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I would call that Socratic Science reasoning. That's looking out your window and coming up with an explanation, and then doing a linear extrapolation for the future. With finance, that's called 'momentum [...]
A slow, dry cold blob. Not very much, and now we go into Arctic recharge. Might get snow when the warmer air comes in. A nice Christmas break for me, and I can't see myself writing for a while.They're bringing [...]
Newly out in VAMP: Danison, Andy D., Wedel, Mathew J., Barta, Daniel E., Woodward, Holly N., Flora, Holley M., Lee, Andrew H., and Snively, Eric. 2024. Chimerism of specimens referred to Saurophaganax maximus reveals a new species of Allosaurus [...]
One of my favourite pairs of earrings are a simple set of pearls. I have worn them pretty much every day since 2016 when I received them as a gift. What is it about pearls that makes them so appealing? I am certainly not alone in this. A [...]
Today we give a Christmas gift to all the warmies in nice top positions. The cold is over forever. The temperatures are going up to lobsterize all of us. Your jobs are secure, there will be no pitchforks and [...]
This has been an interesting year, 2024. I started traveling more, and I did a lot more just looking around as I patrol the town on foot. I’ve especially been savoring the sky. There’s a time of day when every building looks heroic, and December [...]
With my accumulated years, the deepening gloom of late December brings a lassitude, an ebbing of motivation. Writing a new blog post at year's end seems a daunting challenge. In his old age, Walt Whitman acknowledged that, even as his heart [...]
This image is of a Cladophlebis denticulata (Brongn, 1828) plant fossil. The plant existed in the Jurassic Period. Fossil was
discovered in Scarborough, England, United Kingdom. Fossil was on display at the Natural
History Museum Vienna [...]
This image is of a Nilsonia compta (Phill.) plant fossil. The plant existed in the Jurassic Period. Fossil was
discovered in Scarborough, England, United Kingdom. Fossil was on display at the Natural
History Museum Vienna (Naturhistorisches [...]
This image is of a Todites williamsoni (Brongn, 1828) plant fossil. The plant existed in the Jurassic Period. Fossil was
discovered in Scarborough, England, United Kingdom. Fossil was on display at the Natural
History Museum Vienna [...]