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.

It Has Not Escaped Our Notice #3

Posted on 2 December 2011 by Henry Gee

This one taken by Steffi and reproduced with permission. She took it at the Institute of Physics in Portland Place, London. I saw it on her FB page … not long after I’d been with the family to the Cromer … Continue reading →

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Helsinki

Posted on 1 December 2011 by Henry Gee

As you both know by now, part of my job is to travel around the place, talking to anyone who will listen about Your Favourite Professional Science Magazine Beginning With N, demystifying the process of science publication, and showing that … Continue reading →

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Another Excerpt

Posted on 23 November 2011 by Henry Gee

Since posting an excerpt of my third fifth forthcoming tome The Beowulf Effect: Fossils, Evolution and the Human Condition I have been deluged by a Dr I. B. of Tennessee, notwithstanding inasmuch as which Dr J. G. of Sussex, and no … Continue reading →

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It Has Not Escaped Our Notice #5150

Posted on 17 November 2011 by Henry Gee

This photo comes from the collection of esoterica maintained by my friend Professor Trellis of North Wales, and is used by permission. No, we don’t know either. We suspect it might be a device used to irradiate frogs so that … Continue reading →

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Ban It

Posted on 16 November 2011 by Henry Gee

The British Medical Association has called for a ban on people smoking in cars. Not other peoples’ cars – their own cars. Now, I don’t know about you, but I think it’s an outrageous idea. What business do doctors have … Continue reading →

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Animals

Posted on 13 November 2011 by Henry Gee

You’ll both know by now that we’re very fond of animals here at the Maison des Girrafes. At the moment we have two dogs, four cats, a rabbit, thirteen hens, two snakes, five freshwater tropical fish and an axolotl. We’ve previously … Continue reading →

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iNterface

Posted on 12 November 2011 by Henry Gee

The biggest problem with computers, as I have always thought, is the whole business of getting your wishes out here to link up with what the computer is doing in there. Many times, when I’ve been struggling with against a … Continue reading →

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Vegas

Posted on 2 November 2011 by Henry Gee

I’ve just arrived in Vegas for the 71st Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. This is the view from my hotel bedroom window. No, seriously. I’ve never been to Vegas before, and as for first impressions, I have … Continue reading →

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Kittehs To The Rescue

Posted on 30 October 2011 by Henry Gee

I was going to discuss politics and religion in this post, until I remembered (1) a promise I made to myself at Yom Kippur not to get embroiled in such discussions any more, as they only seem to cause anxiety … Continue reading →

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The Maison Des Girrafes Caption Competition #401

Posted on 24 October 2011 by Henry Gee

Greetings from a litl ‘lotl.

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