As many of you many know I have been working on some video to portray the beauty and diversity of deep sea mounts and the devastation caused to them by deep sea trawling. I stumbled upon an old news article from New Zealand in which I found a great quote by Steve O’Shea on deep sea trawling [...]
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Here’s a new favorite quote (author unknown) that gives some insight:
Most people don’t know there are angels whose only job is to make sure you don’t get too comfortable and fall asleep and miss your life.
Johann has inherited my love of words. He wonders about their origins and savors literature filled with words that paint pictures and appeal to the senses. Of course as a 6-year-old boy, lately he tends to be fascinated by gooey, gross words. His latest two favorites are “slurp” and “slime”. He likes to pronounce them [...]
Johann came to me completely puzzled the other day and asked me how you say “that word” from Mary Poppins. I asked him if he meant “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.” He replied grimly, “Yeah. That’s the one.” The last time Johann asked me to teach him how to say it, it was too frustrating for him. This time [...]
Thursday, September 15, 2005
Johann: Daddy, what did you learn at school today?
Me: Mostly we learned about ocean sediments and sedimentary rocks.
Johann: What did you learn about sentamental ewoks?
Me & Tammy: …..snarfing and rolling on the floor laughing…
Another brief “word of the day” entry:
Philopatry —
The tendency of an individual to return to, or stay in, its home area or another adopted locality, as opposed to nonreturning roaming behavior or simple dispersal away from home areas. Most philopatry research has concentrated on the homing behavior of migratory birds, but it now appears [...]
Courtesy of a 4 year old’s curiosity at the Aquarium yesterday comes the word of the day:
Madreporite — măd-rә-pôr-īt
A perforated plate in echinoderms (including starfish, sea cucumbers and urchins) through which water is filtered and admitted to the animal’s water vascular system — essentially a hydraulic system to control their feet. You can see the [...]
Tuesday, January 13, 2004
And now for the word of the day:
Aprosexia —
An abnormal inability to pay attention
from Weird and Wonderful Words
