“There is a god somewhere that is angry because we’re combining stuff like Cutty Sark with fifty-year-old Laphroaig,”
― To Sail a Darkling Sea
― To Sail a Darkling Sea
“extreme zombie fighting” kit. Tactical boots and tacticals. Firefighting bunker gear. Nomex head cover tucked under the collar of the bunker gear. Full face respirator. Helmet with integrated visor. Body armor with integral MOLLE. Knee, elbow and shin guards. Nitrile gloves. Tactical gloves. Rubber gloves. Assault pack with hydration unit. Saiga shotgun on friction strap rig. A .45 USP in tactical fast-draw holster. Two .45 USP in chest holsters. Fourteen Saiga ten-round 12-gauge magazines plus one in the weapon. Nine pistol magazines in holster plus three in weapons. Kukri in waist sheath. Machete in over-shoulder sheath, right. Halligan tool in over-shoulder sheath, left. Tactical knife in chest sheath. Tactical knife in waist sheath. Bowie knife in thigh sheath. Calf tactical knife times two. A few clasp knives dangling in various places. There was the head of a teddy bear peeking out of her assault pack.”
― Under a Graveyard Sky
― Under a Graveyard Sky
“The places paleontologists looked for fossils and how those fossils have been interpreted have been influenced by politics and culture, reminding us that while there is a reality that science allows us to approach the process of science is a human endeavor.”
― Written in Stone: Evolution, the Fossil Record, and Our Place in Nature
― Written in Stone: Evolution, the Fossil Record, and Our Place in Nature
“The Commonwealth—humanity—is in deep shit, and we’re the people with the shovels.”
― Lines of Departure
― Lines of Departure
“I found that this was a desert region so obscure that the designers of atlases typically stitch page bindings directly over that very latitude and longitude, obliterating the map’s topography as surely as any sandstorm.”
― The First Fossil Hunters: Dinosaurs, Mammoths, and Myth in Greek and Roman Times
― The First Fossil Hunters: Dinosaurs, Mammoths, and Myth in Greek and Roman Times
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