in the forward, Dvorak said that he hopes the book inspires folks to travel to the sites he mentions to see the geological record in person, and he definitely accomplishes that.

This is an example of how great writing can make you care about things you never thought of. I don't read a lot of popular science books, certainly not about geology, but his writing makes it all compelling, engrossing.

Her diet advice is, "eat food, not too much, mostly plants."

I suspect their parents put them up to it as a way of trimming the candy haul. Either way, it was much appreciated.

another Halloween without a single trick or treater.

if I ever do get a trick-treater, I'll just give them the entire bag of candy.

"Congrats kid, you found the mother lode"

(Spotify playing in the background)

Me (very confused): "Is that a band of children covering Credence Clearwater Revival?"

The YouTube presentation misinterprets Nick's statement about breaking up with his Midwest girlfriend to date Jordan.

on a related note, this was one of my favorite games as a kid : boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/30...

Now I need to find a good histories of Turkiye. And Brazil too.