http://tomhinterberger.com/blog Geology does rock... Sat, 14 Jun 2008 00:43:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This is not Angelina Jolie here, nor do I know her contact info.  Thank you for your understanding.  Now back to writing my thesis Tom http://tomhinterberger.com/blog/2008/06/14/dear-people-commenting-in-jolie-thread/ The spring semester is now over (where the hell did it go?) and it's officially summer now.  So that means finishing up the last round of analytical work and perhaps more importantly starting my thesis.  Eeek! http://tomhinterberger.com/blog/2008/05/13/thesising/ All I ever seem to do in grad school is work. At least I had fun with my poster at GSA last week.  That didn't seem to be work. http://tomhinterberger.com/blog/2008/05/01/working-working-working/ Right now, it is spring break time, so that means the semester is already half way over. I'm sitting at home, casually working on an assignment (more on that later). Even though being home feels good, there's not much here for me to do. When I left Miami, it was ... http://tomhinterberger.com/blog/2008/03/20/grad-school/ I hate playing the waiting game to see if my GSA abstract will be accepted.  My advisor says they'll accept it, but i'm not getting my hopes up, just in case... I'm sure it will. http://tomhinterberger.com/blog/2008/02/15/awaiting-approval/ Who would have thought that I could start, edit, and finish an abstract that was due at in 12 hours?  Whew.  I hope it gets accepted. http://tomhinterberger.com/blog/2008/01/30/abstract/ I'm a little late on hearing about this, but say hi to the Anthropocene. http://tomhinterberger.com/blog/2008/01/28/new-epoch/ Retired General Colin Powell spoke at my university this evening.  I did not care. http://tomhinterberger.com/blog/2008/01/23/colin-powell-at-miami/ I finally got to fixing the problems with my blog, along with creating a homepage to go along with this blog. Yay! I'll get to reposting some of my previous posts eventually, at least the relevant ones... (Update: I reposted a few of my favorites, but decided the rest ... http://tomhinterberger.com/blog/2008/01/19/new-homepage/ What could be more awesome than a geologist in the Star Wars universe? After crashing his ship, the Alpha Kentrum, on the planet Orellon II, he made first contact with the planet’s indigenous people. He became their spiritual leader, teaching the principles of Sword, Plow, and Spirit. He even created a series ... http://tomhinterberger.com/blog/2007/08/13/michael-tandre-jedi-geologist/