detritus
Main Entry : de·tri·tus Pronunciation : di- ˈ trī-təs Function : nounInflected Form(s) : plural de·tri·tus - ˈ trī-təs, – ˈ trī- ˌ tüs Etymology : French détritus, from Latin detritus, past participle of deterereDate : 1802
1 : loose material (as rock fragments or organic particles) that results directly from disintegration 2 a : a product of disintegration, destruction, or wearing away : debris b : miscellaneous remnants : odds and ends detritus of his childhood — Michael Tomasky> — de·tri·tal - ˈ trī-t ə l adjective
Yeah, I know…the year in review – how predictable for a New Year’s Eve blog post.
We’ve agreed as a society (for the most part) when the end/start of our trip around the Sun is. The end of the year is indeed a good time to look back and reflect on the happenin’s over the course of a year.
I started blogging toward the end of 2006, but it took a few months to get the hang of it and find my “voice”, for lack of a better term. So, I consider 2007 to really be the first year doing this. Here are some highlights, organized by month:
January
the first Where on (Google)Earth? post
story and links about National Park Service, creationism, and the Grand Canyon
February
sarcasticity index
wrap-up of posts for Just Science Week
March
giant selenite crystals in Mexican mine
photographic summary of Patagonian field work
April
review of book ‘Thin Ice‘ by Mark Bowen
inverted depositional features on Mars
May
links to videos of flocking starlings
avulsion dynamics and experimental sedimentation
June
the media’s anthropomorphization of Pluto
July
theoretical stratigraphy, part 1
the final stretch
August
nit-picking science reporting
the initiation of The Accretionary Wedge geology carnival
late August was when I did the name change (blog used to be “…Or Something”) and the move from Blogger to WordPress (so worth it)
September
everybody’s favorite kind of submarine fan … highstand fans
October
earthquake blogging
global warming from the perspective of petroleum geology
November
seismic-reflection images of subduction zone
geoblogger discussion about youngest exhumed pluton
December
what I’ll be doing now that I’m done with the PhD
some thoughts about science a couple days before my defense
See you in 2008 … hope you all continue to read Clastic Detritus!
