A Vestige of a Beginning
So it has been a week into my sixth semester of college and third as an official geology major and I am excited for the first time I have two junior level classes-Stratigraphy and Sedimentology as well...
View ArticleOn the Road to Las Cruces
So this weekend we are driving from Portales to Las Cruces, a ridiculously long drive if you have ever had the misfortune of making the trip. It honestly feels as if you have made a rough circle...
View ArticleNew Project
I feel very fortunate for a variety of reasons, but especially because I was given a great chance to succeed in science where the majority of my peers in Southeast New Mexico had to jump over huge...
View ArticleFive Reasons Geology Rocks
Today was a very frustrating day, I’m working with computer programs I am not familiar with at all and trying to do more with them then I feel capable of, in addition to that, my...
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Bad Lab Procedures and Bad Science
The above picture is used by my university (the one which decreed that there shall be no new geology majors) as one of the banner pictures for its website. Basically, this is a picture which is...
View ArticleAccretionary Wedge 38: Things I Wished I Learned and Things I Want to Learn
I haven’t blogged much, mostly because I’m about as scattered brained as you could get (I was going to say I haven’t done much, but then I remembered touring the Lunar Sample Lab, the Trinity Site, and...
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Tour of the Lunar Lab
I don’t really remember when, but at some point last year I realized how different the geology of Mars, Venus, and the Moon are from our home planet, not just their lack of plate...
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Geology Analogies
I tutor science for my school, and recently was able to add geology to my list of classes I tutor, which is amazing because now I get to be paid for talking about geology. So today I had my first...
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Physics with Phineas and Ferb
The post below is very different from its original form which was a fun exercise with gravity; however, midway through I realized it would be useful tool to teach some physics concepts to some students...
View ArticleLiving in a State of Scientific Wonderment
I have noticed a disturbing trend with a lot of people, mostly that when I tell them I am a science major they give me a dumbfounded look and ask “What’s wrong with you?” or “Why would you put yourself...
View ArticleNew Mexico Geology Primer
I haven’t talked about geology as much as I want to on this blog, so I have decided to change that, this was inspired by Anne at Highly Allochthonous, and in an effort to ease in (and because I won’t...
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New Mexico Geology: Rio Grande Rift
I still vividly remember learning the words to the Beach Boys’ Surfin USA when I was five years old. I was due to graduate from my preschool and we were going to sing that song for our families at the...
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Labradorite Meme
Okay, so the whole meme labradorite meme that started recently made me really excited, not really because I'm the world's greatest fan of labradorite (I like it but there is a lot of minerals that are...
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The Fallibility of Heroes
I have a personal hero, and like all humans he is flawed. However, he is flawed in such a way that I have to question my admiration of him, and I am left wondering what I should think. I have looked up...
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New Mexico Geology: Seas of Gypsum
Sorry right now I don't have pictures of my own for this, two weekends ago I was going to meet up with family in Alamagordo then visit White Sands, but the family activity ended up taking over twice as...
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NASA Tweetup: The Pretweetup-Wednesday
A few weeks ago when I found out that I was picked to attend the Mars Science Laboratory with NASATweetup, I was ecstatic as I would not have expected to have been chosen in a million years. However, I...
View ArticleErosion vs. Weathering
I never really explained why I named this blog what I did, but there is a reason. You see, since I'm an undergraduate student (for only two more semesters) I wanted to tell the story of my journey from...
View ArticleUpdate on Rio Grande Rift
In my last post on the Rio Grande Rift, I was hesitant to say if it was still spreading. I don't have access to all the journals, I had heard some conflicting opinions from a few geologists, and my...
View ArticleWhen My Optimism and My Cynicism Collide:
A lot has already been said about Newt Gingrich's promise of a moon base; however, I still want to talk about it because I sort of agree with the two ways this statement has been met-optimism and...
View ArticleFalling into Jargon
Last week was spring break and I took the opportunity to take visit two universities in Colorado, CU Boulder and Colorado School of Mines, which I am interested in for graduate school. Because I value...
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New Mexico Geology: Where Rocks Grow out of the Ground
I had this mostly written back in January, but then I got distracted and forgot about it. I will do my best to finish the New Mexico Geology series. Sorry for the delay Almost a year ago I participated...
View ArticleAccretionary Wedge 44: My Most Important Teacher
Metageologist over at the All-geo blog network has put out calls for posts about most important teachers, which really wasn't something I had to think much about. I easily could identify that person....
View ArticlePolitical "Science" versus Geology
I was once a political science major, and while it wasn't a huge waste of my time, I wouldn't exactly describe it as a positive experience. For one thing I quickly grew tired of, as a fellow science...
View ArticleRobots and Humans across the Solar System
Over at Wired Science, there is a post with the fairly dramatic title Humans vs. Robots: Who Should Dominate Space Exploration Now I enjoy Wired's articles despite their somewhat inflammatory titles....
View ArticleArizona Field Geology
Back in June my internship took a week long excursion to Martian analog sites in Arizona. We have our own blog and I finally got around to putting up my post so here it is. I would also recommend that...
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