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Three Four quotes about doing good work

Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week [22:27:53]

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None of these were intended by their creators to be about research; even Marie Curie’s line was about her education. But each of them touched a nerve for me. Also, since they’re not explicitly about research, you may find them applicable to other areas of life as well, whether you’re a researcher or not.

The ying-yang of a forming vortex

Ontario-geofish [21:49:00]

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 This is what keeps me healthy.  I'm in total awe of seeing this.  It's like a super-nova for star people.It's also amazing that since nobody knows physics, this is nothing in the world.ps since I am just doing all this to shake off the Arties, I'll show this frame from a 1989 camcorder, and run with real-video-enhancer for two days on my new computer.  It uses Artie, and

The Commie Cycle

Ontario-geofish [20:57:00]

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 We are back to the beginning of the last century of US imperialism, when they stole all those countries from the Spanish, who stole it from the natives.  Then lots of commies had a [...]

Calgary pipe follies

Ontario-geofish [12:45:00]

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 I didn't realize how thin the concrete was with those pipes.  Boy, did they buy a bag of socks!  That pipe salesperson was the best!  Like I've always said, the money is in [...]

HERMIT CRAB: REAL ESTATE TYCOONS OF THE FORESHORE

ARCHEA [17:48:00]

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This little cutie is a hermit crab and he is wearing a temporary home borrowed from one of our mollusc friends. His body is a soft, squishy spiral that he eases into the perfect size shell time and [...]

Totally static weather

Ontario-geofish [12:28:00]

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 I didn't need to put this out.  Everything is exactly the same as yesterday.  Never seen this.It's Groundhog Day!In a nutshell, the Arctic is continuously streaming cold to [...]