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Geology life for me?????
So since I'm just about to embark on my third year of geology degree i've decided it's about time I started taking it seriously!!
read more »Testing computer models
Al Gore's 2nd Really Inconvenient Truth
Can you imagine the brouhaha from the climate change evangelists and climate change industry over the following story?
NASA find error in US climate data and 1998, not 1934 was the hottest year on record!
read more »I love my job (sometimes)
I love my job (sometimes). This has recently been my 'office' (in between the rain showers).
So has this ...
read more »Apologies
Hey,
Just though I would voice my regrets over not posting so much recently. I feel as if I'm neglecting GR a bit!  I've had some bits and pieces to clear up, and there is a project I have on the go at the moment, which will probably keep me tied up for the forseeable future...
read more »Time
There's never enough time! I've been very busy at the moment and unfortunately lower priority things have fallen by the wayside - like GeologyRocks. I have a heap of photos to upload. I have another 4 "field guides" to do (half written though). I also have a book review to write (again half written at least). And then there's the updated style - it looks tonnes better than the current one, works in every browser (with no wierdness) and has a heap of new (and requested by the users) features. I will get this lot done soon...but for now...
read more »Boudica's Earthquake
Interesting article in the July BBC History Magazine about a possible Colchester, Essex earthquake at the time of Boudica in the first century AD.
Roman historians Tacitus and Dio Cassius note that just before Boudica's revolt the statue of the goddess Victory in Colchester (then the political and religious capital of Roman Britain) rotated and fell over. 'Otherworldly groans' were heard and the sea 'turned blood red'. Boudica's followers interpreted this as divine approval for the rebellion and the Romans saw it as a bad omen.
read more »Hols!
Just got back from me hols (with Katie of course!). We went to the North Yorkshire coast and it was great to get back in the field - some excellent sedimentology and palaeontology. We found some dino footprints and Katie found some Ichthyosaur bones (jammy thing). Loads of pictures with some short reviews of the field localities coming soon 
half-term
The last week has been quite fun! Spent any day that had ok weather walking around bits of cornwall.
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