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Don’t hold back. Tell us what you really think.

From a fairly recent scientific paper: Despite this, G. and colleagues, in a series of abstracts …, continued to assign uppermost Chinle Group strata in the Ghost Ranch area to the Owl Rock Formation. Our reading of these abstracts and discussion with G. indicate that they are based on a...Read more
Rendija wanderlust

Rendija wanderlust

Today was just too beautiful a day not to do some hiking, particularly since I may soon be out of action for a while. (More on that later.) However, I’m still feeling just a bit peaked after my adventure in medical imaging last week. And with the quarantine still in...Read more

The modern Iron Maiden

This is another personal post, with possibly TMI for some, but demanded by friends and family. Don’t be embarrassed to skip it if you only come to my blog for the geeky science goodness. First, yes: Somehow I omitted The Seventh Seal from my list of movies to watch while...Read more
One-eye wanderlust

One-eye wanderlust

Yesterday was an absolutely gorgeous day, starting out warm with hardly a cloud in the sky. It was just too good a day not to go hiking. I had postponed the annual Kent Is No Longer 29 wanderlust both because the weather was not great and because I could not...Read more
More geeky microscope fun

More geeky microscope fun

This is a hypotrich. It is a single-celled organism that looks for all the world like a little bug running back and forth on a dozen little legs. (As with most images at this site, you may click to enlarge.) It moves fast enough that it’s hard to get a...Read more

Bat Soup for the Soul

Some recommendations of books or media while waiting out the pandemic. Movies: The Andromeda Strain.. A satellite returns to Earth with an incredibly virulent and completely alien microorganism on board. The science has not held up well for me over the years, but it scared the scatological metaphor out of...Read more

Coronavirus

I generally try to stay away from anything political in this blog, particularly if it involves partisan politics. I am a definite non-subscriber to the notion that everything is political. I don’t pretend that I don’t have a worldview or even that I don’t have some strong political policy preferences,...Read more
Social distancing

Social distancing

It seems to me that hiking alone is very nearly the ultimate in social distancing. My friend, Gary Stradling, thinks so too, and has been having some very successful fossil hunts out in the San Juan Basin. This is the crisis we’ve been practicing for all our lives! A lot...Read more
Chloroplasts, coronavirus, and intracranial hypotension

Chloroplasts, coronavirus, and intracranial hypotension

Another post with possibly TMI. I’ll save that for the end to make it easier for you to skip it, if you prefer. Chloroplasts I have been continuing collecting photomicrographs for the aquarium page. The latest includes a nice sample of Vallisneria leaf with beautiful chloroplasts visible within individual leaf...Read more
Flows, fluorite, filaments, and faults

Flows, fluorite, filaments, and faults

This is another grab-bag of a post, with just a little bit of personal update. Flows Last Friday was my 9/80 Friday off. For those who may not be familiar with this practice, some employers give their workers the day off every other Friday in return for working slightly longer...Read more
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