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 #57

Posted on 29 April 2011 by Henry Gee

This bottle of olive oil, spotted recently in the Cuisine des Girrafes, advertises its contents at 500ml. Given the brand, however, what’s the betting that it is in fact infinitely large?

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Tribal

Posted on 26 April 2011 by Henry Gee

Now then: what has this Ma tovu ohalecha Ya’akov, Mish’k’no’techa Yisrael. got to do with this?

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The Return Of Yet Another Mystery Fish For You To Identify

Posted on 24 April 2011 by Henry Gee

Earlier this evening I was on the beach with a number of people and dogs, the human contingent comprising (apart from myself) Messrs M. P.. W. P. and O.

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Ceci N’Est Pas Un Homard

Posted on 23 April 2011 by Henry Gee
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Choox

Posted on 17 April 2011 by Henry Gee

Regular readers (both of you) will no doubt recall the day almost two years ago when Mrs Crox and I rescued four battery hens and gave them new homes. But seriously, this is a somewhat Guardian Weekend form of animal … Continue reading →

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Yet Another Mystery Fish For You To Identify

Posted on 15 April 2011 by Henry Gee

The deeps really are yielding their secrets at the moment. First there was this. Then there was this. And today there was this.

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Another Mystery Fish For You To Identify

Posted on 14 April 2011 by Henry Gee

Here’s a fishy tail I found on Cromer beach today. Here’s a detail. The skin is very rough, and those spines are wickedly sharp – they look (and feel) like the thorns on a rose bush, and thereby hangs a … Continue reading →

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Guest

Posted on 14 April 2011 by Henry Gee

My friend Grrlscientist asked me to write a guest post for her at Punctuated Equilibrium. This is it. Meanwhile, here is a cute pet picture, for those who demand more from their reading than a blog the sole purpose of … Continue reading →

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Tzores

Posted on 9 April 2011 by Henry Gee

Things aren’t going entirely to plan. An irritating niggle is threatening my grand erection with flaccidity, but it’ll be sorted out – eventually. Mrs Crox locked herself out of her office, which occasioned some drama. And when I opened the … Continue reading →

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A Mystery Fish For You To Identify, And Other Stuff

Posted on 3 April 2011 by Henry Gee

While walking along the beach this afternoon, Canis croxorum alerted me to this washed-up fish. It’s a pretty common North Sea fish, I believe, though I have never seen one before. Its roe sometimes appears pseudonymously as caviar. Can you … Continue reading →

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