Geologists on the loose...

Okay yes I know this is on my Myspace but it's really funny. I did make a few small changes.

How To spot a geologist in the wild, look for:
* Hand-lens, compass, pen-knife, etc. tied around neck with string.
* Ownership of a pet rock (in the case of palaeontologists, this will be their closest friend).
* Takes photos, that includes people only for scale, and has more pictures of rock hammer and lens cap than of their family.
* Someone with collection of geology books that rivals the size of his rock collection.
* Someone who brings beer instead of water when hiking.
* Wears a lot of polar fleece.
* Often has hair in a pony-tail (this applies to male or female geologists).
* Someone who considers a "recent event" to be anything that has happened in the last hundred thousand years.
* Someone who licks and/or scratches & sniffs rocks.
* Someone who eats dirt and claims to be "getting an estimate of grain size"
* Someone who will willingly cross an eight-lane interstate on foot to determine if the outcrops are the same on both sides.
* Someone who can pronounce the word molybdenite correctly on the first try.
* Someone who has hiked 6 miles to look at a broken fence that was "offset by a recent earthquake".
* Someone who says "this will make a nice christmas gift" while out rock collecting.

If you remain unsure, ask the subject to draw an anotated diagram of a trilobite. A true geologist will immediately reach for their waterproof notebook - this is your opportunity for escape.

Crazy About The Olympic Games

Overall Medal Count
Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
United States	22	24	26	72
China	39	14	14	67
Russia	8	13	15	36
Australia	11	10	12	33
France	4	11	13	28
Great Britain	12	7	8	27
Germany	9	7	7	23

I have been overly obsessed with the Olympics this year. I watched all weekend and last week I watched whatever I could while I was getting ready for work, at lunch and as soon as I got home. I'm rooting for all the counties, but I have three favorites The US, Germany and Great Britain. So as of today at 11:30am the US are in first place, Great Britain is 6th and Germany is 7th.

Happy Olympic watching...

Who's in for GSA???

I'm so sad, I don't think that I will make it to the Geological Society of America's annual meeting this year. I've been the last three years. This time it's in Houston and when you add the Hotel room, travel and the price of the Meeting it's too much. The past years I went with groups of friends, and it was much better to split the cost.....if anyone is interested in going let me know, it's always so much fun!!

So here are some pictures from the last three...

Salt Lake City, Utah (2005)

Yeah, I couldn't find my pictures from that one :-)

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (2006)
Special thanks to my Aunt Suzy and Judy for letting me stay with them and showing me the sites.

Denver, Colorado (2007)

Come on.....I know you wanna go!!!

A Few of My Favorite Things.....