Geologyrocks's Blog

To Remember the Epochs

Amanda — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:43:26 +0000

Palaeocene, Eocene, Oligocene, Miocene, Pliocene, Pleistocene, and Recent.

Phooey! Even old men play polo, right?

Practically every old man plays poker regularly.

To Remember the Planets in Order

Amanda — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:06:51 +0000

Planets in Order:
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto.

My Very Educated Mother Just Sent Us Nine Pizzas

To remember Moh’s Hardness Scale

Amanda — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:28:28 +0000

Terrible Giants Can Find Alligators Or Quaint Tigers Conveniently Digestible

Talc, Gypsum, Calcite, Flourite, Apatite, Orthoclase feldspar, Quartz, Topaz, Corundum, Diamond

Jokes of the day

Amanda — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:43:43 +0000

Never lend a geologist money. They consider a million years ago to be recent.

Why did it rain money during the tornado? Because there was a “change” in the weather.

A Joke for the Day

Amanda — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:52:11 +0000

Q:Why did the sophomore refuse to date the geology assistant?
A:Because he was such a gneiss guy, and she found him boring

Cartoon of the Day

Amanda — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:27:14 +0000

http://www.cartoonstock.com/newscartoons/cartoonists/rma/lowres/rman2102l.jpg

Cartoon of the Day

Amanda — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:27:23 +0000

Bill Nye The Science Guy!

rachelm3 — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:02:33 +0000

OK, we all remember this from our youth and just how amazing he was. Well, here is the official website, complete with a list of episodes, how-tos on some of the projects, things like the question of the week, and the just all around greatness of Bill Nye.

http://www.billnye.com/

Cartoon of the Day!

Amanda — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:24:08 +0000

Cartoon of the Day!!!

Amanda — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:10:19 +0000