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Project Daspletosaurus has reached its pledge goal!
You can still pledge, though, and also buy some of the cool stuff offered by David Orr (Anatotitan) on his
Redbubble site.
Here's Dr. Hone's latest
update post!
Above is a special DINO A DAY T-shirt featuring one of David Orr's project logo design.
Thanks, everyone, for visiting the blog for the
A Dino a Day: A CHRONAL ENGINE Celebration over the past couple of weeks!
Here's the final list of awesome Austin locations:
In other news, the
Hunger Mountain - Science Fiction/Fantasy Issue is out! Go check out my article titled
"
The Improbable, the Impossible, and the Willing Suspension of Disbelief in Science Fiction and Fantasy." The issue also features articles by Austinites
Nikki Loftin,
K.A. Holt, and
Meredith Davis.Also, I'm pleased to announce that
Cynthia Leitich Smith,
Nancy Werlin, and I will be teaching the
Highlights Foundation "'Whole Novel Workshop: Young Adult' in August! Founded in 2006, the Whole Novel Workshop is specifically designed for writers of young-adult novels. This unique program offers the one-on-one attention found in degree programs, but without additional academic requirements, lengthy time commitments, or prohibitive financial investments. Our aim is to focus on a specific work in progress, moving a novel to the next level in preparation for submission to agents or publishers. Focused attention in an intimate setting makes this mentorship program one that guarantees significant progress."
Finally, take a look at the cover for Cyn's FERAL NIGHTS:
For the final A Dino a Day: A CHRONAL ENGINE Celebration, Cyn and I went up to the top of the UT Tower on the campus of the University of Texas. The UT Student Union runs tours of the Tower from March through December. It was the first time I'd ever been up there -- it was closed to the public when I was a student, and didn't reopen until 1999.
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| Cyn in archway |
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| Me in archway |
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| Looking south toward downtown |
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| Dobie Mall and Harry Ransom Center |
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| Darrell K. Royall-Texas Memorial Stadium |
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| Colored lights |
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| Littlefield Mansion |
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| LBJ Library |
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| State Capitol |
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| Engineering Complex and Law School |
The long-sleeved T-shirt with
T.rex and pterosaurs shows kind of a meteorite shower or maybe an aurora :-). Incidentally,
T.rex's arms were about the size of mine. The T-shirt is from
Shirt Woot.
Links to past posts:
A Dino a Day: Day 0: Thundercloud Subs Turkey Trot
A Dino a Day: Day 1: Book PeopleA Dino a Day: Day 2: Driskill HotelA Dino a Day: Day 3: Whole Foods A Dino a Day: Day 4: Texas State Capitol A Dino a Day: Day 5:Amy's Ice Creams A Dino a Day: Day 6: Austin History CenterA Dino a Day: Day 7: RunTexA Dino a Day: Day 8: Waterloo Records A Dino a Day: Day 9: Mt. BonnellA Dino a Day: Day 10: The Book SpotA Dino a Day: Day 11: Barton Springs Pool
And, for the penultimate A Dino a Day, it's the T.rex wet T-shirt contest at Barton Springs Pool! Or something like that.
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| Me, tree, shallow end |
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| The cone marks where the diving board used to be |
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| Looking toward the north end |
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| Grimacing, before I take the plunge. Or maybe there's just something with the goggles. |
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| Splash! |
This T-shirt features everyone's favorite theropod superimposed over the
Public Library of Science emblem (kind of hard to tell, but it's there). The PLoS organization publishes the
PLoS ONE public access scientific journal, which was very, very helpful in researching
CHRONAL ENGINE.
Here's a link to the PLoS ONE
Paleontology collection.
The T-shirt is from the
PloS store at zazzle.com.
The photos were taken at
Barton Springs Pool in Zilker Park. For those of you not from Austin, the three acre pool is fed by underground springs and maintains a constant temperature of around 68 degrees year-round. Needless to say, it is an Austin favorite during the purgatorial Texas summers. And, yes, Zilker is the same park with the
Hartmann Prehistoric Garden.
Links to previous days:
A Dino a Day: Day 0: Thundercloud Subs Turkey Trot
A Dino a Day: Day 1: Book PeopleA Dino a Day: Day 2: Driskill HotelA Dino a Day: Day 3: Whole Foods A Dino a Day: Day 4: Texas State Capitol A Dino a Day: Day 5:Amy's Ice Creams A Dino a Day: Day 6: Austin History CenterA Dino a Day: Day 7: RunTexA Dino a Day: Day 8: Waterloo Records A Dino a Day: Day 9: Mt. BonnellA Dino a Day: Day 10: The Book Spot
RAPTOR CLAUS is coming to town!
This is one of only two T-shirts in this celebration that doesn't feature
T.rex. Shirt is from Zazzle.com.
The photos were taken at
Mt. Bonnell, a 775 foot tall chunk of limestone just west of town. It was donated as a park in 1939. According to the
Handbook of Texas's Mt. Bonnell entry, General Custer used to picnic up here.
And one gratuitous shot of me making some chocolate chip cookies per the
Neiman Marcus recipe (I'm bringing the cookies to
the
The BookSpot in Round Rock for a signing from 12 to 2 pm today, with
Cynthia Leitich Smith,
Liz Garton Scanlon &
Shana Burg.). And I'll be wearing tomorrow's Dino a Day T-shirt...
Here are the previous entries:
A Dino a Day: Day 0: Thundercloud Subs Turkey Trot
A Dino a Day: Day 1: Book PeopleA Dino a Day: Day 2: Driskill HotelA Dino a Day: Day 3: Whole Foods A Dino a Day: Day 4: Texas State Capitol A Dino a Day: Day 5:Amy's Ice Creams A Dino a Day: Day 6: Austin History CenterA Dino a Day: Day 7: RunTexA Dino a Day: Day 8: Waterloo Records
STAR TREK, yay! The new movie,
STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS, comes out next year!
THE CITY ON THE EDGE OF FOREVER is one of the best episodes of the entire franchise. Anyone know off the top of their head how many Star Trek episodes/movies used time travel?
Today's photos are taken at
Waterloo Records, which celebrated its 30th anniversary this year! Congrats, guys! Interestingly, in this digital age (and on the eve of the closure of their neighbor, Cheapo Records), they say they're making it on a revival of
vinyl.
T-shirt is from Teefury.com.
Links to previous posts:
A Dino a Day: Day 0: Thundercloud Subs Turkey Trot
A Dino a Day: Day 1: Book PeopleA Dino a Day: Day 2: Driskill HotelA Dino a Day: Day 3: Whole Foods A Dino a Day: Day 4: Texas State Capitol A Dino a Day: Day 5:Amy's Ice Creams A Dino a Day: Day 6: Austin History Center A Dino a Day: Day 7: RunTex
I have to confess that, as a kid, I was lousy at pushups.
No actual pushups occur in the book, although Max does reference his brother's "repetitive lifting of metal plates." In this illustration from
CHRONAL ENGINE, Kyle shows off his guns:
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| Illustration by Blake Henry |
These pics are from
Run Tex, Austin's iconic running store. In addition to hosting packet pick up and registration for many of Austin's running events, historically, the store has maintained and sponsored water stations at Mopac and First Street on the hike and bike trail. And this year, they're a primary mover behind the return of the
Trail of Lights! Thanks, guys!
The T shirt was a gift from Austin author
April Lurie.
Links to previous posts:
A Dino a Day: Day 0: Thundercloud Subs Turkey Trot
A Dino a Day: Day 1: Book PeopleA Dino a Day: Day 2: Driskill HotelA Dino a Day: Day 3: Whole Foods A Dino a Day: Day 4: Texas State CapitolA Dino a Day: Day 5:Amy's Ice Creams A Dino a Day: Day 6: Austin History Center
By: Greg Leitich Smith,
on 3/23/2013
The best photos were of you in the water, and the one taking the baking out of the oven. Congrats! :-)
Thanks! It was fun putting it all together.