User:Hthundercroft

Topics of Interest
I am interested in almost everything! One of my recent goals has been to read a book from every subcategory defined by the Library of Congress Classification system, which is proving slighting difficult since there are only about twelve total books classed JJ, C (the subcat) is almost completely old or mis-classed materials, and M (the subcat) is pretty much wholly sheet music. But it's been a fun time!

Some of my major interests are geology (particularly glaciology, stratigraphy, and sedimentology), the Cold War (with a focus on the nuclear industrial complex), trains (with a focus on North American Class I freight railroads), bridges, Arctic and Antarctic exploration, Soviet artists (particularly Shostakovich), the Unabomber, quilting, etymology of the English language, Magical Realism, Christianity, Mt. Everest, pine trees (trees in general are really awesome, but only pine trees have pinecones), cacti (and by extension, Euphorbia), quadrangle maps, and of course, LCC.

Specialties
My area of technical expertise is geology, with a focus on sedimentology and stratigraphy. Everything I know about glaciology comes from the lovely Glaciers and Glaciation (2nd edition) by David J. A. Evans and Douglas I. Benn, which is my favorite textbook of all time and which I would highly recommend. I am also quite well-versed on the American nuclear industrial complex, especially regarding uranium mining and the Church Rock Disaster.

I really like sourcing things, and doing it well. I'm still getting the hang of internet sources, so I do love a good print copy of a book or a paper.

Other
One of my favorite concepts is that there is no "best" way to classify any group of things, because each individual, upon encountering a collection of objects, will divide it in a different way based on their schema of the world.

My favorite era of geologic time is the Cambrian, mainly because it is represented by the barred C (Ꞓ), and because of the Great Unconformity. My favorite piece of Cambrian strata is the Deadwood Formation, which is very decadently-colored sandstone.

Eventually, I would like to own a Maine Coon.