Message-ID: <000201c87b22$644e80b0$2ceb8210$@edu> Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:28:20 -0700 From: "Jerry D. Harris" To: "'Mike Taylor'" Delivery-date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 23:28:39 +0100 Subject: RE: Aetogate Hey Mike! - > Quick message: Jerry, I feel terrible that I've still not got back > you in reply to your long and thoughtful message on editing and > reviewing for the NMMNHS Bulletin. Really sorry about that: it's > part of a whole stack of Aetogate messages that I still have to get > back to ... as you can imagine, the whole process is very time > consuming. I most certainly can, and no, I wasn't feeling neglected or anything! I kind of figured between the sauropod work and the computer stuff -- oh, and having a family and a LIFE -- that you were swamped. ;-D I'll add to my earlier missive that I am 100% appalled at the supposed "review" that the state of NM let Orin Anderson and Norm Sibiling "perform" on the matter...that was absolutely transparent and pathetic on the state's part. The matter certainly does deserve a completely independent, objective review from outsiders with no relations or stakes in the museum, and I can't believe that the state thought that they could get away with this, that they were "pulling the wool over everyone's eyes," as it were. I honestly can't say what an objective review team might or might not find, but this was NOT the right way to do it! [Irrelevant material snipped.] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jerry D. Harris Director of Paleontology Dixie State College Science Building 225 South 700 East St. George, UT 84770 USA Phone: (435) 652-7758 Fax: (435) 656-4022 E-mail: jharris@dixie.edu and dinogami@gmail.com http://cactus.dixie.edu/jharris/ "There's a saying that goes 'people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones'... OK. How about...NOBODY should throw stones. That's crappy behavior! My policy is 'no stone-throwing regardless of housing situation.' There's an exception, though. If you're TRAPPED in a glass house...and you have a stone, then throw it! What are you, an idiot? It's really 'ONLY people in glass houses should throw stones'... provided they're trapped, in a house... with a stone. It's a little longer, but you know..." --- Demetri Martin