Dana Hunter

Author's details

Name: Dana Hunter
Date registered: September 26, 2011

Biography

You want to know about Dana Hunter, then, do you? I'm a science blogger, SF writer, compleat geology addict, Gnu Atheist, and owner of a - excuse me, owned by a homicidal felid. I loves me some Doctor Who and Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers. Sums me up. I'm a Midwest-born Southwesterner transplanted to the Pacific Northwest, which should explain some personality quirks, the tendency to sprinkle Spanish around, and why I'll subject you to some real jawbreakers in the place names department. My cobloggers, Karen Locke, Jacob and Steamforged, and I are delighted to be your cantineras y cantinero. Join us for una tequila. And feel free to follow @dhunterauthor on Twitter. Salud!

Latest posts

  1. No Longer Donating to CFI? Skepticon Could Use Your Help! — June 18, 2013
  2. Please Link Me Your Pissed-At-CFI-Board Links — June 18, 2013
  3. Ron Lindsay’s Extraordinary Bullshit Part III: A Fine Fuck You — June 18, 2013
  4. Mystery Flora: Arizona in Washington — June 17, 2013
  5. Adventures on the Dry Side — June 16, 2013

Author's posts listings

Jun 04 2013

Bodacious Botany: Wicked

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A huge hunka hornfels ripped up by a root ball. Evelyn's very useful giftie for scale.

We found two versions of wicked botanical denizens of the Pacific Northwest when we walked the Old Snoqualmie Pass Wagon Road Trail (the trail is shorter than its name) on Saturday. That trail makes a nice loop out of the Franklin Falls hike: it doesn’t add much distance to your trip, and you get to …

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Jun 03 2013

A Cobbly Work of Art

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bit o' fun, science

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geo art pun

Geology art + geology pun = pretty much a win, methinks. Kinda looks like Callan… I think it’s the beard. And the enthusiasm.

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Jun 03 2013

Three Posts that Should Be Required Reading for Ron Lindsay

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discourse, women

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understand

Greta Christina has gone and said about all I could have said about this situation, and so much more. Ron Lindsay is a fool if he doesn’t read, then seriously contemplate, both of her posts. A Blatant Misrepresentation — And An Insulting One: The Content of Ron Lindsay’s WiS2 Talk He Treated Us With Contempt: …

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Jun 02 2013

Mystery Flora: Amongst the Lilies Fair

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Mystery Lily I

Thee wanted lilies, and lilies thee shall have. But first, a singsong wot has got lilies in it. Some of you may recognize that as a poem by Saint John of the Cross, “Dark Night of the Soul.” Before I knew that, I thought it was about a woman sneaking out of the house for …

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Jun 02 2013

Franklin Falls Prelim Report: In Which Important Things Are Realized

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Nice hornfels outcrop at Franklin Falls. Hammer wot George gave me for scale.

Our story begins the night before the trip, as I was trying and failing to find anything on the geology of Franklin Falls, and cogitating about what I remembered seeing there oh so long ago. I’ve had a few samples sitting on a side table for years, and occasionally, I’d take them out and turn …

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Jun 01 2013

Ridiculous Roosters, a Flying Buttress Tree, and a UFD at Last

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adventures, bit o' fun

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Flying Buttress Tree, Side I

We haven’t had enough mysteries lately, have we? No UFDs, no Mystery Flora, no Bodacious Botany, no Cryptopods… I’ll have to try to make it up to you. But I’m going to – ah ha ha – sort of duck out of it. But seriously, folks, I did see a bit of an odd duck, …

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May 31 2013

New Geokittehs Post by Moi!

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Y’all should be checking Geokittehs on a regular basis already – Evelyn’s done an excellent job keeping the site up-to-date whilst I’ve been busy (or busy wasting time) elsewhere. But thanks to you lot, I’ve got a post up there at last! Do go enjoy the Dipuurgent Boundary, and remember to show Evelyn some love …

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May 31 2013

In Which The Cat Is Not Amused

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Kitteh sez "Whut?"

So I did some mad cleaning, the kind you do when you’re disgusted with life, the Universe and everything, and decide to take it out on your poor innocent apartment. Misha slept happily through most of it, except for those bits where she stirred to come snigger at me whilst I was down on my …

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May 30 2013

Oreogeny!

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Oreogenic Belt.

“Needs an image illustrating oreogeny,” Chris Clarke says. Not happy with a geology prof’s work, are we? Well, then. Never let it be said I ignore reader requests – and I even fulfill them when I’ve got a bag of Oreos in the cupboard and the request comes in during an afternoon where I have …

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May 30 2013

Oreo Tectonics

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oreo tectonics

I’m one of those freaks of nature who doesn’t much like Oreos. However, I feel differently about them now that many of you, along with my Facebook friend Raymond Dickey, shared this: Okay, now I want an Oreo cookie! I didn’t realize they could be such perfect geology teaching tools. I’ll have to employ them …

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