May 9, 2001

  • Revamping


    Hey, John Steinbeck, my author-hero!


    Looking back over his novels, I remember reading one of my first and my favorite of his, Cannery Row, holed up in a hotel in Washington, D.C. years ago.  It was weird, it was cool: I just traveled to D.C., got accommodations in a fairly expensive downtown hotel room for a few days, read several of his books, and then left town!!


    Apparently, that experience, and the book Cannery Row in particular, left an indelible impression upon me that I have only now realized: I grew up to be a lot like the "Doc" of the Row!  Yes, from a very young age I wanted to be a scientist--now fancy this blogger that! 


    But I know what you're thinking: *a scientist--nfp?--he's too surreal* *psychic mumbo*  *tripped-out acid flashback attack* *get out of here! the man's whacked on words!*


    But I did fulfill my dream...


    "Sediment Mixing by Lampsilis radiata siliquoidea (Mollusca) from Western Lake Erie," with P.L. McCall and M.S. Tevesz. Journal of Great Lakes Research, V.5, pp. 105-111 (1979).


    "Identification of Monosaccharides in Hydrolyzed Nautilus Shell Insoluble Matrix by Gas Chromotography/Mass Spectrometry," with M.S. Tevesz, B.A. Smith, D.G. Hehemann, R.W. Binkley, and J.G. Carter. The Veliger. V. 35, pp 381-183 (1992).


    "Identification of Monosaccharides in Hydrolyzed Bivalve Shell Insoluble Matrix," with R.W. Binkley, M.S. Tevesz, T.E. Hionidou, P.L. McCall, and J.G. Carter. The Veliger. V. 37, pp 410-413 (1994)


    "Organic Matrix Composition of Modern and 8.7K BP Mya truncata (Mollusca: Bivalvia) from Arctic Canada," with M.J. Risk, M.S. Tevesz, and C.D. Karr. Kirtlandia, No. 49, pp. 15-20 (1996).


    "Seasonal Variation in Oxygen Isotopic Composition of Two Freshwater Bivalves: Sphaerium striatinum and Anodonta grandis," with M.S. Tevesz and E. Barrera. Journal of Great Lakes Research, 22(4):906-916. (1996).


    ...before blogging made me stupid again.


    Yes, I am blaming Xanging
    For my intellectual demise!
    Yet like a phoenix I shall rise,
    From burnt ashes
    To take wing and soar.
    So expect my tone to change:
    I'll still blog--but as a fool--inverted?
    Nevermore.


    P.S. I added the word *inverted* above after first posting this, since in recalling my interpretation of the Tarot deck--as my memory was jogged by styxx374 and miss_tori in the Comments, this is what I truly meant!


    The Fool upturned can admonish that a decision may be foolish, too profligate, and that there is a peril in taking chances too casually.  So this card doesn’t mean  'do whatever, just as it arises'.  Though such spontaneity might seem to lead to an entertaining life, eventually--most likely--it becomes unsustainable.  Rather, it is about remaining available to one’s inner voice or as the taoist Chuang Tzu said “choosing this and letting go of that.”


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