vrr’ak’l had dispersed. Tr’b’l had vanished into the canopy. K’eel and W’oo’woo still sat on each side of me, shielding me with their warm feathers. W’oo’woo was clucking quietly to himself, scratching at the ground with his beak from time to time. K’eel was tracing patterns in the dust with the worn tip of an old, shed feather. There was chatter among other Vrr’ak’l from distant places in the trees, but so far as I could see, we were alone.Continue reading “Stink Bug – Chapter 15”

Friday Headlines: 7-12-13

Friday Headlines, July 12, 2013

THE LATEST IN THE GEOSCIENCES

Today’s round-up:
Impact crater in Iowa
Origin of the turtle’s shellContinue reading “Friday Headlines: 7-12-13”

Blue Frog of Gloom

The Internet is out at the house again.

I am not impressed, and neither is Mr. Frog.

Better luck tomorrow.

Lessons Learned from Instrumental Headaches

I run a mass spectrometry laboratory. Most days it’s no big thing. Other days, I regret my career path.

On Friday, all of my sample peaks disappeared.Continue reading “Lessons Learned from Instrumental Headaches”

Almost there….

Distracted by sewing tonight. But almost done. Only six buttons to go. Out of the total of 43 needed on this kirtle.

And then I have to make the surcote to wear over the top.

Busy, busy, busy.