The Way of the Geophysicist.

It has been almost two months now that I posted something on this blog.
I'm sorry, life got the best of me for a bit. But I'm back with a couple nice posts about a phenomenon we call the seismic ghost and other fascinating things surrounding geophysics and science. But let's start with a little fun content:



I am always delighted when some new gadget gets compared to a rock. I like rocks.
And again we have a clear winner.

via Eatliver.com

Just a quick reminder, how geologists view the world:




via tastefully offensive

Joe Hanson over at It's ok to be smart obviously has the same problem I do...

Why isn’t there an amino acid or nucleotide or element with the one-letter symbol “J”?

Because I can never write out my name in anything science and that’s just not fair.