Author Archives: Henry Gee

About Henry Gee

Henry Gee is an author, editor and recovering palaeontologist, who lives in Cromer, Norfolk, England, with his family and numerous pets, inasmuch as which the contents of this blog and any comments therein do not reflect the opinions of anyone but myself, as they don't know where they've been.

Communiqué

Posted on 29 January 2012 by Henry Gee

I haven’t been around much lately so I thought I’d drop in to carve a word. I’ve been busily trying to finish the draft of The Beowulf Effect (thanks to those who’ve been reading and commenting on the several excerpts) … Continue reading →

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Excerptation

Posted on 17 January 2012 by Henry Gee

Being yet another excerpt from the ongoing project that is The Beowulf Effect: Fossils, Evolution and the Human Condition. This part concerns the evolution of bipedality. Why, precisely, did humans get up on their hind legs and walk? I think … Continue reading →

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It Has Not Escaped Our Notice #33

Posted on 8 January 2012 by Henry Gee

Taken earlier today in North Charleston, SC. In the end I decided to dine elsewhere.

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CromercRox

Posted on 7 January 2012 by Henry Gee

A little while ago I promised you an announcement. Well, here it is. Music has always been a big part of my life. I have been in, around, through and between rock bands (and blues bands, and pop bands, and … Continue reading →

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Decisions [7]

Posted on 27 December 2011 by Henry Gee

Quite a lot has happened in the Maison des Girrafes during 2011. Crox Minima started at high school, making her Dad proud, and Crox Minor was Bat-Mitzvah, bringing tears of joy to the eye of this atheist (Jewish Section); The … Continue reading →

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Legs [8]

Posted on 23 December 2011 by Henry Gee

This will probably be my last post for 2011, and if it is, or even if it isn’t, I offer you both the compliments of the season. I shall leave you with this picture taken earlier today at the pet … Continue reading →

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Support Student Volunteering Week 2012! [2]

Posted on 22 December 2011 by Henry Gee

Volunteering is a big part of the student experience. When I was an undergraduate at Leeds University in the early 1980s I was part of a project that read texts and coursework onto tape for blind students. After a short … Continue reading →

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The Real Meaning of Chanukah [15]

Posted on 21 December 2011 by Henry Gee

Yesterday was the First Night of Chanukah; today is the Solstice; so here is an old essay of mine that comes out at this time of year as regularly as the Chanukah Bush is erected in the drawing room, baubles … Continue reading →

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Rig [36]

Posted on 16 December 2011 by Henry Gee

If you agree with me that the purpose of blogs – this one in particular, if not blogs in general – is to be gratuitously self-indulgent in public, then I trust you won’t object to what follows, which is a … Continue reading →

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Nook [7]

Posted on 16 December 2011 by Henry Gee

You probably have never heard of the Nook, the proprietary e-reader from Messrs. Barnes & Noble. Well, you have now, in which case, should you find yourself in possession of such a device, you will be delirious to learn that … Continue reading →

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