Why I didn’t finish my spring reading list
There’s a meme going around about plans for summer reading. While I was reading Sciencewoman’s list, I realized that I was avoiding the meme. See, I didn’t even manage to finish my spring reading list,...
View ArticleAh… vacation
I’m going to take a vacation tomorrow. I’m going to get up early in the morning, ride my bike to my office, and hunker down in front of my computer, putting some of my collaborators’ contributions into...
View ArticleBeast in the… elementary school playground?
There was a mountain lion in the courtyard of a local elementary school playground today. A mountain lion. At the elementary school. A neighbor called the police, who called the Department of Wildlife,...
View ArticleGeobloggers take on DonorsChoose
There’s an issue of Eos sitting on my desk at work with a front-page article about how to manage outreach. Earth scientists know stuff that’s important – this week’s huge earthquakes (covered all over...
View ArticleYou could help save Oregon kids from zombie attacks
My other half sent me this link on Friday: from Wired, rating weapons used to kill zombies (in Zombieland, and elsewhere). Their number 13: 13. Rock hammers Not to be confused with tremendous mallets,...
View ArticleIt’s Earth Science Week
It’s ! It’s also the week before the Geological Society of America annual meeting, and I’m going to be spending this week running around like a chicken with my head cut off, trying to get everything...
View ArticleGetting kids into the Earth Sciences – last call for Donors Choose challenge
The DonorsChoose social media challenge ends tomorrow at the end of next week. Rumor has it that HP has a large pot of money (like $200,000) to split amongst the groups that raised at least 1% of the...
View ArticleThe amazing generosity of geoscience readers
Jess is looking for posts about outreach that we’ve done. I’d like to talk about outreach that other people have done. This month, many of the bloggers here at Sb have been participating in Donors...
View ArticleAbout those Donors Choose giving cards…
Anyone who donated to the Geobloggers Giving Kids the Earth challenge should have received a “giving card” via e-mail in the past few days. If you’re confused about it, here’s the explanation: HP made...
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