8 Random (palaeo) facts (about myself)

Tagged by Sphenacodon

I've decided to make these (vaguely) palaeo-related in keeping with this account.

1) I get very drunk at conferences and talk dense incoherent philosophy (sometimes of science) to whoever I happen to bail up toward the end of the evening. Then I sleep though the talks the next day.

2) I can rarely keep interested in a palaeontogical subject long enough to really get to grips with it.

3) Sometimes I do paintings to prove to myself I'm still better than the other guys if I put my mind to it (in this I have a mixed success rate).

4) I would rather my palaeontography be interesting than right.

5) Same goes for all my ideas really.

6) At SVP 2004 I only went to three talks (see #1).

7) When I was thirteen I wrote a letter to Bob Bakker suggesting that the way hadrosaurs defended themselves was by digging burrows (in Raptor Red he has therizinosaurs living in burrows, I've always wondered if I inspired him!).

8) Shortly thereafter I phoned Greg Paul (Australia to the US) to ask him all sorts of stupid questions. Like "what the deal with the sprawling ceratopsians thing, why aren't they listening to the LIGHT OF THE DINOSAUR RENAISSANCE??" (Okay I didn't actually say that last bit, but I meant it!), and "where can I get a copy of Predatory Dinosaurs of the World?" (even though I'd photocopied the entire thing at my local library).

Okay, I'll tag fanthome-derecho and MattMart.