Ontogeny, Phylogeny, and Sheer Confusion
I woke to rain after a decent night's sleep, one of those rare nights when I get almost eight hours. It was cloudy. Currently, it's 80˚F, and our high was 84˚F.
I spent the day trying to read back over a whole mountain of papers of the mosasaur Tylosaurus, preparing for tomorrow's Zoom meeting with Mike Polcyn (SMU) and Amelia Zietlow (AMNH). Seriously, after tomorrow, I've got to spend a week or so doing pretty much nothing but writing. I have to get that novel started.
Oh, hey. The sun just came out. Well, cool.
I talked with Bill today about the cover for the second edition of From Weird and Distant Shores, and I think we've settled on the layout. Art by Bob Eggleton, by the way, a seascape based on the rocks at the Beavertail Lighthouse on Conanicut Island, mine and Spooky's old haunt. It should be a very nice cover.
This afternoon's comfort movie was Martin Campbell's Casino Royale (2006), which is probably my favorite Bond film ever. And that's saying something.
Today's photo was taken yesterday in the parking lot at Office Depot, because I thought might need some blue sky today. It never hurts to have a spare.
Later Taters,
Aunt Beast
11:25 a.m. (yesterday)
I spent the day trying to read back over a whole mountain of papers of the mosasaur Tylosaurus, preparing for tomorrow's Zoom meeting with Mike Polcyn (SMU) and Amelia Zietlow (AMNH). Seriously, after tomorrow, I've got to spend a week or so doing pretty much nothing but writing. I have to get that novel started.
Oh, hey. The sun just came out. Well, cool.
I talked with Bill today about the cover for the second edition of From Weird and Distant Shores, and I think we've settled on the layout. Art by Bob Eggleton, by the way, a seascape based on the rocks at the Beavertail Lighthouse on Conanicut Island, mine and Spooky's old haunt. It should be a very nice cover.
This afternoon's comfort movie was Martin Campbell's Casino Royale (2006), which is probably my favorite Bond film ever. And that's saying something.
Today's photo was taken yesterday in the parking lot at Office Depot, because I thought might need some blue sky today. It never hurts to have a spare.
Later Taters,
Aunt Beast
11:25 a.m. (yesterday)