September 2010

I Present The Mythical Three-Headed Ferret

September 30, 2010

A couple of weekends ago, I finally got to meet the famed dingos of the temple of Athenae. And there was much chaos. Q: What is a group of ferrets called? Survey says: A group of ferrets is called a ”business” or busy-ness. They’re not kidding about the business part. The Chicago mob ain’t got nothing [...]

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Of Honest Teachers And Precious Rock Hammers

September 28, 2010

This month’s Accretionary Wedge geology blog carnival. Almost forgot about it. Topic: “What is the most important geological experience you’ve had?” Consider this my official entry. One would think it occurred on an outcrop. One would also think it happened on a field trip or at field camp, as it did to rock stars such [...]

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All You Can Leave Behind

September 27, 2010

Not dead. Really, I’m not. With travel, work and everything edible and intellectual absorbed during said travel and work, I’ve a lot of catching up to do. I’m also going through what Terry Gross and Andy Ihnatko explore here and here, respectively, i.e. digital information Twitter blog overload cortisol bzzzt. Instead of killing all of my [...]

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Krish Ashok Does The Creation Museum

September 17, 2010

One of my peeps, as in snarky, Tanglish*-speaking person of Madras** origin, tires of Cincinnati and visits the Creation Museum. It’s great stuff, so please head to his blog and read it all. This paragraph, in particular, cracked me up because of its conclusion. Cincinnati is a large city with levels of urban excitement that [...]

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Day 150 Unvanished, Unfinished

September 16, 2010

Untoward. But not unfathomable. We, in these here parts, are accustomed to years-long aftermaths and revelations, after all. WDSU.com | Government Accused Of Bungling Spill Evidence: Companies Say Failed Blowout Preventer Not Adequately Preserved al.com | Oil spill claims czar: “I over-promised and under-delivered” Meanwhile, back in the real world where people live and die [...]

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Gonna Blow The Blues

September 16, 2010

What do The Loop and Athenae‘s fuzzy ferretses have in common? I get to see them this weekend. YOU WUZ WARNED CHICAGO Tweet

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Travel Bug

September 14, 2010

It has hit again. Conference and meeting travel doesn’t count. I can wreck my neck and hands while typing into a laptop and then trudge over to happy hour right here. I also long for real outcrops. This last trip to Fort Collins afforded no time for a hike or even to touch a dipping [...]

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“Anti-Colonial”

September 14, 2010

Our media and pundits are useless. Thought I’d point out a few things about Dinesh D’Souza’s latest for Forbes in which he opines on Obama: Here is a man who spent his formative years–the first 17 years of his life–off the American mainland, in Hawaii, Indonesia and Pakistan, with multiple subsequent journeys to Africa. … [...]

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“Women In Science” Day Quick Links

September 13, 2010

Lilavati’s Daughters: The Women Scientists of India a collection of (auto)biographical essays of about 100 women scientists who have worked and are working in India. The name is drawn from The Lilavati, a twelfth century treatise in which the mathematician Bhaskaracharya addresses a number of problems to his daughter, Lilavati. Cornelia Clermont Cameron Cornelia earned [...]

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