Skull-crushing Boredom?

Posted on February 11, 2009 by rpg

I really should be doing some proper work, but I thought I’d pass on a provocative post from a blog I recently discovered about vertebrate palaeontology, and how wonderful it is.
By the way (and this s sort-of relevant), I’m a failed viola player.

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10 Responses to Skull-crushing Boredom?

  1. Stephen Curry says:
    February 11, 2009 at 8:48 am

    That was good!

  2. Henry Gee says:
    February 11, 2009 at 10:13 am

    How true. As I often say to Gees Minor and Minima, 25 years ago I couldn’t even spell ‘palaeontologist’ and now I are one.

  3. Cristian Bodo says:
    February 11, 2009 at 10:32 am

    It’s great to completely skip doing stats and STILL boast that you’re a scientist, but let’s face it: molecular biologist have developed this trick ages ago…

  4. Bob O'Hara says:
    February 11, 2009 at 11:20 am

    Pah, Cristian! Pah! Molecular biologists aren’t as clever as they think. They think they’re doing bioinformatics, but don’t realize what’s under the hood.

  5. Heather Etchevers says:
    February 11, 2009 at 11:25 am

    Delightful. Thanks for the link!

  6. Eva Amsen says:
    February 11, 2009 at 3:10 pm

    “I’m a failed viola player”
    Oxymoron.

  7. Frank Norman says:
    February 11, 2009 at 8:49 pm

    Don’t you mean tautology?

  8. Cath Ennis says:
    February 11, 2009 at 8:54 pm

    “I’m a failed viola player”
    Me too!
    I’m also a failed oboe player, and an ever so slightly NOT-failed classical guitarist.

  9. Eva Amsen says:
    February 11, 2009 at 9:19 pm

    “Don’t you mean tautology?”
    Yes, I probably do. I always mix those up. Whatever makes sense, coming from a violINist

  10. Bob O'Hara says:
    February 12, 2009 at 6:06 am

    I think “viola player” might be an oxymoron. It was in my case.

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