Some of what I've been doing at work

Busy at work these days, mostly with good things. The state budget is a mess and getting worse, and our economic future as an agency is kind of grim but I usually choose to avoid thinking about it. I am working on an article about fossil corals in Alabama with a world-famous Spanish fossil coral expert. My contribution is essential, but minor, and there are other people who could do it. Story of my life. I am working on an article about fossil shrimp poop with a former colleague; I have been waiting for him to finish his part since 1991. No joke. But now we have a deadline, so it may actually happen. Working on a paper with another colleague about a fossil reef in south Alabama. Waiting for him to do his part. Also a deadline. Working on a paper about a fossil reef in the subsurface of North Alabama. I am the lead author on this one, so I have to do most of the work. I have been working hard on it for four weeks already this summer. There is more to do, but I am making progress. I reviewed the second edition of an important science book for the general public (lost worlds in Alabama rocks). I found a very large number of minor errors and I hope they will all be corrected. Even with the mistakes it's an excellent book. I am also working on a science book for the general public that is less important, but I am the lead author on it, so there you go. Those are just the books & articles!