I know this is off-topic, but it must be shared. Particularly for anyone interested in apocalyptic fiction.

Last night my boys were watching Jurassic Park on TV, and it dawned on me that I had never read Michael Crichton's book.  I saw the movie when it came out, and I enjoyed that very much.  Perusing my bookshelves, too my surprise, I found that I actually owned a copy of the book, which I probably picked up at some used book sale or other.  I now think this will be my first reading project of 2014. 

I dug up dinosaurs at Como Bluff this summer. This is a tooth from one of the larger allosaurus species. The quarry (Nail Quarry) consisted of Stegosaurus, sauropod, and allosaurus remains, all jumbled together. It was pretty cool.

This tooth was about the size of a decent steak knife, but very thin.