Today in Petrology lab we looked at thin sections of micas, quartz, and chlorite. We also had some hand samples for reference. I couldn’t get the color right on this photo; the lepidolite is more lavender than this shows.
Archives for category: I must retire to my nerdery
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Ian and I checked out the mineral show (and fossil show) and had a great time geeking out over rare and beautiful minerals. There were some hand samples I really wanted to buy, but I didn’t have hundreds of dollars to spare (or tens of thousands as the case may be) but I got a few great samples that I’m really happy with!
Wow. I was tempted to turn it off about 1/4 of the way through, but it’s worth sticking through the end.
‘Game of Thrones’ theme on a Stylophone!
Says xkcd‘s Randall Munroe:
Planets are turning out to be so common that to show all the planets in our galaxy, this chart would have to be nested in itself–with each planet replaced by a copy of the chart–at least three levels deep.
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Daenerys takes matters into her own hands.
- Eric directed me to this gallery of terrifying French childrens’ books and I have to say, they’re all pretty disturbing. My favorite is the Rabbits’ Revenge, although the ABCs of Anger is a close runner-up.
- Syfy’s Craig Engler posted a great Instagram of Craig Dorety’s lunar topography laser-cut art. I want.
- A great article by Aaron Diaz about how to fix the incredibly disappointing and puzzlingly-crafted ‘Prometheus’, which puts into words exactly how I feel about that movie. (Spoilers)
- Presented without commentary, a delightful animated gif of Adventure Time’s Beemo totally not buying it.
- The hilarious Star Trek porn scene from ‘the IT Crowd’.
Completely delightful. Wish ‘Eureka’ was on right this moment.