Boy, diving all day every day sure makes you miss a bunch of stuff on the internets. Here's a quickie catching up of things I should have told you about already:
Jason tagged me in a meme because I have some kind of substance*. It would be breaking web etiquette not to follow suit. So here's the deal: I have to sum my "blogging motivation, philosophy and experience in exactly 10 words." So here I go:
Oh, and TAG to... let's see... Allie, Scicurious, Travis... and some more people. When I have more time to think. I've got some transit days coming up - I'll add more to the list then.
Next order of business. I won something. Which frickin' kicks butt. I'm totally honored!
Oh, and have you checked out Scientopia? It's the new home of Sci and a whole bunch of sci bloggers of note. If you haven't, go now. Seriously.
Ok. That catches me up a little. More to come - one more day out here at Kure and then I get a breather as we head back to French Frigate Shoals for some more hard labor.
Oh, which reminds me. Here's a few photos from the days at Midway:
*I plead the fifth on what kind of substance.
What species are they? Do we (and by we, I mean you) know?
They're Galapagos sharks (Carcharhinus galapagensis). Wikipedia's comment about them is hilarious: "Inquisitive and persistent, the Galapagos shark is regarded as dangerous to humans and diving unprotected is not advisable in areas where they are abundant."
Yeah. Oops.
This shark really looks friendly. I think he was just going to say "Good morning madam".
I found my way here via your award. Not for "something", you should let people know you won the "Post with the most"! And I agree, your post "Reflections on the Gulf Oil Spill - Conversations With My Grandpa" is great!
According to the same wikipedia article one person has been recorded killed by this shark *ever*. I think I'd take my chances too if I was in the neighborhood.
I believe you were supposed to tag 10 people, lol.