One of my Facebook friends posted this, and I laughed and laughed and decided I had to share. Caption by George Takei, no idea who carved it:
Monthly Archive: October 2011
Oct 31 2011
New Post Up on Ye Olde Writing Blog
For those of you interested in following the writer’s progress, I’ve started blogging my winter writing project. Yup. Time to get serious. Those of you desiring an invite so that you may view my screaming and the occasional excerpt as this thing progresses, shoot me a request at dhunterauthor at yahoo dot com. And if …
Oct 31 2011
Los Links 10/28
It’s Halloween, otherwise known as NaNo’eve, and this may be the last big linkfest for a considerable time. Oh, there will be Los Links, don’t get me wrong. I’d never deprive you of them. But I likely won’t have much time for reading. Which is a shame, because people keep writing intensely interesting stuff. Exhibit …
Oct 30 2011
Four Questions, Four Answers (No Jesus Necessary)
Some of my readers may not know Callan Bentley. This is a shame, because he’s a brilliant geologist, a fantastic teacher, and one of the two people who makes me seriously consider moving to Virginia in order to attend college. If you knew how I felt about passive margins, you’d know why this is a …
Oct 30 2011
I’m Sending You to the Salt Mines
This. Is. Amazing. If somebody wanted to send me to work in this salt mine, that would be totally fine. I’d be all over that. It’s one of the most incredible places I’ve ever seen. Who would have ever thought that a bunch of salt miners would have spent extra time down in the mines …
Oct 29 2011
“You Want Something Old? Pick Up a Rock.”
There’s this thing that happens, sometimes, when a blogger’s busier than an overstocked daycare center whose charges have gotten into the coffee supply and disregarded the decaf. You post a little throwaway something: a video, some photos, a few thoughts. You think nothing of it. You were just filling a gap, sharing something of passing …
Oct 29 2011
Cantina Quote o’ The Week: Naguib Mahfouz
The real malady is fear of life, not of death. -Naguib Mahfouz All I knew of Naguib Mahfouz was this quote. These words, this simple sentence, reminds me of something very important: people have a tendency to waste their one precious life by clinging to a pathological fear of it. This quote reminds me to …
Oct 28 2011
Accretionary Wedge: Deadlines Fast Approaching!
The Accretionary Wedge carnival’s starting November with two back-to-back kinda-Halloween-themed, um, themes. Posts are due soon, so you’d best scramble if you’re planning to wedge yourself in. (Please forgive that last little joke. I know it wasn’t funny. I’m functioning on fractional amounts of sleep just now, and I think my sense of humor went …
Oct 28 2011
Why I Am an Atheist
PZ asked his readers why they’re atheists, and he’s been running their replies daily. Figured with a new readership and so forth, I might as well have a go and put it on me very own blog. Why not? Here’s the short answer: because it’s sensible. Gods are surplus to requirements. Why carry round the …
Oct 27 2011
And That, Kids, Is Why You Shouldn’t Build on a Bluff
One of my geotweeps, CGKings317, once tweeted this rather remarkable video showing coastal erosion over the course of a year: It gives you a sense of just how delicate coastlines can be. There’s the ocean, and storms; wind, water and gravity, all working to lay the land low. 17 meters (almost 56 feet) of prime …
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