I was recently asked a few questions about ScienceOnline '09 by Stephen, one of Miss Baker's biology class students. You can check out my responses here.
[Thanks to Bora for the link, too.]
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Too tired (and it's too late) to write anything myself....but others have done it:
I know, I know, it's middle of February, but I was busy and neglected my duties. So, to catch up with the monthly feature, here is the best of January at A Blog Around The Clock:
You mention your desire to have more field experience. You are thinking right! One possibility is that various geological organizations put out field trip guides. Some of these are drive down the road and stop at the road cuts type trips which you could do on your own. Your state geological survey, state geological organization, state academy of science, university geology departments, etc. would be the place to look. Audbon Society or Sierra Club might have something similar.