Vox’s posts tagged marine biology

hello, i'm johnny cash

2008-09-12T11:41:50Z

I was asked recently what I might do for a living if I wasn't a marine biologist, which is a tough question for me to answer. I never considered doing anything else. Even as a kid, I never wanted to be an astronaut or a fireman. I watched the fish swim around in their little tank - sometimes let them loose in the pool - and dreamt of a day when I could watch the fish swim all the time. So even though I sometimes hate being a marine biologist, there's nothing else I think I would want to do more.

Unless I could be Johnny Cash. If I wasn't a marine biologist, I'd want to be Johnny Cash.

Johnny Cash - Rock Island Line

He's been gone five years today. It seems like just yesterday. Where does the time go?

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Algalita Marine Research Foundation - Marine Research, Education and Restoration

2008-07-22T18:25:09Z

Algalita Marine Research Foundation - Marine Research, Education and Restoration

http://www.algalita.org/

EPA Awards Capt. MooreThe EPA honors six Southern California environmental heroes for their research and efforts in marine, land and air protection. EPA link >> Current ResearchAnalysis on the impact of plastics ingested by marine life including albatross, lantern fish and jellies is in progress. Learn more >>

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Boring errands and a shark

2008-07-13T06:29:37Z

Garage sale finds:

1. Grocery sack full of yarn, not more than 2 skeins the same color. Some will be used at school and my mom scabbed some. $4.

2. 33 Star Wars pencils and one random Happy Halloween pencil, $0.50

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3. One 8'ft long inflatable shark, $3:

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He's not as stripey as he looks. The black thing is a handle to hold onto while you sit on him in the pool. We dont' have a pool (although most of the neighbors do) so he will go to school and hang from the classroom ceiling :-)

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Having decided that the ear thingees Apple sells with iPods are devices of torture, I went to Circuit City to replace them and found these little gems:

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Then at Costco, I was perusing some book on wellness and decided that instead of just reading more of this stuff, I should DO something. (I'm inspired by Travis :-) SO I put the book down and proceeded to go to the checkout. On the way out of the book aisle, I saw a lady wearing a T-shirt with a Bible verse on it. Ezekiel something, I couldn't quite read it. Now this is nice, except the bible verse was printed across her butt. And let's just say there weren't many carriage returns in the verse, either, if you get my drift. This just seemed so WRONG, but then of course maybe it's just me.

I later went for a run with the new headphones and yes they DO stay in place and yes they DO sound lovely and my left ear still hurts from the stupid iPod ear buds that came with.

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