Hi,

Last night I attended the Nevada Friends of Paleontology/Geological Society of Nevada 2nd Annual Joint Holiday Party.  I really enjoy being around folks who share my interest in paleontology.  Many of  the members are PhD Paleontologists and Grad Student Paleontologists.  So being a membe of NFOP enables me to hob knob with the folks who are doing the real research in my favorite subjects. 

The guest speaker was Frankie Jackson, PhD, Researcher at Montana State University-Bozeman.  She spoke about her studies on dinosaur eggs and dino babies.  It was a fascinating lecture.  In a nutshell theropods (meat-eating dinos) laid eggs like their modern relatives, birds (which many paleontologists feel are a type of theropod dinosaur themselves).  The big sauropods (long-necked plant eaters) laid their eggs like crocodiles and other reptiles.

If you've never been to a Paleontologist/Geologist party it's kind of like attending a Star Trek convention with some differences.  No phasers.  Lots of rocks.  No fat guy wearing his skin-tight Cmdr Riker costume.  Lots of t-shirts (I was the only one wearing a tie -it had a brachiosaurus on it).  No Klingon spoken.  A smattering of Latin and Greek is spoken.  Trekkies drink Tranya.  Paleontologists & Geologists drink LOTS of beer.

On another note:  I am probably going to set up a blog via my website in the next month or so.  Anybody can look at this MySpace blog, but only my MySpace friends can comment.  I'll let you know when that happens.

On yet another note:  I now have a facebook page.  Go to www.facebook.com, set up a page and search for Dave Eisenstein and/or Cap'n Dave. 

Keep looking at www.capndavedinosaurs.com for more info on what I'm doing next.