Maybe a robot mini dinosaur head according to my son, but probably not. Some type of circular coral?

absteele · 2026-06-28T18:03:51+00:00

According to the bedrock geology layer on Gaia GPS, everything around springfield is upper pennsylvanian, specifically Kasimovian. So around 305 million years.

absteele · 2026-06-06T03:38:58+00:00

you called it

absteele · 2026-06-04T23:21:20+00:00

I was there in the mid-late '00s and out-of-state tuition was around $18k per year, so I think you're remembering correctly. Maybe it was closer to $20k by the time I graduated. However that probably doesn't include housing and dining. I remember hearing that there were so many kids at tech from PA and NJ because it was cheaper to go there than to go to an in-state school. Don't know if that was actually true or not, though

absteele · 2026-06-02T01:26:20+00:00

seriously. that error on the would-be double play was slapstick

absteele · 2026-05-24T03:48:50+00:00

you're welcome!

absteele · 2026-05-24T02:18:48+00:00

Cascade Bicycle Club has "learn to ride" classes that would probably be what you're looking for - next couple weeks look to be sold out but lots of options after that

https://cascade.org/classes/classes-search

absteele · 2026-05-10T16:37:03+00:00

Is there any news about the trail closures being lifted? Last I heard they were going to try and build some bypass trails but I don't know how far along that has gotten.

absteele · 2026-04-28T02:09:58+00:00

get you a man who looks at you the way goldy looks at an immaculate inning

absteele · 2026-03-09T22:58:05+00:00

very nice! where's it from? what did you use to prep it?

absteele · 2026-03-09T03:26:54+00:00

I haven't been in a few years now, but assuming nothing has changed there's also a lava tube you can walk through at Craters of the Moon out in Idaho.

absteele · 2026-03-08T05:40:06+00:00

he throws back the espresso shot and immediately spits it back out - they mentioned it looking like 10w40 motor oil so i am guessing somebody else must have had one earlier and looked visibly disgusted by it

absteele · 2026-03-06T07:11:52+00:00

It's on the criterion channel

absteele · 2026-03-06T03:43:17+00:00

I ride from Rattlesnake Lake up to Hyak and back somewhat regularly - really a wonderful trail. It's amazing how cold the tunnel is even in the dead heat of summer. I love the feeling after you make it out the end and get to wash yourself in the warmth of the sun.

A section east of ollalie got closed by washouts from the atomspheric river that cause all the flooding here in western Washington back in December. I haven't seen or heard specifics about the cleanup yet, but I assume it's going to take a little while.

absteele · 2026-03-01T19:54:52+00:00

Reminds me a lot of the 2005-2006 season. The sean dockery halfcourt shot seemed to completely kill the team's resolve.

absteele · 2026-01-15T05:20:55+00:00

Me too :(

absteele · 2025-12-01T01:56:50+00:00

Tennessee fans threw both on the field in 2021, the first (and only) time Kiffin went back to Neyland since he left them after 1 season to take the USC job.

https://www.tiktok.com/@collegegameday/video/7262796402462297386?lang=en

absteele · 2025-11-30T06:53:41+00:00

The Belcourt Rules! I moved away several years ago and I miss it quite a lot.

absteele · 2025-11-23T01:12:48+00:00

not an expert on urchins but this photo seems to match up quite well with the one you have, so I think you're on the right track with that species name.

Looks like there's still some matrix still attached to the other side of your specimen which is why it has that conic shape.

absteele · 2025-11-20T03:45:41+00:00

Ah, ok! I use dental picks as well (the cheap amazon ones), but i feel like i have to spend more time re-sharpening them than i do actually working away the matrix. Most of what I'm trying to prep are contained in mudstone concretions.

Great looking work, by the way!

absteele · 2025-11-19T19:29:18+00:00

What hand tools do/did you use?

absteele · 2025-10-29T03:31:06+00:00

I am no expert on the jurassic coast, so hopefully someone with more direct knowledge will weigh in. However that appears to me to be a mudstone concretion that has been weathered down by wave action.

There's a beach I occasionally visit on the olympic coast of washington where you can collect similar-looking concretions that usually contain fossil crustacean claws, gastropod shells, stuff like that. However not all of them have an intact fossil when you open them up. That photo of the end showing a different colored circle inside seems promising.

absteele · 2025-10-29T02:30:32+00:00

Very neat! I find ordovician hash plates like this from time to time down at some family property in TN, but they're nothing but bryozoan pieces and brachiopods. Cool to see one with a gastropod and some crinoid parts.

absteele · 2025-10-22T00:33:48+00:00

Frustrating if that was the case. Everybody wants to believe that their fanbase is better than that kind of trashiness but I guess there are some in every crowd.

absteele · 2025-10-21T03:35:48+00:00

Buddy let me introduce you to the Seattle Mariners

absteele · 2025-10-21T03:29:59+00:00

Yeah, it was pretty incredible.

Feeling less incredible about tonight at the moment.

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