On Sabbatical.

A huge thank you to everybody following Life Before the Dinosaurs and wondering why Art hasn't posted in a while. You guys are the best!

Art is in the middle of a particularly busy school year (third grade is insane) and the blog had to be back-burnered. He's on sabbatical! Art is still studying and studying and studying--it's his favorite thing to do. I'm confident he will be back with a new post soon. Thanks again to everybody!

The Mom

Field Museum birthday trip. [Update: goal reached!]

Many thanks to PZ Myers for supporting the cause. Art has already received many generous contributions for his trip to Chicago to see the Field Museum. Thanks to everybody who supports his work on this blog.

If you click the "ChipIn" button here or in the right margin, you can help fund the trip! The ChipIn widget takes a while to update, so contributions don't show up right away. They will, though. They will!

Update! Art has raised 100% of the funds needed to help him get to the Field Museum for his eighth birthday. 100%! Thanks to PZ Myers and everybody who chipped in. You people are the best!

Merry Xmas!

Very dirty Mazon Creek fossils for Xmas!

A subscription to Deposits magazine.
This issue: The Geology and Terrestrial Life of the Carboniferous.

Field Museum birthday update: 20%!

Thanks to generous contributions from readers and various friends of the blog, Art is 20% closer to reaching the Field Museum for his 8th birthday. The museum has generously offered free admission and a special tour, including the possibility of a peek behind the scenes with a fossil dude. Sincere thanks to everybody who is helping to make this trip a reality for Art.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Skeemella made from foil off chocolate coins. 

Research trip. Wanna help?

We're planning a trip to the Field Museum in Chicago to celebrate Art's eighth birthday. He's never seen the Field Museum, and their exhibit "Evolving Planet" looks excellent. We've added a ChipIn widget to the blog to help pay for the trip. Art will definitely blog about the experience, and I'll take a ton of pictures.

Thanks to everyone who reads the blog and supports Art's work. He lives for this stuff!

-The Mom

The Field Museum: Evolving Planet

And the winner is...

Thanks to everybody who entered the t-shirt giveaway. All names were entered into Randomizer and we awarded shirts to the first and second place winners.

The prizes will go to:

First place: Noodlefish

Second place: William

Winners, please send your mailing address and shirt size to contact@lifebeforethedinosaurs.com. The shirts are printed on Hanes Beefy Ts, and a sizing chart can be found here. We have adult and youth sizes.

Thanks again to everybody who reads the blog and who entered the contest. Congratulations to our winners! We just might have more shirts to give away in the near future, so if you didn't win this time, don't despair!

Life Before the Dinosaurs t-shirt giveaway!

Certain extremely cool people already have a Life Before the Dinosaurs t-shirt, and now you (yes, you!) can join this exclusive club. The t-shirt is currently not available anywhere else. This is your big chance!

This white shirt features Art's own drawing of Eldonia above the words lifebeforethedinosaurs.com. Just leave a comment on this post about your favorite creature featured on the blog so far, or about what you like about the blog in general. Only one entry per reader. I'll use randomizer to select a winner next Saturday, July 23rd. We'll ship to anywhere in the world!

XXOO

Big thank you to PZ Myers and everybody visiting today to say such nice things about my son's blog. Art is thrilled to know there are so many people out there who care about the subject matter and appreciate the fact that he writes a science blog. Cheers! 

It may look like a mess, but I believe it's "organized."

My sketchbook.